Shungnak, Alaska Inpatient Drug Rehab Programs

Kevin has been involved in the field of drug and alcohol counseling for over 10 years. Growing up in Georgia, addiction was prevalent in his own household. After his own battle with drugs and alcohol as a young man, he found a natural passion to help others find a way to break away from the misery of drugs and alcohol dependence. This passion prompted Kevin to begin a career studying and understanding the various techniques in which to approach and treat patients with drug dependence. Through his many opportunities working in health care, Kevin has developed the understanding that addiction is a disease that needs to be treated with time, care, and understanding. As a member of long-term recovery himself, Kevin is able to promote the values of honesty and integrity in his daily practice.

Dr. Cauthen is a family physician with over 10 years of experience in clinical medicine. On top of this foundation in clinical medicine, he has also studied healthcare policy and management at the University of California, Berkley and has spent time researching health policy and primary care practice trends at the University of California, San Francisco and in Washington DC. Dr. Cauthen has substantial public health experience as well and has worked to promote health at both the state and federal level. He served as a Lt. Commander in the US Public Health Service Corps and worked as a medical officer with the Indian Health Service in Alaska dedicated to getting high quality health services to an underserved Inuit population. Just prior to coming to Oklahoma to serve as State Epidemiologist, Dr. Cauthen worked as an Epidemic Intelligence Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) where he was responsible for disease surveillance and outbreak investigations at the national and state level. While at CDC, Dr. Cauthen was stationed for two years in Puerto Rico, and worked closely with the Puerto Rico Secretary of Health on numerous health policy issues for the territory. As State Epidemiologist for Oklahoma, Dr. Cauthen contributed to the development of bioterrorism response within the state and helped develop the partnership between the Oklahoma State Health Department and Oklahoma Physicians Resource/Research Network for an early warning disease surveillance system in the state.

Mike Neatherton is an industry leader with a career spanning more than 30 years. When Mike joined Northbound he immediately began to transform the corporate culture by building on the transformational leadership principles of transparency, authenticity, and collaboration. Mike believes that successful leadership requires not only vision, but the ability to gain the agreement and commitment of all of the other people in the organization. As President and CEO of Northbound, Mike’s passion for treatment is founded upon the belief that all individuals can recover. Mike maintains a solid 12-Step program as the foundation for treatment at Northbound, informing all aspects of treatment, and serving as the core philosophy for the organization. Mike embraces the challenge of providing superior treatment services to the entire family system impacted by drug addiction, alcoholism, and mental illness. He cites his strong spiritual values and the ability to find balance in his personal life as the keys to his professional success. Prior to Northbound, Mike served in various executive positions at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage California, where he worked for more than 20 years. Mike holds a bachelor’s degree from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and a master’s degree from Indiana State University in Terra Haute, Indiana. He is a member of both the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American College of Addiction Tre atment Administrators. Mike and his wife, Maria, have 3 daughters, and they reside in Newport Beach, California.