News Release

We are proud to announce that our founder, Glenna Tolbert, MD was honored and profiled in the fall issue of Ventura Blvd Magazine. The issue highlighted prominent women in business throughout the San Fernando Valley, including Valeska I. Jacques of…

After more than 20 years of operating a state-of-the-art medical facility in Encino and healing hundreds of patients from their chronic pain, we are pleased to announce that the Tolbert Center for Rehabilitation and Wellness will be opening a second office in Beverly Hills in July.

Glenna Tolbert, M.D., Class of 1989, received the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Outstanding Tutor Award in Honor of Carol M. Newton, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Tolbert received the award in recognition of the exceptional quality of her teaching in the Problem-Based Learning component of the Human Biology and Disease medical education curriculum in 2016-2017.

If all you know about seizures and epilepsy comes from movies, chances are you picture a person shaking violently and foaming at the mouth after seeing too many flashing lights. While that’s one of the faces of epilepsy, the seizure disorder doesn’t always look that way.

The Tolbert Center is proud to announce that Dr. NaNotchka Chumley, D.O., MPH, will join the practice to lead our primary care services. Dr. Chumley has been practicing family medicine and urgent care in the Greater Los Angeles area for more than 20 years.

As of September 2016, 34 percent of the physicians in the United States were female, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, and only a percentage of those physicians hold leadership positions. Here is a list of female physicians who have risen to powerful positions within hospitals, health systems and medical societies.