About Us
Dr. Evan Buxbaum, MD, MPH
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
Dr. Buxbaum is a board certified pediatrician practicing on Orcas Island, Washington. He and his family (Valerie, Gabriel, Ariel, Aiden and Naia), moved to Orcas in August, 2008 from Anchorage, Alaska, where he was practicing as a pediatrician with the Alaska Native Medical Center. He received his medical training at Duke University and his pediatric training at the University of Vermont. He also holds a Masters Degree in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina, with a concentration in international healthcare and traditional modalities of healing. An avid outdoorsman and environmentalist, he holds a particular interest in the interaction between diet and environment and children’s health and well-being. Prior to his career in medicine he spent time as a researcher in the energy conservation field, a rock-climbing instructor, a wrangler on a dude ranch, a high school teacher, and a traveler in Eastern and Central Asia.