by Mary Ellen Doty | Sep 8, 2026 | Blog
There are some stories from my years with Wilderness Medical Staffing that I’ve heard more than once and still never get tired of hearing. Maybe it’s because they remind me why we started doing this in the first place. Recently, one of our earliest medical providers...
by Mary Ellen Doty | Aug 12, 2026 | Blog
This summer, I went back to Alaska for my Medicine at 50 Below book tour. And I thought I knew what it would feel like to go back… For example, I knew I would see people I loved. I knew there would be memories everywhere from another chapter of my life. I knew it...
by Mary Ellen Doty | Apr 30, 2026 | Blog
When I applied for my first job as a new nurse practitioner directly out of a master’s program and green as grass, the Program Director in Tanana, Alaska said, “Nothing much really ever happens out here. We haven’t had a trauma in years.” Hmmm… I can handle...
by Mary Ellen Doty | Apr 23, 2026 | Blog
Death as we know it in mainstream America is, well, different than what I experienced in the remote regions of Alaska where the earth and the animals and the sea life and humans are so intricately connected. Death there is a continuation of life, and neither feared or...
by Mary Ellen Doty | Apr 16, 2026 | Blog
There are moments in this work that stop me in my tracks. Recently, during one of our team conversations at Wilderness Medical Staffing, I asked my weekly a “Why?” question, one meant to spark reflection. Why do you do what you do? Why does it matter? What I received...
by Mary Ellen Doty | Apr 6, 2026 | Blog
“The doctor will see you now.” If only that were true. I was forced to stop when I wrote this and reflect. How often have I felt not “seen” by my medical provider? How often have I experienced a rushed doctor or nurse practitioner or PA who either made no...
