The ANTHC Tobacco Prevention Program is working with our Tribal health partners to offer online tobacco treatment specialist (TTS) training. Three participants from each Tribal health region are invited to take the online course beginning January 11 and ending March 22. The Tobacco Prevention Program first tested the training this spring on the Alaska Native Health Campus with ANMC providers and other partners. This second pilot course will help inform course improvements before going live for other participants later in ...

Influenza (flu) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season is upon us and it is important to take precautionary measures to keep ourselves and those around us healthy and safe from infection. Ensuring you get a flu vaccination, practicing proper hand hygiene and staying home if you are sick will help protect you and those around you.  “The best way you can protect your baby from getting sick is to wash or sanitize your hands before you touch him or her, ...

On Saturday May, 20, from 8:30 a.m.-noon, Elmore Road, outside the Alaska Native Health Campus, will be closed for the Heart Run. If you are traveling to campus both of the Tudor Centre Drive entrances, off Tudor Road, will remain open. Please plan for extra travel time and be aware of changing traffic patterns.  If you need to access the Springhill Suites, use the ANMC Shuttle. The shuttle picks up passengers at Patient Housing at ANMC or the front entrance ...

The Pulmonology Clinic specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of problems relating to the lungs. The clinic offers comprehensive therapeutic and diagnostic services to adults with disorders of the respiratory system. Our highly qualified team includes pulmonologists, respiratory therapists, nurses and diagnostic technicians.ANMC’s Sleep Center specializes in diagnosing and treating people with sleep disorders through diagnostic tests, sleep studies and treatment of their condition. Our 8-bed Sleep Center treats both adult and pediatric patients.

The Colorectal Screening Clinic, or CRC, offers colonoscopy screenings and care to ANMC patients. Colorectal or colon cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers among Alaska Native people and also one of the most preventable and treatable types of the disease. An important step to preventing colon cancer is to be screened. ANTHC recommends that Alaska Native men and women begin screening by age 40. Screening tests can find colon problems early, so they can be taken care ...

Thomas Norris, ANTHC Apprentice Electrician, recently passed the State of Alaska Certificate of Fitness Exam for Electrical Journeyman, making him the first graduate of the ANTHC Environmental Health and Engineering Apprenticeship Program. This program was developed in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship and Alaska Vocational Technical Related Studies Program. The four-year program requires 8,000 hours of on-the-job learning, in addition to many required hours of instruction. During his time as an apprentice, Norris worked on ...