Poornima Chandra , MD

Poornima Chandra is a clinician

Dr. Chandra grew up in Atlanta where she developed a love of onion rings and a good milk shake. As a child of immigrant parents, she has an understanding of the unique situation that parents and children of that community face. From Atlanta, Dr. Chandra went on to the University of Southern California where she…

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Cheryl Focht, MD

Cheryl Focht is a clinician

Prior to joining Neighborhood Health, Dr. Focht worked for 18 years as a community based Pediatrician in an immigrant rich area in Washington, DC. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Irvine and moved to the east coast to attend Hahnemann University School of Medicine (now merged with Drexel University) in Philadelphia,…

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Pilar Tam, MD

Pilar Tam is a clinician

Dr. Tam earned her medical degree at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru. She completed her Pediatrics Residency at Wayne State University School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. Dr. Tam was a Fellow in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston City Hospital. From 1995 to 2005,…

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Martha Welman, MD

Martha Welman is a clinician

Dr. Welman joined Neighborhood Health as a Pediatrician in 2000 as its first physician and has participated as a clinical leader in various capacities throughout the years. Dr. Welman began serving as Chief Medical Officer since 2016 and has helped oversee a significant growth in the number of patients served by the organization since that…

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