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Chief Clinical Consultant for
Family Practice
Ann Bullock, MD
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
P.O. Box 666 John Crowe Hill
Cherokee, NC 28719
828-497-7455
Ann Bullock, MD is a board-certified Family Physician who has worked with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians since 1990. In 2000, she became the Medical Director for the tribe's Health and Medical Division. Her main clinical interests are related to diabetes prevention and treatment and she also provides colposcopy services. Dr. Bullock's responsibilities include the tribe's youth health clinic, its women's wellness clinic, and its diabetes-related programs. Dr. Bullock is an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.
Primary Care Listserv Discussion moderated by Dr. Bullock on the causes of diabetes
Links of Interest
- Advances in Indian Health (Annual Indian Health Primary Care Update)
- Adverse Childhood Experiences Study website
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Diabetes Association
- Caring for Patients Who Have Chronic Low Back Pain, AAFP
- CDC webpage on the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
- IHS National Council of Clinical Directors
- International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
- Low Back Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment, Joint Clinical Guideline
- More about Ann Bullock, M.D.
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- Preventive Services Selector Tool, AHRQ (Web-based and/or PDA)
- Primary Care Discussion Forum, Indian Health
- The Trauma Center
Dr. Bullock serves as an advisor to the IHS Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention and has been involved with the development of several Diabetes Best Practice, Standards of Care, and Clinical Guidelines documents. Dr. Bullock gives frequent presentations both in and out of Indian Country on the connection of stress and trauma to chronic disease. She is interested in the development of interdisciplinary programs for diabetes prevention and treatment, including complementary approaches and integrating services which address stress, trauma and depression.
Dr. Bullock is an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and a member of the Association of American Indian Physicians. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and served from 2005-2006 on an Institute of Medicine Committee on progress in prevention of childhood obesity.
