Students in the Alaska Dental Therapy Education Program of Iḷisaġvik College started their education in a new instructional facility on the Alaska Native Health Campus last week, marking new growth for the successful program providing oral health care for rural communities. Since 2004, dental health aide therapists have expanded access to oral health care for 40,000 people living in Alaska’s Tribal communities. In August 2020, the program became the first accredited dental therapy program in the United States when it ...

After 10 months of construction efforts, the community of Venetie will open the new Myra Roberts Health Clinic on January 21. Construction was performed using local carpenters and laborers under the direction of ANTHC’s Division of Environmental Health and Engineering construction superintendents, managers and engineers.   “We are so excited, we can’t wait to move in,” said Margo Simple, a longtime community health practitioner in Venetie. The new 2,269 square-foot clinic replaces a much smaller log-constructed building which has served ...

We are excited to announce the opening of our new ANMC Outpatient Imaging Center, located at the University Lake Medical Center (ULMC) at 3801 University Lake Drive, Suite 102. This is the same building where the ENT, Ophthalmology and Audiology Clinics, and the Ambulatory Surgery Center are also located.  The new Outpatient Imaging Center is equipped with the latest state-of-the-art imaging equipment and technology, including two MRI machines, a 3 Tesla and a 1.5 Tesla; a dual energy CT machine; ...

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium received grant funding for a new pediatric simulation dolls and training from the Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation (HANF) Foundation. The new pediatric simulation dolls are also known as high-fidelity manikins. These dolls incorporate the latest in computer hardware technology and can be programmed to provide a realistic full-body patient presentation. Training with these high-fidelity dolls can be used in high-stakes learning scenarios such as mock codes, simulates seizures, or mass-casualty incidents. Students’ shared that the ...