Third Year Clerkships

Family Medicine

Visit the UW Family Medicine Clerkship Website

Anchorage – Providence Family Medicine Residency
Site Coordinators: Bob McAlister, MD

Nome – Norton Sound Health Corporation
Site Coordinator: Karen O'Neill, MD

Petersburg – Petersburg Medical Center Clinic
Site Coordinator:  John Bergren, MD

Contact:
Alex Stoller
Phone:   206-543-9425
E-mail:   fmclerk@fammed.washington.edu

Internal Medicine

Anchorage – Air Force Hospital, Alaska Regional Hospital, Providence Alaska Medical Center, Alaska Native Medical Center
Site Coordinator:   Emily Church, MD

Soldotna – Peninsula Internal Medicine

Contact:
Angie Wick
Phone:  206-543-3237
E-mail:   awick@medicine.washington.edu

OB/GYN

Anchorage – Anchorage Women's Clinic
Site Coordinator:   Katie Ostrom, MD

Contact:
Whitney Hiatt
Phone:   206-543-3892
E-mail:   whiat11@u.washington.edu

Fairbanks – Interior Women's Health
Site Coordinator:   Karl Baurick, MD

Contact:
Whitney Hiatt
Phone:   206-543-3892
E-mail:   whiat11@u.washington.edu

Anchorage – LaTouche Pediatrics
Site Coordinator:   Erin McArthur, MD

Contact:
Carla Salldin
Phone:   206-987-2063
E-mail:   Carla.Salldin@seattlechildrens.org

Psychiatry

Anchorage – Alaska Psychiatric Institute
Site Coordinator:   Jenny Love, MD

Contact:
Gayle Schneider
Phone:   206-731-3443
E-mail:   gschneide@u.washington.edu

Surgery

Fairbanks – Northern Alaska Medical & Surgical Associates
Site Coordinator:   Timothy Teslow, MD

Contact:
Anna Nonis
Phone:   206-685-0975
E-mail:   ashten@u.washington.edu

"Alaska Track"

Students who choose to be on the "Alaska Track" can complete all of the required third-year clerkships in Alaska. Special seminars and other training opportunities are available to Anchorage clerkship students, throughout the year. Clerkship students are called upon to provide guidance to Alaska WWAMI first-year students and are encouraged to participate in activities at the Anchorage Family Medicine Residency. The clinical coordinator is Dr. Tom Nighswander. WWAMI State Track Program Website

WWAMI Rural Integrated Training Experience (WRITE)

WRITE is a five-month experience that provides core clerkship credit for family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine and psychiatry. It is a continuity experience that is based in one community, providing students with the opportunity to follow patients and families over a period of time. Many students do more deliveries in this rotation than in the standard OB/GYN clerkship.

Site housing is provided, and there is enough flexibility in the program for students to have experiences in the operating room and emergency room. Alaska's two WRITE sites are Palmer/Wasilla and Juneau. More information about Alaska WRITE Program.

Fourth Year Clerkships

Three clerkships are required in the fourth year: Chronic Care, Emergency Medicine, and Neurology.  All of these may now be done in the fourth year, also called the "Alaska Track".

Chronic Care

Anchorage – Advanced Pain Centers of Alaska (APCA)
Site Coordinator:   Nancy Cross, MD

Contact:
Judy Barnes
Phone:  907-458-4802
E-mail:   jbarnes@alaskapain.net

Emergency Medicine

Fairbanks – Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
Site Coordinator:   Mark Simon, MD

Contact:
Tamara Hister Harrison
Phone:  206-598-7352
E-mail:   histert@u.washington.edu

Neurology

Anchorage – Alaska Native Medical Center / Alaska Neurology Center
Site Coordinators:   Brian Trimble, MD / Franklin Ellenson, MD

Contact:
Goldie Pontrelli
Phone:   206-987-2063
E-mail:   neural@u.washington.edu

Fourth Year Electives

Alaska WWAMI offers a wide variety of fourth-year electives, including:

In addition, a number of fourth-year subspecialty pediatric elective rotations are being developed in the following areas: allergy/immunology; cardiology; gastroenterology; pulmonology; surgery; and NICU. These sites are being coordinated and developed by Dr. Jon Lyon.

For More Information about Alaska WWAMI Clinical Medical Education, Contact:

Tom Nighswander, MD, MPH
Assistant Dean & Clinical Coordinator
Alaska WWAMI Regional Affairs
UW School of Medicine
E-mail: tnighswa@anmc.org

Suzanne Tryck
Director
Alaska Regional Programs
UW School of Medicine
E-mail:   tryck@alaska.net

Michelle Devine
Program Operations Specialist
Alaska WWAMI Regional Affairs
UW School of Medicine
E-mail:   mjd3@u.washington.edu

WWAMI School of Medical Education
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive, HSB 301
Anchorage, AK 99508

Phone: 907-786-4747
FAX: 907-786-4817