Julie Ann Wellness, LLC

Dr. Julie Ann Hortman

Dr. Julie Ann Hortman is a nurse practitioner, educator, and functional medicine practitioner with 29 years of healthcare experience, advanced training in functional medicine, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice with a focus in lifestyle medicine. Her work centers on helping patients and healthcare professionals identify underlying contributors to digestive and chronic health concerns, with an emphasis on gut health, prevention, and evidence-informed lifestyle strategies that support long-term well-being. Through her consulting practice, Julie helps clients better understand the connections between gut health, lifestyle factors, and symptoms affecting digestion, energy, sleep, immune function, weight, skin health, and mental clarity. She combines individualized education with practical, evidence-informed recommendations to help clients recognize modifiable contributors to their symptoms and make sustainable changes that support improved health. Julie also serves as faculty at Emory University, where she educates future nurse practitioners, and is a member of the medical education team at Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. Through her professional mentorship program, she supports healthcare practitioners seeking to deepen their expertise in gut health, advanced stool testing, clinical applications, and practice development. Whether she is working with patients, students, or practicing clinicians, education remains at the heart of Julie’s work.