>> I’m Amber Tincher, a family medicine physicianat Fort Yates Hospital in North Dakota. I grew up in Montana on the Fort Belknap IndianReservation. I’m a member of the Assinaboine tribe. My grandmother, father and aunt all workedat the Fort Belknap Indian Hospital and I invested meter there as small children. When I was inthird grade, my mom was accepted to medical school at the University of North Dakota.We had to move. I actually missed my grandmother and it was really, really hard. Luckily, hospitalswere well known to me: my momma became a doctor at Fort Yates hospital. This is home to menow, and I’m following in my mother’s footsteps as a doctor at Fort Yates.Throughout medicalschool at the University of North Dakota, I knew I wanted to practice family medicine.To bring children into the world and know them through “peoples lives”. >> “Good job! ” >> Ft.Yates is a well-rounded, urban hospital where I am treating every type of ailment and procedure.I see things now I’d never participate at a large facility, which realizes me the best physicianI can be. I adore the range, their local communities, different cultures and the traditions. I experience the seasons, theaccess to water activities and the outdoors. The Indian Health Service paid much of mytuition through scholarships — so I’m debt-free!! and my four-year obligation is about done.But I’m not going anywhere. I cherish what I do and wouldn’t change a thing. I am AmberTincher; I’m a Native American, a medical doctor, and a agricultural health care advocate…and I am IHS ..
