Dr. Cheryle Sullivan received her medical degree in from Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine and completed a residency in Family Practice. She then worked as a solo family physician in private practice in Michigan and as a family physician-clinic administrator in Colorado. After living in Asheville, NC for 7 years she recently moved to Port Angeles, WA.

In 2002, a skiing accident caused her 6th concussion (mild traumatic brain injury) and ongoing cognitive challenges ended her medical career. Previously, in 1997, Dr. Sullivan’s 61-year-old mother died from a fall-caused TBI. In 2005, her 73 year old father fell, sustaining a cervical fracture and TBI. In 2012, after the death from a metastatic brain tumor of her step-mother, Dr. Sullivan became the primary caregiver for her father until his death in 2015.

Since 2002 Dr. Sullivan has followed her passion, raising awareness and providing education about brain injury among the public as well as in health care providers. She has presented on topics related to brain injury to the general public, medical providers, educators, vocational rehabilitation staff and military staff and troops. She is the author of the book Brain Injury Survival Kit, 365 Tips, Tricks and Tools to Deal with Cognitive Function Loss as well as Brain Tips Inspirational and Motivational Calendar and a contributing author for the book Chicken Soup for the Soul, Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injury.