David Baines, MD
 Dr. Baines is originally from Metlakatla, Alaska. He graduated from Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota then completed his Internship at King/Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Baines completed his Residency in Family Practice at the Cheyenne Family Practice Program in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He enjoys black powder and archery hunting and traditional American Indian medicine.
Robin Cooke, PharmD
 Dr. Cooke moved to Alaska in 2009 after spending 32 years practicing pharmacy in Charlotte, NC. She graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is board certified in geriatric pharmacy. Her hobbies include golf, hiking, gardening, and reading. She has two daughters, one of whom will be spending time with her in Alaska during college breaks.
Sarah Dewane, PhD
 Dr. Dewane helps coordinate the residency’s behavioral science program. She earned her PhD in Clinical and Community Psychology through a joint program with the University of Alaska Anchorage and the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2010. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and has many publications, research and workshops to her credit.
Barb Doty, MD
 Pilot and rural practice enthusiast, Barb Doty has practiced as a Family Physician in the Matanuska Valley for over 16 years. She trained at the University of Colorado where she was chief resident. She also co-founded the Alaska Family Medicine Residency and is the Associate Director of Rural Education. Barb has gained regional, national, and international recognition through her involvement with AAFP and WONCA, World Organization for Family Doctors. She also lives on an airplane runway that her husband and she use extensively.
Harold Johnston, MD
Program Director
 Harold Johnston, MD, is a lifelong Alaska. He received his medical training through the Alaska WWAMI Program and Swedish Hospital Family Practice Residency in Seattle. Dr. Johnston worked as a staff physician and Medical Director at the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center, while participating in the development of the Alaska Family Medicine Residency. He was the founding director of the only residency program in Alaska, which accepted its first class of residents in July 1997. The Parker J Palmer "Courage to Teach Award" from the National Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education was presented to Dr. Johnston in 2003. He is active in statewide physician training and recruitment.
Janel Kam-Magruder, MD
 Never without a smile, Janel Kam-Magruder helps the residents and faculty maintain the spirit of aloha. Before medicine she planned on becoming a wildlife ecologist in Puerto Rico but through a public health trip to the Philippines she found her calling. Janel can usually be found picking berries on her summer days off and skate skiing during the winter. Her husband (and fellow graduate of the residency program) dragged her here initially. However, her skiing addiction and desire to raise her children amidst such beauty keeps her in Alaska. She regularly returns to her home state of Hawaii for rest with her family.
Robert McAlister, MD
 Dr. McAlister received his MD from Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine and completed his internship in Oregon, as well. He then practiced as a primary care physician (including almost four years in Nome, Alaska) until 2004 when he joined AKFMR to complete his residency training. He worked at Southcentral Foundation until 2009 when he returned to AKFMR as faculty.
Anne Musser, DO
Associate Program Director/Medical Director
 Anne Musser was drawn to Alaska by the spectacular country and many opportunities for outdoor activities, as well as the challenge to obtain dual accreditation (MD/DO) for the Alaska Family Medicine Residency Program. She grew up in Solana Beach, California, attended medical school in Kansas City, Missouri, and did her osteopathic internship and family medicine residency in Phoenix, Arizona. Her practice experiences include solo private practice and academic medicine. She is an osteopathic family physician and incorporates the use of osteopathic manipulation in her clinical practice. She has a special interest in caring for adults with disabilities. In addition to clinical care, Dr. Musser’s main professional interests include medical education, grant writing, and curriculum development. She enjoys hiking, biking, backpacking, and spending time with her dogs.
Virginia (Ginny) Parret, PhD
 Dr. Parret serves as a Behavioral Scientist at the Alaska Family Medicine Residency in Anchorage. She graduated from the Joint UAF-UAA Clinical-Community Psychology Ph.D. Program after completing her dissertation titled: Meeting the Needs of Breast Cancer Survivors in Alaska: Survivors’ and Healthcare Providers’ Perspectives. Her clinical interests include the relationship between psychology and health-related behaviors. She finds the challenge of identifying the link between the way people think, feel and behave and the impact it has on their physical well-being intriguing. She enjoys the challenge of attempting to improve health through psychosocial interventions. Ginny is a life-long Alaskan who enjoys spending time with her husband, family and friends doing Alaskan outdoor activities (hiking, kayaking, snowshoeing, and cross country skiing).
Ray Pastorino, JD, PhD
 Ray Pastorino, clinical psychologist, oversees the behavioral science curriculum. He spent 12 years in Juneau, Alaska, working with the University of Alaska and the State as an attorney, administrative hearing officer and professor. He returns to Alaska from Pocatello, Idaho, where he was faculty and vice chair with the Idaho State University’s Family Practice Residency. Ray’s background in law and behavioral psychology and his strong rural Alaskan ties make him an invaluable asset to our staff. His passions include conflict resolution, cultural competency, integrated medicine, traditional healing, and patient-centered care.
Sarah Roberts, MD
 Dr. Roberts graduated from the Alaska Family Medicine Residency in June 2011 and is serving as the 2011-2012 4th Year Chief Resident. She earned her MD from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in 2008 and then moved north to Alaska for residency. Dr. Roberts enjoys traveling, writing, collecting orchids and butterflies, as well as kayaking, reading and golf.
Michael Samaan, MD
 Dr. Samaan received his MD from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Austin, Texas; and, then completed his family medicine residency at Austin Medical Education Programs. Dr. Samaan moved to Ketchikan in 2008 and remained there until joining the residency in January 2011. He enjoys fishing and photography.
John Schwartz, MD
 John Schwartz graduated from the University of Kansas Medical School and completed training in Panama and the University of New Mexico. He has broad experience in Emergency Medicine, International Medicine and Poverty Medicine. He worked with the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center for 14 years, and was its Medical Director for 5 years. Dr. Schwartz was named 2003 Family Physician of the year by the Alaska Academy of Family Physicians. He is boarded in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Geriatrics. He oversees our Geriatrics curriculum and reads our echocardiograms. He is fluent in Spanish and speaks French and Tagalog.
Jacquelyn Serrano, MD, MPH
 Dr. Serrano earned an MPH from the University Of Minnesota School Of Public Health and followed that up a few years later with her MD from Stanford University School of Medicine. She then completed her training at the North Memorial Family Practice Residency Program at the University of Minnesota. Originally from Fairbanks, Dr. Serrano was happy to return home to Alaska and join the residency in May 2011. She is fluent in sign language and is currently learning Spanish.
Kimberly Thomas, MD, MSPH
 Dr. Thomas earned her MSPH from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and four years later earned her MD from the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Thomas has experience teaching residents and recently moved to Alaska from Pennsylvania. She enjoys camping, hiking, bicycling, and cross-country skiing with her husband and two children.
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