Anna Reese, MD

I grew up in Sweden, but met my future husband while volunteering for the U.S. Forest Service in SE Alaska. After completing medical school at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, I moved to the U.S. and did my residency in Marquette, MI. My husband and I had always been looking for the right opportunity […]

David Penn, MD

I grew up in Milwaukee, WI, immersed in music and arts. I received a BFA from the University of Minnesota: Twin Cities. After several years of traveling as an active musician and working as a photographer in New York City, I realized I had developed a serious, and undeniable, interest in medicine. This interest led […]

Jeffrey Melendez, MD

Dr. Jeffrey Melendez received his medical degree at the University of Florida College of Medicine and began working at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in 2009. He enjoys spending time with is wife and his three Alaska born children.

Crystal Imperato, DO

Dr. Imperato is a third generation Alaskan and grew up in Willow. She left Alaska to go to college at Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colorado. She then went on to medical school at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, graduating in 2004. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency in Grand Rapids, MI. Her […]

Ailinh Tran, MD

Ailinh Tran is a board-certified internist. She was born in Toronto, Canada and grew up in Northern California. She graduated from UC San Diego with a B.S. in Bioengineering and graduated with an MD from UC San Diego School of Medicine. She completed residency in Internal Medicine at UC San Francisco and spent three years […]

Ido Barkay, MD

I was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel. At the age of 18 I joined the Israeli Defense Forces, where I was first introduced to medicine and eventually became a medic in the Israeli Air Force. After discharge, I moved to the US and embarked on a life of travel and exploration. I earned my bachelors […]