Clinical Sites: Alaska | Department of Emergency Medicine

What is the Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC)?

The Alaska Native Medical Center offers comprehensive medical services and acute, specialty, primary and behavioral health care to Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Alaska. It houses Alaska’s first Level II Trauma Center and a Level II Pediatric Trauma Center, and collaborates with rural health facilities statewide.

What facilities does ANMC include?

A 173-bed hospital with a full range of medical specialties, primary care services and labs.

Who owns ANMC?

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Southcentral Foundation jointly own and manage ANMC.

What is the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital?

Located in Bethel, AK, it is a Joint Commission accredited hospital offering outpatient family medicine, pediatric care, obstetrics and women’s health, pharmacy, lab, and diagnostic imaging, with the region’s only emergency room and Level 4 Trauma designation.

What additional services are offered beyond clinical facilities at Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital?

Dental, optometry, specialty services, behavioral health counseling, alcohol and substance abuse treatment, chronic disease programs, tobacco prevention/cessation, and outreach programs.

What is Maniilaq Health Center?

Maniilaq Health Services provides comprehensive primary health care from the Maniilaq Health Center in Kotzebue and village clinics, with long-term skilled nursing at Utuqqanaat Inaat. It is Joint Commission accredited.

What is the staffing and patient flow like at Maniilaq Emergency Department?

Staffed by NPs, PAs, family medicine physicians, and locums; typically 1–2 patients per hour on 12-hour shifts; overnight coverage includes hospitalized patients and coordination with surrounding villages via community health aides; generally the only physician for about 6000 people overnight.