Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center – Primary Care - SEARHC
Primary Care • Sitka, AK
About
Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center (MEMC) in Sitka is SEARHC’s new healthcare campus offering comprehensive services, including primary care through the Mount Edgecumbe Medical Center site. The facility brings outpatient primary care alongside a broad spectrum of specialties and support services (e.g., orthopedics, otolaryngology, pediatrics, internal medicine, behavioral health, rehabilitation, radiology, pharmacy, dental, optometry, laboratory, nutrition, and more). Recent updates highlight MEMC’s opening milestones, including a ribbon-cutting and phased openings for outpatient behavioral health and physical rehabilitation, with full service availability expanding after the public ribbon-cutting events in 2026. For Sitka residents seeking primary care, MEMC represents SEARHC’s centralized access point within the new Sitka campus at 227 Tongass Drive.
Clinic Type
Primary Care
Address
Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center – Primary Care, Sitka, AK
Phone
907.623.1920
prcservices@searhc.org
Opening Hours
Mon–Fri 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; Sat–Sun Closed
Emergency Care
Emergency guidance provided; patients should go to the emergency room for emergencies
Services Offered
Insurance & Payment
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Languages Spoken
Current Offers
Accepting New Patients
FAQs
Do you accept new patients?
Yes, accepting new patients.
Regular Hours
Mon–Fri 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; Sat–Sun Closed
Social Media
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What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed
- MedicalRecords.com: 4.3 out of 5 stars (8 reviews)
- Vivian Health: 4.7 out of 5 stars (15 reviews)
Patients praise
- High quality of care and professional, kind, and helpful frontline medical staff
- Positive experiences with nursing and physician care during appointments
Common complaints
- Systemic communication issues including phone and email systems
- Lack of transparency from leadership
- Frustration with care coordination between specialists and primary care providers
- Challenges with billing and lack of cost transparency
- Concerns regarding the availability of certain services such as home health care and elder 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."
— Retired Sitka physician Dr. Marilyn Coruzzi at a community listening session"Telephone, email, the whole system is broken."
— Health Council member Dr. David Lam regarding SEARHC communicationsSynthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 10, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
- SEARHC opens long-awaited new hospital in Sitka - KCAW — Apr 27, 2026
- SEARHC opens $300M ‘space age’ hospital in Sitka — Apr 25, 2026
- SEARHC opens Sitka hospital to patients - KCAW — Jul 2, 2026
- SEARHC opens new $300 million Mt. Edgecumbe hospital - Chilkat Valley News — Apr 28, 2026
- SEARHC opens Sitka hospital to patients | Alaska Inside Passage — Jul 2, 2026
Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 10, 2026.
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