A well respected family nurse practitioner for more than two decades, Dr. Deborah Kiley offers care for acute and chronic health problems, as well as prevention counseling and education. Her career-long interest in education and empowerment of patients is reflected in the time she takes to learn their health priorities and concerns. She is known for listening to her patients and working with them to develop a personalized game plan that makes a difference in their lives. In addition, she was a highly regarded educator at UAA where she taught both graduate level Family Nurse Practitioner students and undergraduate nurses.

"As a Family Nurse Practitioner, I focus on each patient as a unique individual, considering all factors that can impact their health. I am excited to support my career-long interest in promoting health through participation in the Integrative Health Coaching Program at Duke Integrative Medicine. This approach focuses on helping people to identify their optimal path to health, which I can, then, support using the appropriate complementary or traditional medical therapies."

Patients of Dr. Deborah Kiley benefit from her diverse clinical experience including chronic pain management, ear nose and throat, physical medicine and rehabilitation specialties and her nursing experience in the ICU, and hemodialysis. Patients from across Alaska have commented how much they appreciate her ability to really listen and teach. In fact, Dr. Kiley taught these and other important clinical skills to graduate level nurse practitioners and undergraduate nurses at the University of Alaska for five years.

Her professional credentials include a bachelor's degree in Nursing from the University of San Francisco, a Masters degree in Ambulatory Care from UCLA and Doctor of Nursing Practice from Rush University, Chicago. She is certified in Family Practice by both the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

A respected local and national leader, Dr. Kiley also works to improve our community health through public policy. She serves as Chair of the Alaska Medical Care Advisory Committee and represented her peers from Alaska and other Northwest states as the Regional Director of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.