Address:

401 W Pennsylvania Street, Anaconda, MT 59711

Site Director: 

Natalie Como, MD

Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Hospitalist (half time at University of Utah, half time at CHA)

913-223-5080 | natalie.como@hsc.utah.edu

**For any issues or questions about this rotation, call any time. 

Meals:

 The hospital has free lunch if you're working inpatient, just ask the attending about it

Parking:

The hospital and clinic buildings are right across from each other and share a parking lot. You can park anywhere except spots marked "patient parking."

• Inpatient medicine (mostly adult, some peds including deliveries)

• Outpatient medicine (pediatrics, adults, psych)

• ER (24-hour emergency room) and urgent care

• Home health visits

• Outpatient subspecialties: heme-onc (Dr. Hueftle), endocrinology (Dr. McKenna), rheumatology (Dr. Ecklund)

• Procedures: inpatient (paracentesis, thoracentesis, central lines, LP, or with nurse anesthetists)

When you're working with attendings at the hospital, attendings are on call 24/7, 7 days at a time (typically Monday AM to Monday AM). They usually round at 8 am. Come in a little before 8 am to look over patients' labs and talk to nurses. No need to pre-round. You won't be required to come in overnight, but if there's an especially sick patient you're following and you want your attending to notify you if issues come up on that person overnight, then let the attendings know. 

We'll also help you make a schedule for outpatient. Not all attendings work everyday, so you'll probably be with a mix of different providers. 

Nate Cook, MD

Internal Medicine Hospitalist

406-560-2572

Maria Cook, MD

Pediatrician 

Takes outpatient and inpatient calls

406-461-5726

Greg Schulte, MD

Pediatrician 

Takes outpatient and inpatient calls

228-623-5585

Kelly Irons, MD

Triple Board (Peds, Psych, Child Psych) 

Takes outpatient and inpatient calls

303-921-1906

Sheena Ray, MD

Adult Psychiatry 

Takes outpatient and inpatient calls

720-519-3187

Family Medicine

Kira Conn, MD 406-491-3953

Bridgette Baker, MD 208-246-1276 (head of the hospice program & does home visits)

Amber Benes: abenes@chofa.net

Restaurants and Stores:

• Firefly Cafe (healthy salads, sandwiches, soups)

• Donivan's  (sit down or take out, burgers, salads, dinner foods) 

• Subway

• Gallicano's Pizzeria (whole pizzas or by the slice) 

• Jacke's Grille at Old Works  (golf course clubhouse- type food, sit down or take out)

• Grocery stores: Stoke's (West side of town) or Albertson's (East side of town) 

More Local Activities/Events: 

• Washoe Theater

• Hearst Free Library 

• Visit historic Philipsburg (definitely check out the candy store) 

• Old Works Golf Course

• Smelter City Brewing

• Goosetown Healthclub (if you really need somewhere to work out inside in the winter)

• Art in Washoe Park (mid-July)

• Smelterman's Day (usually the first weekend in August, also has the Smelter City Scamper race associated with it)

Outdoor:

• Paved trail in Washoe Park (walk from the hospital- approx. 2 mile trail)

• Hiking (bring bear spray): Lost Creek State Park, Storm Lake, Hearst Lake, Continental Divide Trail

• XC Skiing: Echo Lake Trails, Mt. Haggin Ski Area (also called Mill Creek), Homestake Pass

• Downhill Skiing: Discovery Basin

• Mountain Biking: Thompson Park Trails (Butte), Lost Creek, Continental Divide trail from Homestake Pass

• Georgetown Lake is a popular destination all year for activities ranging from boating to ice fishing.

Need to apply for MT license >3 months prior

Credentialing Support Etc:

• Authorization for background check

• Anaconda Resident Credentialing Checklist

• National Practitioner Databank Query Form

• Anaconda Clinical Elective Orientation

• Elective Request Form

  1. PGY1

  2. PGY 2,3,4

Because case volume is lower in rural areas, it's important to be proactive and take opportunities as they come. Introduce yourself to people here and when things come up (procedures, cool cases, etc.) then we can let you know. For example, even if you're in clinic for the morning you can always skip a patient and run over to the hospital for a procedure or an interesting case in the ER. We want this rotation to be high-yield. 

Montana Standard Newspaper (Butte/Anaconda)

The Anaconda Leader (Anaconda local newspaper)