There are 2 physician-owned pulmonary disease practices in Alaska, vetted against the NPPES NPI Registry. Hospital-employed, government, and academic positions are excluded.
Most PGY-Final-Year physicians sign their first pulmonary disease contract in Alaska without knowing what else is out there. This directory shows the 2 groups they were never told about.
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Hospital-employed, government-operated, and academic positions are excluded. These are not independent private practices:
Hospital systems
Anchorage, AK
Alaska Lung and Nodule center, Jon Grace MD brings together pulmonary disease physicians in Anchorage, Alaska under a private group practice model. Services extend to lung and respiratory care. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
3220 Providence Dr Ste E3-080, Anchorage, AK 99508
Wasilla, AK
Passa Pulmonology and Sleep Specialists of Alaska - Ravi Shergill, MD provides pulmonary disease care in Wasilla, Alaska as a multi-physician private practice. The practice also provides lung and respiratory care. Visit the practice website or call to discuss potential openings.
5401 E Mayflower Ln, Wasilla, AK 99654
Then your final year starts and the path stops drawing itself. Recruiters start emailing. Contracts show up before you have asked anyone what a contract is supposed to look like.
The map of independent pulmonary disease in Alaska was never compiled. So we compiled it. 2 practices, all physician-owned, all in one place. Now you can see what is around you before you sign into one corner of it.
I built this directory by starting with the NPPES NPI Registry, the federal database where every medical practice in the country has to register. From there, I filtered Alaska's pulmonary disease listings down to practices that are genuinely physician-owned. That means no hospital-employed roles, no academic faculty positions, no corporate-acquired clinics. What you're looking at is 2 independent pulmonary disease practices across 2 cities in Alaska.
The distinction between physician-owned and corporate-owned isn't just a label. It determines how a practice makes decisions about staffing, compensation, patient volume, and reinvestment. This directory exists because no other resource separates physician-owned pulmonary disease practices in Alaska from everything else. Every listing has an active NPI, is independently operated, and represents a real opportunity where a physician sets the clinical direction. Not an MBA. Not an investor. A doctor.
Alaska's physician-owned pulmonary disease directory lists 2 practice locations across 2 cities.
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Daniel Aragón, MD, MBAThere are 2 physician-owned pulmonary disease private practices in Alaska, verified against the NPPES NPI Registry. All are independently operated. Hospital-employed, government, corporate, and academic positions are excluded.
A physician-owned practice is one where licensed physicians hold controlling ownership of the business entity. This is distinct from hospital employment, corporate medical groups, or private equity-backed practices where non-physician entities control the business.
The Corporate-Acquired flag means the practice was historically physician-owned but has since been acquired by a corporate entity such as Optum. The MSO-Affiliated flag means the practice uses a Management Services Organization for billing and administration while physicians retain practice-level ownership.
Alaska doesn't have physician-owned independent pulmonary disease practices in this directory. Pulmonary disease care here runs through hospital systems like Providence Alaska Medical Center, and Alaska Regional Hospital, and Foundation Health Partners.
NPPES is the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, a federal database maintained by CMS. Every practice in this directory has an active NPI record in NPPES, confirming it is a registered U.S. medical practice.
When a pulmonology practice owns its PFT equipment and employs its own respiratory therapist to perform testing, the practice bills and collects the technical component of PFT studies (spirometry, DLCO, plethysmography) separately from the physician's interpretation fee. This technical component revenue, which would otherwise go to a hospital if testing were referred out, can add $100,000-$300,000+ annually to a high-volume pulmonology practice's revenue. Ask for the annual PFT testing volume and what portion of technical component revenue is distributed to physician-owners.
| Physician-Owned | Hospital-Employed | Corporate / PE-Backed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who controls the practice | Physicians | Health system | Non-physician entity |
| Non-compete scope | Narrower, negotiable | Broad | Very broad |
| Partnership / buy-in path | Common | Rare | Rare |
| Call schedule flexibility | Higher | Variable | Lower |
| Productivity bonus upside | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| Included in this directory | Yes | No | Flagged |
This directory is maintained by Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA, a physician who just walked this path. All listings are pulled from the NPPES NPI Registry (CMS.gov), the federal database of all U.S. medical providers. Hospital-employed, corporate, and government-operated positions are excluded. Last updated: .
Built by a physician who just walked this path. Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA.
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