Meet our Providers
Jim Siddall, PA-C
Clinic co-owner, Jim, was raised in Wisconsin. He served in the US Marines and graduated from University of Wisconsin/Marshfield Clinic Physician Assistant program. His medical interests include emergency medicine, family practice and nutrition. His hobbies include skiing, snowshoeing, scuba diving, camping, hunting, fishing, and carpentry. He also enjoys volunteering his talents with various organizations and has volunteered in Haiti and India.
Seamus Siddall, PA-C
Clinic co-owner, Seamus, was born and raised in Alaska. He has been associated with the medical services at Clear AFS since 1998 as an EMT and eventually as a Physician Assistant beginning in 2008. He graduated from the University of Washington MEDEX Physician Assistant program and is certified by the NCCPA. He maintains memberships in the AAPA, AKAPA, and SEMPA. When he is away from work , he most enjoys spending time with his family and being involved in anything outdoors.
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Keith Kehoe, PA-C
Military veteran of the US Army. Came to Alaska as a seasonal Denali National Park Ranger. Graduated from the University of Washington Medex Physician Assistant program in Sitka in 1996. Settled in Talkeetna for the last twenty years with his family. Served in bush communities around Alaska and was a PA in Scotland and England. Hobbies include woodworking and beekeeping.
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Thom DeBlauw, PA-C
Thom was raised in Alaska. Following high school he later graduated from the MEDEX Physician Assistant program through the Army. Tom served in the Army Special Forces. His medical interests include cardiology, emergency, and military medicine. Outside of work he enjoys the outdoors, travel, spending time with his family, and building his home with his wife.
Marc Dumas, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Marc has been involved with EMS for over 35 years. He is a residency trained and board certified emergency medicine physician. He currently functions as a tactical physician for the Fairbanks Police Department’s Tactical Police Team, a position he’s held for over 19 years, and has worked with the Alaska State Troopers, FBI, ATF, DEA, and others. He also serves as medical director for the Fairbanks Fire Department, the Ketchikan Fire Department, the Alaska Marine Highway System, and numerous other EMS agencies around the state. Marc has extensive experience as a flight physician, ER physician, and pre-hospital provider.
Other Services
Physical Therapy
Cora Melnick, PT, DPT
Cora was lucky enough to grow up in Healy, Alaska and graduated from Tri-Valley School in 2008. She then left the state to pursue her education, receiving her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Western Washington University in 2013 and her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Northern Arizona University in 2016. After working in outpatient clinics, in a hospital, and as a travel PT, she convinced her husband Tim to move back to Alaska with her in 2020 to be closer to family while they started their own family. After working with Patty Sanders at Denali Physical Therapy, Cora joined Siddall Medical Clinic in 2023 after her son Ezra was born. She travels for part of the winter to visit the in-laws and go rock climbing around the southwest, but is available for appointments the rest of the year.
Meet our Staff
Tara Cicatello, Office Manager - EMT II
Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, Tara came to Alaska as a radio station volunteer, and stayed to pursue dog mushing. When not at the clinic, she volunteers with her local McKinley Volunteer Fire Department as an EMT II. Her interests include dancing, gardening, traveling, and exploring Alaska with her dogs.
Leila Shockey, EMT, RMA
Leila moved to Alaska in 2022 to be closer to her paternal grandfather who had lived here for 40 years. She moved from Arkansas and loves to read and garden. She enjoys the outdoors and loves living in Alaska as she now gets snow every year.
Tess Morin, EMT
Tess came to Alaska as a duty station change while working for the National Park Service. After over a decade of work providing Emergency Services in remote wilderness settings of Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Denali. She now enjoys continued response in the remoteness of Interior Alaska. She now serves on the McKinley Volunteer Fire Department as an EMT and Firefighter. Tess loves playing hockey, berry picking, and playing overly complicated boardgames.
Chad Parsons, EMT IIIA, NR AEMT
Chad moved to Alaska with the military and loved it so much he elected to stay. In addition to working at the clinic, Chad is active with the Anderson Volunteer Fire Department and the Nenana Volunteer Fire Department. He enjoys spending time with his family hiking, fishing, hunting, and doing all things outdoors.
Brandi McKenzie, EMT II
Brandi was born and raised in Nevada, but spent every summer growing up in Interior Alaska. She is a certified EMT II and our clinic manager. During her off time she enjoys camping and kayaking with her husband and two sons.
