Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center – Dental Clinic - SEARHC
Dental • Sitka, AK
About
Summary: The Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center (MEMC) in Sitka, operated by the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), is a key rural Alaskan health facility featuring a newly opened campus with multi-service capacity. Highlights include its opening and ribbon-cutting milestones, and the announcement that Outpatient Behavioral Health and Physical Rehabilitation services are among the first to open at MEMC. The site confirms SEARHC’s presence in Sitka and its broader role in providing dental, medical, and related health services to Southeast Alaska residents, with MEMC serving as a central hub for inpatient care, emergency services, and outpatient programs. If you’re specifically seeking MEMC dental services, this page notes SEARHC’s overall dental offerings in Sitka and marks MEMC as the new facility location, but may not list a dedicated dental clinic schedule—contact SEARHC Sitka or visit MEMC for current dental appointment details.
Clinic Type
Dental
Address
222 Tongass Drive, Sitka, AK 99835
Phone
907.966.8343
asimard@searhc.org
Opening Hours
Mon–Fri 7:45 a.m. – noon, 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Sat–Sun Closed
Emergency Care
Mon–Sun: 24/7 Emergency Services
Services Offered
Insurance & Payment
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Languages Spoken
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Current Offers
Accepting New Patients
FAQs
What services does the Dental Clinic provide?
Our Dental Clinic serves adults and children. Services include exams, dental hygiene services, fillings, oral surgery, orthodontics and dental emergencies.
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What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed
- MedicalRecords.com: 4.3/5.0 (8 reviews)
Patients praise
- high quality of care from individual staff members, nurses, and doctors
- professional, pleasant, and kind staff interactions at the point of care
Common complaints
- difficulties navigating phone systems to make appointments
- lack of transparency from leadership
- concerns about billing systems and cost transparency
- stories of medical care gone wrong
- long wait times for care
"The employees that I see when I go to my appointments are excellent at SEARHC. They’re professional, they’re pleasant, they’re kind. I think the main issue is the upper echelons, who we hardly ever get to reach or talk to."
— Dr. Marilyn Coruzzi, a retired Sitka physician, in a 2025 community listening sessionSynthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 10, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
- Karen Zemplenyi - SEARHC: SouthEast Alaska Regional Health ... — Jun 8, 2026
- SEARHC - Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center — Dec 31, 2025
- SEARHC opens long-awaited new hospital in Sitka - KCAW — Apr 27, 2026
- SEARHC opens $300M ‘space age’ hospital in Sitka — Apr 25, 2026
- Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center - ASRC Construction — Aug 3, 2025
Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 10, 2026.
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