Bio
Marsha W. Snyder, MD. MAPP. is a medical doctor, Board-certified psychiatrist, certified leader and practitioner of Appreciative Inquiry, with over 20 years experience in the care of physicians and other professionals who suffer from burnout or other forms of ill-being. Her expertise includes Positive Health and its application in the development of healthy, thriving, and compassionate doctors, ethical healthcare systems, and a healthy thriving population. Dr. Snyder has authored the book, "Positive Health: Thriving Population, Doctors, and Healthcare Economy". She has given many scholarly and educational presentations on physicians' health and positive health in the US and internationally. A former Chair of Psychiatry for a 4-hospital university healthcare network, Dr. Snyder currently provides expertise in the interface of medicine and positive health/positive psychology through consultation, education, program development, direct treatment, and coaching. She is currently studying the impact of positive health interventions during transcranial magnetic stimulation, a treatment for medication resistant depression which works due to its impact on neuroplasticity.