Harold L. Johnston, MD

Harold Johnston, MD, is a lifelong Alaskan. He received his medical training through the Alaska WWAMI Program and Swedish Hospital Family Practice Residency in Seattle. Dr. Johnston worked as a staff physician and medical director at the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center, while participating in the development of the Alaska Family Medicine Residency. He was the founding director of the only residency program in Alaska, which accepted its first class of residents in July 1997. The Parker J. Palmer "Courage to Teach Award" from the National Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education was presented to Dr. Johnston in 2003. He is active in statewide physician training and recruitment.