Dr. Tuomi was born and raised in Anchorage. She is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, earned her medical degree at Des Moines University in Iowa and returned home to Alaska to complete her residency in Family Medicine at the Alaska Family Medicine Residency. She moved to Homer from Dillingham, AK where she practiced full spectrum Family Medicine.
She likes to fish, bike, ski, camp and hike and to explore with her husband and their two daughters.
Dana Whittaker, Certified Nurse Midwife and Advanced Nurse Practitioner, received her nursing degree from Weber State University and her Masters from Frontier Nursing University. She became a Certified Direct Entry Midwife in Alaska after attending Seattle Midwifery School where she specialized in home births. She has been a nurse at South Peninsula Hospital for 12 years, was in private practice for four years, and has interned at Alaska Native Medical Center, Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic and at HMC West Wing.
Dana has been caring for birthing women and babies for over 25 years and has worked in clinics and hospitals in the West Indies, The Gambia and Senegal. She views birth as a normal, physiological process, and enjoys sharing the evidence that supports natural birth while supporting women’s choice.
Devry Garity was born in Henderson, Nevada and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah and went on to receive a Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis Minnesota in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program. While at the University of Minnesota, she specialized in treating children with special healthcare needs. She also completed a Pediatric Pulmonology Traineeship at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin.
Devry is a certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and has a certification as an Asthma Educator. She specializes in pediatrics, asthma and associated allergies. She loves to educate patients and families about the disease of asthma, the role of medications, symptom management and reducing triggers to decrease the burden of asthma.
Devry and her husband, Rob, have two children. She is an avid outdoors person and loves to ski, swim, fish and sometimes knit.
Jill grew up on the East Coast and is a self-proclaimed “Jersey girl”.
She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Environmental, Populational, and Organismic Biology from the University of Colorado Boulder. She then earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Science from Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, CO, and continued her education at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), obtaining her Master of Science in Nursing Science with a Family Nurse Practitioner focus in 2006, and later her Doctorate of Nursing Practice.
Jill is certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She is a certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist from the American College of Sports Medicine and a Certified Medical Examiner from the Federal Carrier Motor Safety Administration.
Jill has been at Homer Medical Center since 2013. Prior to joining the team at Homer Medical Center, she practiced in a family practice in Soldotna.
Jill’s husband Bruce is a Science Teacher at Homer High School and they have two children. She enjoys time spent with family, and outdoor activities.
Dr. Tortora grew up on the East Coast in the New York area. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Williams College in Williamstown, MA then earned her medical degree from Wake Forest School of Medicine, in Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Tortora completed her residency with United Health Service Family Practice Program at Northern New York State.
Dr. Tortora is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
She came to Homer to practice at Homer Medical Clinic in 1994. Her personal interests are many. She loves to hike, bike, and play the viola, ski, and kayak. She shares her life with retired Homer Medical Center physician Dr. Randy Wiest and their son, Danny.