Susan Hayner, MD
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 […]
Brian Jeppesen, MD
I was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. As a kid, I enjoyed scouting adventures, hiking the Cascade Mountains, and backcountry skiing Washington’s volcanoes. I went to Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, studying biochemistry and researching proteins involved in Alzheimer’s disease. My wife and I met at Western; she spent her childhood summers commercial fishing in […]
Jeff McDonald, MD
Dr. McDonald grew up in Southern California. He attended UC Davis medical school, then did his post graduate training at the Mayo Clinic and the University of Utah. He has practiced medicine in Alaska since 2002 and currently lives in Kenai, AK. In addition to hunting and fishing, he participates in Ironman and other extreme […]
Syed Rahman, MD
I was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh and moved to Maryland when I was 13 years old. I completed high school in Baltimore and subsequently graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physiology-Neurobiology at the University of Maryland College Park. My first two years of medical school were conducted at St. George’s University in Grenada, West […]
Eric Dreibelbeis, DO
Dr. Eric Dreibelbeis joined The Alaska Hospitalist Group in 2018. An Iowa native, he completed his residency at the University of Iowa – Des Moines Internal Medicine Residency and served as Chief Medical Resident for a year after graduation. He came to Alaska following the love of his life, and looks forward to falling in […]
Ryan Webb, MD
Dr. Webb grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and went to college at Vanderbilt University. He returned home for medical school at the University of South Alabama and then completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Colorado in Denver, where he was also a chief resident. After residency he joined the faculty at […]
Michael Mraz, MD
I was raised in Erie, Pennsylvania and attended Boston College. After graduating, I moved to Anchorage and worked for 3 years at the Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association before going to University of Washington medical school’s WWAMI program here in Anchorage. I took some time off during medical school to study at Harvard University for a Masters in Public Health. I […]
Anthony K. Larson, MD
I grew up in Lake City, Minnesota, then migrated to Duluth for Undergraduate and Medical School, finishing medical school in Minneapolis. I spent a year in both Australia and Ecuador during that of time of study, picking up some Spanish in Ecuador. After residency in Anchorage, I worked in Bethel, Kodiak, and Seward for 5 […]
Chris Swanson, MD
I was born and raised in Blooming Prairie, MN and after finishing high school, I traveled to Southern California where I earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology at Westmont College. I enjoyed a short career of teaching junior high and high school before attending medical school at St. Georges University in Grenada. I was then accepted to […]