Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
Ramona Wallace, DO, is a board-certified family physician and Certified in Functional Medicine. Dr. Wallace is faculty with the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, - Battle Creek. She is a graduate of Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan; earned her medical degree from MSU's College of Osteopathic Medicine; and completed a family practice residency at MSU - St. Lawrence Hospital Family Practice Residency Program.
After residency, Dr. Wallace worked in private practice for 17 years in central Michigan doing full-scope family medicine, including inpatient and obstetrics. In 2009 she moved to Muskegon to work in public health at MFC Muskegon Family Care, Muskegon, Michigan, eventually becoming their Chief Medical Officer. She was instrumental in integrating behavioral and oral health coaches in that clinic and establishing a CARF-accredited, medically integrated behavioral health facility in that community. Under her leadership, the clinic also started applying the social determinants of health (SDOH) at a clinical level, which led to the development of community gardens and addressing food deserts within the community by bringing in Prescriptions for Health. She led Michigan in cultural integration using the SDOH framework, and also collaborated diligently with Esther Dyson's Wellville Community Accelerator to promote "Wellness" in Muskegon, to establish a new model of community health. She is passionate about helping people and their communities achieve and sustain vitality and wellness.
Dr. Wallace's clinical and research interests include functional medicine (FM), addressing childhood obesity, supporting allied health services such as CHW (community health worker) in clinical settings, social determinants of health, and building resilience through education, improved health, and fostering a culture of collaboration and prevention, using treatment, lifestyle and behavioral interventions both conventional and integrative/functional. Current research: developing a database of nutritional deficiencies.