Number of Alaska Native Health Professionals Growing

Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage

A transformation is quietly taking place in rural Alaska and at Anchorage’s Native Medical campus.  More and more of the health professionals are Alaska Native.  For our series on Alaska Native Education, KSKA’s Len Anderson talked to one of the earliest–Ted Mala—who heads the Traditional Healing Clinic and Tribal Affairs office at South Central Foundation in Anchorage.

Photo courtesy of Kristin Helvey, Director, Public Relations for the Southcentral Foundation

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