Our current healthcare system is fragmented and failing millions of people suffering from complex illness. The conventional American medicine model is not designed to effectively evaluate and correctly diagnose a complex patient. It is only designed to treat symptoms and not get to the root cause.

This has created the perfect storm: Millions of invisibly ill people suffering unnecessarily, and in particular women, are left chronically ill and lacking a correct diagnosis as they run from doctor to doctor in search of answers. Many are gaslighted, dismissed or told “It’s all in your Head or it’s just anxiety or stress.”

Sylvia’s company’s mission is to help complex clients obtain a correct diagnosis and improve their quality of life. Sylvia has always served as an advocate for her clients. Her professional career gravitated towards building lasting relationships with internal and external customers, serving as a trusted advisor and educator. She is passionate about building trust with her clients and going the extra mile to find effective solutions for them.

Her past career positions were in marketing and sales, including stints as an Account Manager with Reebok Southern Division, Member & Board Services Director of the Georgia Association of REALTORS, Development Officer for a children’s hospital in Savannah and National Account Manager with Concentra Occupational Health. ​

In 2006, She became mysteriously ill with unusual symptoms and ran from doctor to doctor in Florida and Georgia with no concrete diagnosis. She found herself suffering physically, emotionally and financially as a result. Desperate for answers, she became an avid researcher and discovered functional medicine, a treatment approach that goes outside traditional boundaries to identify root causes of a medical condition. After experiencing the benefits of functional medicine, she felt a sense of obligation to help people with complex medical conditions, many of whom had been misdiagnosed.

This led her to develop a comprehensive assessment, which she utilizes with her complex clients. A customized “Plan of Action” is developed and executed from the assessment results. Sylvia decided to start Purity Patient Advocates LLC, a patient advocacy service that replicates closely the navigation process she learned from personal experience. To validate and find improvements for her service delivery process, she joined the Alliance of Professional Health Advocates which provides peer-based and structured training events.

As a result, Sylvia believes her clients can be confident that an empathetic and professional health advocate is available to them through her company.

Just a bit more on the personal side… Sylvia is an Air Force Brat, grew up in Savannah and enjoys hiking and cycling.

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