John T. Chissell, MD was born at 11:00 am on May 31, 1926 in Charlottesville, Virginia, and received his pre-college education in the public schools in Alexandria, Virginia. Dr. Chissell is a graduate of Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia, having majored in Biology with minors in Physics, Chemistry and Psychology. He received the Doctor of Medicine Degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee in 1954.
A Charter Diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice, Dr. Chissell rendered sick and health care to thousands of patients in Baltimore, Maryland for thirty years until he retired from clinical practice to pursue full time his major purpose in life: “To study, model, motivate, and teach the principles and practices of optimal health.”