A.A. Specialty Health Center - Practitioner Staff



Dr. Chandler	Dr. Johnson	Dr. Bertrand	Dr. Child	Dr. Derek Hagen, D.O	Dr. Kilmow



Leon “Joe” Chandler, M.D.
Dr. Leon “Joe” Chandler was born, bred, and educated in the mid west state of Indiana. He was raised on golf, fishing, quail hunting and dog training. His alma mater is Indiana University where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree and earned a doctor’s degree in medicine. His anesthesia residency was done at Indiana University and Marion County General Hospital. He came up to Alaska via his childhood desire to fish and hunt in this great state and the United States Air Force. Although the air force brought Dr. Chandler to Alaska in 1970, it was the hunting, fishing and medical opportunities that have kept him in Anchorage, Alaska ever since. (read more - click on image)

STEVE JOHNSOn, M.D
Dr. Johnson is Board Certified in Family Practice in Canada, and in Anesthesia and Pain Management in the United States. Dr. Johnson grew up in Montreal, Canada and went to McGill University in Montreal as an undergraduate majoring in Engineering and Pre Medicine. McGill University was where he attended Medical School, as well. He left Montreal to do a Family Practice Residency at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada and was Board Certified in Family Practice there. (read more - click on image)

SUSAN BERTRAND, M.D.
Dr. Bertrand joined A.A. Pain Clinic in 2005. Before coming to Anchorage to join A.A. Pain Clinic, Dr. Bertrand served as the Medical Director for the Chronic Pain Program at Missoula Community Medical Center in Missoula Montana and Southern Hills Regional Rehabilitation Hospital in southern West Virginia. Dr. Bertrand has been treating patients with Musculoskeletal Pain since 1979. She received training in Physical Medicine...(read more - click on image)

GARY L.CHILD, D.O.
Dr. Child has practiced family practice medicine in the Anchorage area since 1986. He joined A.A. Pain Clinic in 2004 to add an additional dimension to our pain management practice model by bringing a family medicine component to our practice. In 2007 Dr. Child was instrumental in starting our Northern Nights Sleep Clinic. (read more - click on image)

DR. DEREK HAGEN, D.O.
Dr. Hagen is Board Certified in Family Medicine and has been practicing in Anchorage since 1997. Originally from Homer, Alaska, Dr. Hagen attended medical school at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California. He completed his internship at San Bernardino County Medical Center and his residency in Family Medicine at Aultman Hospital in Canton, Ohio. In addition to specializing in family medicine, Dr. Hagen’s practice emphasis includes sports medicine, osteopathic manipulations, and minor surgical procedures, such as no-scalpel vasectomies and mole removal. (read more - click on image)

SUSAN KILMOW , M.D.
Dr. Klimow is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as well as Pain Management. Other medical interests include acupuncture, electro-diagnostic testing and disability examinations. In 1993 Dr Klimow completed a residency through UCLA at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She and her husband moved to Alaska in 1993. (read more - click on image)




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