Doctors and health care providers in Nanwalek, AK
12 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Nanwalek, 56th of 72 Alaska cities. The largest group is community health worker: 10, 83% of the city's records, against 8% across Alaska.
The 3 largest groups in Nanwalek
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
Nanwalek in Alaska
- Rank in Alaska56th of 72 cities by records
- Share of the state<0.1% of Alaska's records
- Specialties present3 taxonomy codes
- Top three groups100% of all records
Compared with Alaska as a whole, Nanwalek has 10.3× the state's share of community health worker records.
Providers in Nanwalek, alphabetically
- Aquilina ActiveCommunity Health Worker1932503869
- Juanita BalesCommunity Health Worker1821232612
- Quanah BrewsterCommunity Health Worker1235696717
- Elias Kvasnikoff, CHA III CCommunity Health Worker1891926564
- Emerson KvasnikoffCommunity Health Worker1346644242
- Charlemagne McMullen, CHP-CCommunity Health Worker1730323429
- Nancy Radtke, B.H.P.Counselor1912453242
- Tania RomanoffCommunity Health Worker1801669346
- Nicholi Ukatish-Gahimer, CHA-ICommunity Health Worker1205650769
- Amy Velsko, ANP, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1881063295
- Mandy Wood, CHA IVCommunity Health Worker1164653838
- Kelly YeatonCommunity Health Worker1629736244
How to read this directory
Nanwalek, Alaska appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 12 registered healthcare providers spanning 3 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Nanwalek - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Nanwalek practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
The provider mix in Nanwalek is weighted toward Community Health Worker (10 clinicians, followed by Family Nurse Practitioner with 1 and Counselor with 1). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to Alaska's population, Nanwalek reports roughly 1.6 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.
Of Alaska's most common specialties, Mental Health Counselor is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Nanwalek practice address, a coverage gap Nanwalek patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Nanwalek patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.
For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.
Common questions
How many doctors are in Nanwalek, AK?
There are 12 registered healthcare providers in Nanwalek, AK, covering 3 specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Nanwalek?
The most common specialties in Nanwalek are Community Health Worker, Family Nurse Practitioner, Counselor. Community Health Worker has the most providers with 10.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.