Palliative Care Fellowship Available in Anchorage, AK

Anchorage, Alaska -- Providence Alaska Medical Center is seeking a Palliative Care Medical Fellow. Offering one of the few ACGME accredited Palliative medicine fellowships in the country, the PAMC program was established in 2005. The fellowship is one-year in length and offers experience and training with inpatients, outpatients, and extensive community home hospice work. Successful applicant will have completed an ACGME approved residency in Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Physical medicine & Rehabilitation, Psychiatry, Radiation Oncology or Surgery.

Facility: Providence Alaska Medical Center

With 401 beds and a medical staff of 600, Providence Alaska Medical Center is the most comprehensive tertiary facility in the state and the only one with a dedicated Children's Hospital. Providers enjoy broad cross-specialty support as well as flexible arrangements to meet individual needs. The campus is blessed with incredible mountain views and frequent wildlife sightings.

Alaska offers financial, cultural and recreational opportunities beyond compare. There is no state income or sales tax; in fact the state pays every Alaskan a yearly dividend from oil revenues!

Anchorage, with 285,000 residents, is a modern American city surrounded by spectacular scenery and boundless outdoor recreation opportunities. Within the city limits are moose, bears, glaciers, hundreds of miles of trails for hiking, biking and skiing, a ski resort, golf courses, major dogsled race starts, and several peaks of the hugely popular Chugach Mountains. There are also shopping malls, world-class restaurants, brewpubs, two universities, a sports arena and a performing arts center.

The combination of urban and wild is what makes Anchorage such a special place. Where else can you catch a salmon in the shadow of skyscrapers, or meet a moose on your way to the symphony?