I help you optimize your health.

Dr. Khama Ennis smiling while leaning against a wall. Dr. Ennis is a black woman with long dreadlocks.

Meet Dr. Khama Ennis

I was about 7 years old when I first knew that I would become a physician. As a college student, I focused on Medical anthropology, the study of how we all understand wellness, illness and healing in a cultural and social context. It looks at how the environments in which we live shape our understanding of wellness. It acknowledges that illness does not emerge from a vacuum and that we are more than a collection of diagnoses. 

I had the honor of caring for an incredible range of people and conditions over the last 20 years as a board certified emergency medicine physician. I plan to spend the next phase of my career helping you optimize your health.

I have completed additional training in physician acupuncture and lifestyle medicine and am currently pursuing fellowship training in integrative medicine. Most of my career has been spent in traditional medicine and that will always be the core part of my foundation, but there are many ways to improve wellness and I’m looking forward to exploring them with you.

Education & Awards and Media

  • 2023 Woman Physician Leadership Award, Massachusetts Medical Society

  • 2023 Leader in Innovation Award, Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce

  • 2023 Woman of Impact Award, Business West

  • 2021 Person of the Year, United Way & Daily Hampshire Gazette

  • 2020 Physician Excellence Award, Cooley Dickinson Hospital

  • Brown University, Medical Anthropology, BA

  • NYU School of Medicine, MD

  • Harvard School of Public Health, MPH

  • Mass General Brigham, Emergency Medicine Residency

  • University of New England, Physician Acupuncture

  • American College of Lifestyle Medicine Fellowship

  • Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine Fellowship (ongoing)

  • 2020-2022, President of the Medical Staff, Cooley Dickinson Hospital

  • 2015-2020, Chief of Emergency Medicine and Medical Director, Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Dr. Khama Ennis has written essays featured in the Washington Post and Parents Magazine. She was also featured in an interview by the Boston Globe. She has given many talks focused on health equity and leadership. A talk she gave on antiracism in medicine is one of three selected by the Board of Registration in Medicine to educate physicians in the state of Massachusetts on implicit bias.

I want to help you live your best life.

Nutrition

Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly Plants.

Movement

Physical Health builds strength and resiliency

Restorative Sleep

Sleep hygiene improves mood and attention span

Social Support

Positive connections are the blueprint for good health

Stress Management

Improve well-being through mindful activity

Environmental Impacts

Limiting risky substances for optimal health