ANCHORAGE, AK (PRWEB) June 27, 2013
The Alaska Native Healthcare Center (ANMC), an acute and specialty care provider for Alaska Native and American Indian folks, announced the appointment of Patti Paris, M.D., FACEP, MBA, as new Service Chief of the ANMC Emergency Department (ED). As a longtime member of the ANMC staff, Dr. Paris brings compassion, expertise and leadership to the care team.

In her new function, Paris will direct the expert, administrative and educational activities of the ED, ANMCs busiest division. She will also offer strategic leadership and direction for all aspects of the department, which saw much more than 57,000 patient visits in 2012.

Functioning in the emergency room, we see individuals from Anchorage and all across Alaska who require outstanding, prompt therapy. It is rewarding to be portion of the Alaska Native Tribal Well being Consortium, which is capable to give extensive care to our peoples, such as high level specialty care, stated Dr. Paris. I am proud to lead a group of top-notch physicians, nurses and care staff to provide the highest good quality care to individuals with severe illness and injury.

Dr. Paris, an American Indian and member of the Penobscot Tribe of Maine, began her function as an emergency physician at ANMC in 1999. She also served as an emergency doctor for a year at the Central Maine Healthcare Center in Lewiston, Maine, and worked for a year as a clinic physician at the McMurdo Base Station in Antarctica. She returned to the ANMC ED in 2005, treating Alaska Native and American Indian people and serving as a member of the Disaster Medical Help Team. In addition, Dr. Paris was recognized as an Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Employee of the Year in 2008 for her experience and outstanding patient care.

As Alaska’s only Level II Trauma Center, ANMC serves as the trauma referral center for all Tribal health facilities statewide, which means men and women from around the state will benefit from Dr. Paris leadership, mentioned Dr. Paul Franke, ANMC Chief Healthcare Officer and interim ANMC Hospital Administrator. She shares the hospitals vision to give globe-class, culturally sensitive care to our sufferers.

ANMCs ED is staffed with board certified, specialized emergency physicians and nursing employees who supply extensive emergency care across the broad spectrum of illness and injury. The ED also aids guide medical care for Alaska Native people living in rural communities by working closely with village health care providers to treat individuals.

About the Alaska Native Healthcare Center
The Alaska Native Healthcare Center operates a state-of-the-art 150-bed facility providing extensive health-related solutions to Alaska Natives and American Indians. ANMC is jointly managed by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Southcentral Foundation and involves the Anchorage Native Main Care Center.

About the Alaska Native Tribal Wellness Consortium
ANTHC is a notforprofit tribal overall health organization managed by Alaska Native tribal governments and their regional overall health organizations. We supply statewide services in specialty medical care construction of water, sanitation and overall health facilities community overall health and research information technology and skilled recruiting. For much more information, please visit http://www.anthc.org.





