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Kyle Pohl, MDInternal Medicine/PediatricsDr. 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, MDInternal Medicine/PediatricsDr. 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, MDFamily Practice/OBDr. 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, MDFamily 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, PANome Primary CareRichelle 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, PANome Primary CareMegan 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, MDFamily Practice/OBDr. 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, MDFamily Practice/DiabetesDr. 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, MDNome Primary CareDr. 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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Donna “Roxanne” Richards, MDFamily PracticeDr. 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, NPNome Primary CareKristina 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, NPHealth Aide TrainingTeri 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, NPHealth Aide TrainingKim 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, MDFamily PracticeDr. 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, PANome Primary CareKristine 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, MDFamily Practice/OBDr. 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, MDFamily Practice, GambellBorn 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, NPNome Primary CareTim 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, PAHealth Aide TrainingDan 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, PANome Primary Care, LocumNicole 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, NPNome Primary CareSandi 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, MDFamily Practice, SavoongaDr. Loder has been practicing family medicine for 39 years. He came to NSHC after practicing in Kansas and New Zealand.

Angela Torres, MDFamily Practice/OBDr. 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, MDFamily 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, MDFamily Practice/OBDr. 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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