November and December 2018 – “…we are knocked down, but not destroyed.” – St. Paul, 2 Corinthians 4:9
Along with our community, NAPM took a big beating on 30 Nov 2018. Our commercial landlord tells us that of the 35 properties they manage, the “Jack White Building” in Eagle River sustained the most damage, and our suite got hit the hardest. Many of the pipes in the building broke and several sprinkler…
Read MoreOctober 2018 – Welcome, Even Evanson, PA-C!
NAPM is delighted and proud to introduce Even Evanson, PA-C! As NAPM slowly but steadily grows, Even will be a central part of our clinical team and most of our patients will have the opportunity to receive highest-quality care from this dedicated, outstanding practitioner. Even is a lifelong Alaskan, born in the Prince William…
Read MoreSeptember 2018 – Alaska Gets a Platform
Dr. McAnally has been honored to serve as one of two national contributors, along with Dr. Ajay Wasan, American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) Vice-President for Scientific Affairs to the new AAPM-MedPage Today pain management column. MedPage Today is one of the largest physician-centered accredited medical news service sites and leading source of continuing…
Read MoreAUG 2018 – Statewide Opioid Action Plan Summit Preliminary Report : Safer Alaska – Building Resilient Communities
This month the State of Alaska held its Opioid Action Plan Summit per executive directive of Governor Walker, and Dr. McAnallywas honored to be among over 60 contributors to the endeavor. A truly fine group of individuals committed to improving the health and safety of Alaska met for two days following weeks of meetings in…
Read MoreJUL 2018 – UAA Course on Answers to the Opioid Epidemic
This semester UAA will be offering a special upper-level college course on the opioid epidemic, based on Dr. McAnally’s textbook (see here). Embedded within the course is an 8-part postgraduate-level track offering AMA Category I CME hours as well as CEU credits for other professions. Dr. McAnally along with friends and colleagues Dr. Jay Butler,…
Read MoreJUNE 2018 – GRADUATION…
Probably like many of you sending kids off to college, it’s with a mixture of sadness, gratitude and excitement that we bid goodbye to two of our dear NAPM family this month. These two individuals have contributed immensely to our Team and mission here, and will be sorely missed by us and no doubt by…
Read MoreMAY 2018 – Thank you, UAA!
…for letting us use Eagle River campus classroom space to hold our Wednesday morning Foundation classes. As many of you know, we started offering Dr. Eric Goodman and Peter Park’s Foundation beginner-level class to our patients free of charge a couple years ago on Wednesday mornings (not open to the general public, as our providers…
Read MoreApril 2018: New VALERAS Preoperative Optimization Program
Last month we were kindly invited by the Alaska Academy of Family Practice to introduce our new VALERAS preoperative optimization program at their 20th annual Winter Update. VALERAS (taken from the Latin for “Strong and Well”) is a cooperative venture between NAPM and Mind Matters Research, LLC, with a little help from our friends at…
Read MoreMarch 2018: ASIPP Florida Presentation
Undermining Opioid Demand from Meghan Bartlett on Vimeo. Donna Nall, RHYI, CPT (familiar to many of you as our Resume Course Director) and Dr. McAnally were recently featured at the 20th Annual American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians’ (ASIPP) meeting in Florida this month. As part of her keynote address on the role of ASIPP…
Read MoreFebruary 2018: Happy 5th Birthday, NAPM!
In many ways it seems like just yesterday we left the operating room to open up clinic full-time in Eagle River. In other ways, it seems like a lifetime ago. This month we celebrate 5 years of service to South-central Alaska (and outlying regions from Barrow to Ketchikan, and Dutch Harbor to Eagle.) It wouldn’t…
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