Blythe Winchester, MD, MPH, CMD (Eastern Band of Cherokee)
Geriatrician
Cherokee Indian Hospital
Certified Medical Director
Tsali Care Center
Chief Clinical Consultant: Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Indian Health Service
Blythe Winchester MD, MPH, CMD, is a board-certified Geriatrician and member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in Cherokee, NC. She practices at Cherokee Indian Hospital and is the Certified Medical Director at Tsali Care Center. She received her MD and MPH at UNC-Chapel Hill and did a Family Medicine Residency in Greenville, SC.
Her Geriatrics fellowship was completed through the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, NC. She is board- certified in Family Medicine and Geriatrics and is a Certified Medical Director through the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.
She has served on the Ethnogeriatrics Committee for the American Geriatrics Society since 2011. Her presentations often focus on neurocognitive disorders among tribal communities and her research focuses on tribal elders. She is a mentor for the Jones Bowman Leadership Award Program and a recent graduate of the Right Path Adult Leadership Program through the Ray Kinsland Leadership Institute.
She lives on the Qualla Boundary with her husband, six dogs and one cat. She was selected for the Remember the Removal bicycle ride and completed a 950-mile bike ride in 2019 retracing the Northern Route of the Trail of Tears. She is a retired member of the Smoky Mountain Rollergirls roller derby team. She loves music, reading, and being outdoors.
