N-NW to the Future Medical Tour

welcome to my N-NW to the Future Medical Tour blog. those who know me know that i occasionally fall off the face of the earth from time to time. (yes, sometimes for a year or two at a pop...) i don't really expect this year to be any different as i travel around alaska, washington and montana completing all my medical rotations. i plan on graduating from the university of washington physician assistant program in august '09. that said, i do expect this year to be a busy one and this is going to be my attempt at letting you know what's the latest scoop - even if it is a bit less intimate. i hope that you will be able to have a better sense of what's going on in my life and possibly more scarily... what's going on in my big dinosaur brain (see perfect date link).

past stops
nome, ak  family practice   sept 23 - jan 30
anchorage, ak psych feb 2- 27
port angeles, wa ortho mar 16 - 27
anchorage, ak inpatient mar 30 - apr 24
fairbanks, ak emergency med apr 27 - may 22

next stop
browning, mt surgery  may 25 - june 19

** for a full schedule, drop me an email.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

you know you're really in alaska when...



... this is your mode of public transportation to get back and forth from the clinic to airport.

... this is downtown savoonga, which is not to say that downtown looks any different from any other view.

... the big excitement of the day is catching a 25' minke whale.  

... enough said.
... you get your sushi (fresh whale meat) right on the beach. fortunately, this community didn't eat the muktuk (whale fat) - so, i didn't have to try that. 

i've been twice now to savoonga and have to say it is quite a unique experience.  really nice folks, but definitely as cross-cultural an experience as you'll find anywhere - u.s. or other. want to learn more about savoonga, kiddos? check out the wiki/savoonga link on the right side of the page.