Meet the members of your health care team -
Providing you your medical needs, at the time you need it.
Megan Sarnecki, MD
IFHS Medical Director
Megan Sarnecki, MD, is a family medicine physician originally from Wisconsin. Megan obtained her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison graduating in 2002. Megan did her residency training in Anchorage, Alaska at the Alaska Family Medicine Residency program; she has been with IFHS since 2016. Dr. Sarnecki came to the island with her husband and two children; you can find Megan hiking, skiing, camping or beach combing with her family when not at work. Her past experience includes Seward Alaska ER, Providence Family Medicine Residency Faculty in Anchorage, Partnership Community Health Center in Missoula, Montana, The Rocky Boy reservation in Box Elder, Montana and Montana State University Student Health Service in Bozeman Montana.
IFHS Medical Director
Megan Sarnecki, MD, is a family medicine physician originally from Wisconsin. Megan obtained her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison graduating in 2002. Megan did her residency training in Anchorage, Alaska at the Alaska Family Medicine Residency program; she has been with IFHS since 2016. Dr. Sarnecki came to the island with her husband and two children; you can find Megan hiking, skiing, camping or beach combing with her family when not at work. Her past experience includes Seward Alaska ER, Providence Family Medicine Residency Faculty in Anchorage, Partnership Community Health Center in Missoula, Montana, The Rocky Boy reservation in Box Elder, Montana and Montana State University Student Health Service in Bozeman Montana.
Murray Buttner, MD
Murray Buttner, MD is a family medicine physician originally from New England. He obtained his medical degree from Columbia University in New York City graduating in 1994. He did his residency training at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and then moved up to Alaska where he has worked in Klawock, Juneau and Cordova. Most recently he has been a faculty member at the Alaska Family Medicine Program in Anchorage. He and his family are very excited to be back living and practicing in real Alaska! Beatriz Dietrick, APRN Associate Medical Director Beatriz specializes in primary care for all ages. She came to Unalaska as a Nurse Practitioner student for a medical rotation and returned to IFHS in 2014 as an Advance Nurse Practitioner. Beatriz was born and raised in Juneau, Alaska and enjoys many activities Unalaska shares with Southeast Alaska. |
Dr. Ann Nora Ehret, DO
Dr. Ehret hails from a Navy family originally from Chicago. She obtained her osteopathic medical degree from University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Maine. She completed her Family Medicine residency in Anchorage, Alaska, a site affiliated with the University of Washington providing full spectrum training for rural physicians. She worked in IFHS from 2007 to 2011 and returned as a Medical Director in 2013. Over the years, Dr. Ehret has worked in the Navajo Nation, inner-city of Chicago, tribal Alaskan healthcare facilities and on multiple international projects. She sailed on Semester at Sea in Spring 2000 and Summer 2014, on numerous Enrichment and Reunion voyages and most recently serves on the SAS Alumni Board Association as co-chair of the Voyagers Council 
Jennifer Heller, CNM
Jennifer Heller is a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM), she is a life-long Alaskan, growing up in South Central Alaska and fishing with her family in Bristol Bay. Listening to stories from fisher folk about the Aleutians as a teenager, Unalaska seemed exotic and exciting, Jennifer dreamed of coming here. Jennifer went out of state for school then came back to work for ANMC in Anchorage where she met her husband Murray Buttner. Moving to Connecticut, Jennifer fulfilled her long-time dream of becoming a midwife, working at a small, full-scope midwifery practice in Anchorage. Midwife means "with woman" and midwives are trained to be primary health care providers for women, not only during birth but across their lifespan, a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner with the added component of attending low risk births. The care Jennifer provides includes adolescent health, preventative screenings, well-woman exams, family planning guidance and contraception, prenatal and postpartum services, and menopausal care. Jennifer has a passion for serving women at all stages of their lives and is honored and thrilled to be providing care in Unalaska. |
part-time providers
Clare Lattimore, NP
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Kyland Burden, DO
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Keils Kitchen, PA-C
Sarah Spelsberg, PA-C, FAWM