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Meet The Team At First Care Medical Centers

For more than 35 years, the healthcare professionals at First Care Medical have served the Anchorage community and area visitors, providing them with exceptional urgent care, occupational health, sports medicine, travel medicine and drug testing. We now offer Primary Care & Telemedicine services.

We pride ourselves on providing an unsurpassed level of compassionate, convenient, high-quality healthcare. We have transitioned from Walk-in to Booking Appointment slots during the pandemic. Our services are much more affordable than those of traditional Emergency Rooms. We look forward to serving you and your family.

Connie Pomerantz
Connie Pomerantz

FNP-C

Connie Pomerantz

Primary Specialty: Family Medicine
Other Specialty : Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, and Certified Adult Geron-acute care Nurse practitioner
Languages spoken: English
National Registry DOT Certified: No
Interests/Activities: Reading, sailing, bicycling, family time

Timothy Morgan
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PA-C

Timothy Morgan

Primary Specialty: Family Medicine
Board Certifications: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
Languages spoken: English
National Registry DOT Certified: Yes

Katie Copps
Katie Copps

PA-C

Katie Copps

Primary Specialty: Family Medicine
Board Certifications: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
Languages spoken: English
National Registry DOT Certified: Yes
Interests/Activities: Cross country skiing, picking berries and picking fish from the net

Ingrid Carlson
Ingrid Carlson

PA-C

Ingrid Carlson

Primary Specialty: Family Medicine
Other Specialties: Women’s health
Board Certifications: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
Languages spoken: English
National Registry DOT Certified: Yes
Memberships: Alaska Physician Assistant Association
Interests/Activities: Family, grandkids, travel, just about anything outdoors, returning home in rural Alaska for subsistence in summers

Melanie Boyer
Melanie Boyer

PA-C

Melanie Boyer

Primary Specialty: Family Medicine
Board Certifications: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
Languages spoken: English
National Registry DOT Certified: No
Interests/Activities: Nature walks, Italian cuisine (cooking), cats, music (listening, playing, i.e.piano), functional and complementary medicine

Thomas Ligus
Thomas Ligus

MD

Thomas Ligus

Primary Specialty: Internal Medicine
Languages spoken: English
National Registry DOT Certified: Yes
Interests/Activities: Music

Paula Colescott
Paula

MD

Paula Colescott

Primary Specialty: Internal Medicine
Other Specialties: Addiction Medicine
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Addiction Medicine
Languages spoken: English
National Registry DOT Certified: Yes
Memberships: The Board of Preventive Medicine, The Federation of Physician Health Programs, consultant for the Department of Human Services in curriculum/ conference planning on addiction
Interests: Celebrate recovery Hiland Mountain Correctional Center, teaching in various venues on Addiction Medicine, Researching/Teaching on “Body Theology,” Student of written and spoken Hebrew through the University of Jerusalem, and a proud caretaker of a chocolate tip Siamese Cat

Katherine Sterner
Katherine

ANP

Katherine Sterner

Primary Specialty: Family Medicine
Board Certifications: The American Nurses Credentialing Centers (ANCC)
Languages spoken: English
National Registry DOT Certified: Yes
Memberships: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Alaskan Nurse Practitioners Association
Interests: Traveling, reading, exercising

Louis Smith
Louis

PA-C

Louis Smith

Primary Specialty: Family Medicine
Board Certifications: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
Languages spoken: English
National Registry DOT Certified: Yes
Memberships: Alaska Academy of Physician Assistants
Interests: Family, outdoors, pets

Rachel Goldberger
Rachel

PA-C

Rachel Goldberger

Primary Specialty: Family Medicine
Board Certifications: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
Languages spoken: English
National Registry DOT Certified: No
Memberships: Alaska Academy of Physician Assistants and American Academy of Physician Assistants
Interests: Playing outside with my dog, running, biking, hiking, skiing, traveling, reading, and spending time with friends and family

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About First Care Medical Centers

For the past 35 years, we’ve been honored to serve patients in Anchorage, Alaska. We provide high quality health care to local residents, employers, employees, families and out-of-town visitors.

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Location

1301 Huffman Road, Suite 100
Anchorage, Alaska 99515

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