Pohl attended undergraduate and medical school at Michigan State University.. Torres has been practicing family medicine for 15 years.. Borges Ruiz is board certified in Family Med-icine
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Kyle Pohl, MD
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Dr Pohl splits his time between ANMC and NSHC
Originally from Fowler, Mich., Dr Pohl attended
undergraduate and medical school at Michigan
State University He completed his residency at the
University of Michigan He started working for NSHC
in Oct 2016
Jay Flynn, MD
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Dr Flynn was born in Kentucky and attended the
University of Kentucky for medical school He
then moved to Ann Arbor, Mich., where he did his
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics training at University
of Michigan He moved to Alaska after finishing
residency in 2016 and splits his time between NSHC and ANMC
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Angela Torres, MD
Family Practice/OB
Dr Torres has been practicing family medicine for
15 years New to NSHC, she is from Oklahoma and has lived in Anchorage and Wasilla in the past
Lourdes Borges Ruiz, MD
Family Practice/OB
(Not pictured) Dr Borges Ruiz is board certified in Family Med-icine and has been actively providing patient care for almost 20 years She received her medical degree from the Univ of Penn-sylvania in 1996 She finished her residency at Regions Hospital
in St Paul, Minnesota and completed a Community Medicine Fellowship focusing in obstetrics
Richelle Fisher, PA
Nome Primary Care
Richelle was born in Hawaii and grew up in rural
Missouri She graduated with a master’s degree in
Physician Assistant Studies in 2003 from Missouri
State University She has worked with NSHC since
2004 and she currently works in same day access
Megan MacKiernan, PA
Nome Primary Care
Megan is from western North Carolina and received her master’s of medical sciences at Methodist University in Fayetteville, NC She has worked at NSHC since 2013 and is a CDL provider
Thomas Wonderlich, MD
Family Practice/OB
Dr Wonderlich attended college at Gonzaga University before joining the Peace Corps for two years in Paraguay He then went on to the Tulane School of Medicine and completed his residencies in Utah and Idaho His passion is obstetric care
Stephen Daniel, MD
Family Practice/Diabetes
Dr Daniel is originally from Texas and New Mexico
and moved to the NSHC region in 2004 He has been
a board-certified family physician since 1996 and has
28 years of experience and graduate work in
cross-cultural medicine Dr Daniel runs the diabetes clinic
at NSHC
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Matthew Dammeyere, MD
Nome Primary Care
Dr Dammeyer obtained his medical degree from Uni-versity of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis
He has worked in Minnesota and North Dakota
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Family Practice
Dr Richards grew up in Michigan and attended the University of Michigan for her undergraduate studies She completed medical school at the Ohio State University and family medicine residency at the University of Virginia She began working for NSHC
in 2015 as a locum provider and signed on permanently in 2018
Kristina Tracy, NP
Nome Primary Care
Kristina joined NSHC in December 2017 She
completed her master’s degree in nursing at the
University of Toledo in 2016 Prior to coming to Nome,
she practiced internal medicine, as well as emergency
medicine She is certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner
Teri LeMay, NP
Health Aide Training
Teri is an Adult Nurse Practitioner originally from
Tennessee She has a background as an Emergency
Room Nurse After schooling to become a nurse
practitioner, Teri headed to Nome to work with the
HAT program
Kim Matthews, NP
Health Aide Training
Kim has worked for NSHC for over 10 years She spent seven years as a mid-level practitioner in Brevig, Teller, Wales and Diomede before moving to Nome to join Health Aide Training She graduated in 1996 from the University of Nebraska Medical Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner
Martina Sczensy-Aleshnick, MD
Family Practice
Dr Sczesny grew up and attended medical school in
Germany before meeting her husband and moving to
the U.S to pursue her career in family practice
medi-cine She spent 20 years in her private practice and most
recently worked in the Navajo Nation
Kristine Beck, PA
Nome Primary Care
Kristine grew up in Wyoming and most recently lived
in Colorado She attended undergraduate school at the University of Wyoming and Physician Assistant school at the University of Colorado Auschutz Medical Campus She enjoys women’s health, working with teens and doing procedures
Matthew Dammeyer, MD
Family Practice/OB
Dr Dammeyer obtained his medical degree from
Uni-versity of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis
He has worked in Minnesota and North Dakota
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Ryan Sherer, MD
Family Practice, Gambell
Born and raised in Dodge City, KS, Dr Sherer graduated from Kansas University School of Medicine He worked
as a General Medical Officer with the U.S Navy and spent the last 16 in private practice with his wife, who is also a family physician Dr Sherer has focused his practice on geriatrics with a side of sports medicine
Tim McGarry, NP
Nome Primary Care
Tim was raised in Deerfield, NH and went to the University of New Hampshire in Durham, where he received his bachelor’s in kinesiology He went on to receive an associate degree of nursing from New Hamp-shire Technical Institute and returned to UNH for his master’s in nursing He moved to Nome in spring 2018
Dan Thomas, PA
Health Aide Training
Dan has lived in Nome most of his life and worked for NSHC as a behavioral health counselor, inpatient RN, VHS Supervisor/Instructor, and Physician Assistant, including three years at the Unalakleet clinic He has been a Health Aide Trainer since 1997
Nicole Thomas, PA
Nome Primary Care, Locum
Nicole grew up in Nome and Unalakleet She attended physician assistant school at George Washington University in Washington D.C and has been working
as a PA for 10 years, including the last several years at NSHC
Sandi Nahiri, NP
Nome Primary Care
Sandi practiced as a registered nurse for nearly
30 years in different fields before advancing her education as a nurse practitioner in family practice
She is currently earning her doctoral degree in nurse praactice from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska Her professional passion is intercultural nursing
Bryce Loder, MD
Family Practice, Savoonga
Dr Loder has been practicing family medicine for 39 years He came to NSHC after practicing in Kansas and New Zealand
Angela Torres, MD
Family Practice/OB
Dr Torres has been practicing family medicine for
15 years New to NSHC, she is from Oklahoma
and has lived in Anchorage and Wasilla in the past
Lourdes Borges Ruiz, MD
Family Practice/OB
(Not pictured) Dr Borges Ruiz is board certified in Family Med-icine and has been actively providing patient care for almost 20 years She received her medical degree from the Univ of Penn-sylvania in 1996 She finished her residency at Regions Hospital
in St Paul, Minnesota and completed a Community Medicine Fellowship focusing in obstetrics
Thomas Wonderlich, MD
Family Practice/OB
Dr Wonderlich attended college at Gonzaga University before joining the Peace Corps for two years in Paraguay He then went on to the Tulane School of Medicine and completed his residencies in Utah and Idaho His passion is obstetric care
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