Anthony K. Larson, MD

2004 M.D. – University of Minnesota Duluth and University of Minnesota Medical Schools. 2007 Family Medicine – Alaska Family Medicine Residency I moved to Alaska from Minnesota. After residency I worked in Bethel, Kodiak and Seward. I joined the Alaska Hospitalist Group in 2012. I can’t imagine living anywhere else, except maybe Argentina
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 […]
M. Landon Smith, MD

Born and raised in Harrison, Arkansas , I grew up loving the adventure of the outdoors… I attended undergrad at the University of Arkansas (1999-2003) where I earned a Bachelor degree in Biology while volunteering at free health clinics that helped confirm my decision of becoming a physician. My adventure continued as I attended medical school at Ross University School of Medicine (2003-2007) […]
Mandy Garnett, DO

I was born and raised in a small town in the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. After graduating from Harrison High School, I attended the University of Arkansas on a full academic scholarship and obtained a BS in Biochemistry and a minor in Spanish. I also completed an honors research project and an honors thesis. After college, I attended medical school at Kansas City University of […]
Dustin Lang, MD

My life began at Providence Hospital Anchorage some thirty years ago, and today I am happy to still call Alaska my home. Unlike the majority of Alaskans I am from “The Bush.” I was raised in Port Alsworth Alaska a small town of about 100 people, 200 miles southwest of Anchorage. Most of my early life was spent in my family’s business – […]
Matthew Strohmeyer, DO

Dr. Strohmeyer was born and raised in Palmer, Alaska. He attended Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington for his undergraduate education. After graduation, he worked in a nonmedical field but realized he had a passion for medicine and decided to go back to school to pursue his medical education. Dr. Strohmeyer attended Lake Erie College of […]
Casey Mapes, MD

I was born and raised in Anchorage, AK, but left to obtain my undergraduate degree in Kinesiology at Western Washington University. I received my medical training through the University of Washington with the WWAMI program. I went to on do my residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado with a focus on hospital […]
Toby Currin, DO

I was born and raised in Lincoln Nebraska. Went to undergraduate at Creighton University, after which I got the opportunity to live in Jackson Wyoming perfecting my down hill skiing which would ultimately lead me up to Alaska to see what the hub bub was all about. Before I got here I received my masters […]
Terin Ostroski, MD

I was born in Seoul, South Korea and adopted before the age of one and raised throughout the south: Georgia, both South and North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and I would claim Florida as “home.” My undergraduate degree was in kinesiology/exercise science at Louisiana State University on a full-athletic scholarship for gymnastics. This was during the […]
Robert Church, MD

Dr. Church was born and raised in Anchorage and attended Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma Washington earning bachelors degrees in Biology and Psychology. Prior to attending the University of Arizona College of Medicine, he enjoyed brief careers as a forensic scientist and a wildlife biologist. He returned to Alaska for residency training at the Alaska Family Medicine Residency prior to joining The Alaska Hospitalist Group in 2008. He and his wife (Jana, […]