Youth Mental Health Information Night
Together, parents, caregivers, and community members spent the evening exploring essential topics that shape young minds and family relationships, including: ✔ What is psychiatry and who practices it? ✔ Relationships are healing ✔ Shame and guilt ✔ Emotions are everything ✔ The dilemmas of “growing up” vs. “parenting” in the modern age Dr. Ali offered […]
Celebrating the Opening of the New Island Specialty Clinics – The Barto Building
What was once Island Health’s Sleep Center has been transformed into a modern space now home to Island Urology and Island Pulmonology. But this transformation is more than just bricks and mortar—it’s a reflection of the generosity, vision, and care of our community. This important project would not have been possible without the generosity of […]
A Special Delivery: New Lab Courier Vehicle Arrives at Island Health
The lab courier car plays a critical behind-the-scenes role in ensuring that lab specimens are picked up and delivered quickly, safely, and efficiently across our region. From transporting vital diagnostic samples to keeping routine testing running smoothly, this vehicle helps support timely, high-quality care for our patients. When the lab’s previous courier vehicle began showing […]
Retired Island Health Physician Has A Passion For Emergency Preparedness
Dr. Jay Ham, served as a physician at Island Health for over 30 years. Today, he continues to care for his community as an active participant in our local Emergency Preparedness Committee (EPC). This committee is comprised of local and county-wide organizations—including Island Health—which supports the planning and preparedness for Natural Disasters and other events […]
HF Sinclair Supporting Health Beyond Hospital Walls — A $25,000 Gift Fuels Community Paramedicine Program
In July 2021, Island Health, in partnership with the Anacortes Fire Department, launched the Community Paramedicine Program — a unique, proactive approach to addressing the medical and social needs of vulnerable members of our community. This program was created with a dual mission: to improve individual outcomes for high-risk and underserved populations while reducing strain […]
Grateful Patient Quotes
My husband and I are both in our mid-eighties and both have experienced wonderful ER care… I was given superb care in the ER and then overnight in the hospital. All of the hospital workers were amazingly expert at whatever their job was and caring. So, in short, I am appreciative of the excellent care […]
Emergency Services Project
Island Health has undergone a major update to facilities to enhance emergency services so you, your loved ones and neighbors have access to emergency care when needed most. Island Health has relocated the helicopter pad from the north parking lot to the roof of our Acute Care Unit. This project also includes updates to the […]
Dr. Pinson: From Grateful Patient to Esteemed Surgeon at Island Health
Born in Portland and raised in Anacortes, Dr. Pinson is part of six generations who have called this coastal community home. His father was delivered by Dr. Sam Brooks (Island Health’s Birth Center is named after Dr. Sam Brooks’ son, Dr. Thomas Brooks) then continued on and served as the town’s mayor from 1952 – […]
Celebrating Doctor’s Day
MAKE A GIFT IN HONOR OF YOUR PHYSICIAN OR CAREGIVER This Doctors Day, we invite you to join us in celebrating the extraordinary physicians who make a difference in our lives. One such physician, Dr. Garde, remembers the moment she knew she wanted to become a doctor. At just eight years old, she sat in […]
Growing a Community of Excellence through Furthering Education
In 2018, lifelong friends Jerry and Jan Barto, alongside Jan Iversen (spouse), established the Colonel Richard Iversen Scholarship to honor the memory of the late Colonel Richard Iversen. A man of integrity, dedication, and service, Colonel Iversen left a lasting impact on those who knew him. Inspired by his legacy, the Barto’s sought to create […]