Heath B. McAnally

Heath McAnally, MD, MSPH is a board-certified anesthesiologist, pain physician and addictionologist practicing in Alaska (the military sent him there and he decided to stay.) Before transitioning into clinical medicine, his background was in public health research. That journey has come full circle now as he is attempting to blend clinical and epidemiologic perspectives and experience in helping people manage and overcome chronic pain and illness, and also contribute to community health through various efforts including education, health policy and professional society service roles, and research. His clinical interests include navigating people out of the distressing mazes of chronic pain and substance dependence using an integrative and biopsychosocial-spiritual approach. He and his incomparable teammates at Northern Anesthesia & Pain Medicine are working to make “E4 healthcare” (Evidence-based, Entire, Edifying, Ethical) a reality in SouthCentral Alaska. On the book-writing front, he is excited to be partnering with his friends and colleagues Dr. Lyn Freeman and Dr. Beth Darnall on a new book coming out in the spring of 2019 addressing perioperative pain management. If he wasn't trying to guide people in improving their own lives, teaching medical students to do the same, or writing about it he'd probably be outdoors right now slogging up a mountain with a good friend or two.