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Scott Myers Kirchner, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medicare: Medicare Enrolled
Practice Location: 3100 Tongass Ave, Ketchikan, AK 99901
Phone: 907-225-5171    
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Mark Raine, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medicare: Medicare Enrolled
Practice Location: 3100 S Tongass Hwy, Ketchikan, AK 99901
Phone: 907-228-7601    
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Dr. Ernest Meloche, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare
Practice Location: 3100 Tongass Ave, Ketchikan General Hospital Er, Ketchikan, AK 99901
Phone: 907-617-5111    

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Emergency Medicine: An emergency physician focuses on the immediate decision making and action necessary to prevent death or any further disability both in the pre-hospital setting by directing emergency medical technicians and in the emergency department. The emergency physician provides immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization and disposition of a generally diversified population of adult and pediatric patients in response to acute illness and injury.


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