Kodiak Island is located 250 miles southwest of Anchorage in the Gulf of Alaska, and is the second largest island in the United States. The city of Kodiak was the original Russian Capital and now has approximately 6,130 residents. The Alutiiq, Kodiak’s indigenous people, have inhabited the region for over 7,000 years. In the 1980s, the Kodiak Area Native Association developed an energetic cultural heritage program designed to revive the Alutiiq culture on the island. Kodiak is a central hub for much of Alaska’s maritime systems and is home to the largest Coast Guard Base in the USA. Fishing and hunting are both major industries in Kodiak and, by some estimates, there are more Kodiak Brown Bears than people on the island.                                                                             
Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center is the island’s critical access hospital and provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care. The facility features 25 acute care beds, including four birthing suites, two psychiatric care beds and two ICU beds, as well as the Community Health Center.                                                                                                         

The clinical training for TRUST will be based at the Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA) Clinic, the tribally operated clinical program for the Alutiiq Tribe, and Kodiak Island Medical Associates, a private practice clinic.                

Primary Preceptors:  Katie Powers, M.D.