Hello, my name is Dr. Lewis J. Pagel, D.C., and I'm a chiropractor. I'm originally from a small town in Wisconsin, where I grew up spending my days fishing and playing baseball. I was a very adventurous little boy, who loved to jump into mud puddles and go swimming. I was active in a wide range of sports from golf and football to wrestling and cross-country. I didn't win many trophies for the sports I played, but I do have an extensive collection of participation ribbons in various colors. After high school, I attended the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh where I earned my bachelors degree in Biology. I was also working part-time as a fisheries technician for the Department of Natural Resources and was a librarian for 2 years at the university. Following graduation, I went on to Northwestern Health Sciences University to earn my Chiropractic degree. It was during this time that I became more involved in running sports, both as a participant and a doctor. I started training for half-marathons (13.1 miles) and ran my first in 2003.
I love to travel and spent some time in Central America on several occasions for both recreation and biological research purposes. When I'm not working, I spend time hunting and fishing, and hope to travel all over the world to hunt and fish. Occasionally, I can be found in an art studio where I make wheel-thrown pottery and other sculptural pieces. Some of my work pops up on e-bay every once in a while (usually from friends of mine who want to get ride of it). I got married in 2004 to my high school sweetheart, and we are the proud parents of a miniature American Eskimo dog.
The majority of my time is spent in my work as a chiropractor. In 2004, I worked in a chiropractic rehabilitation clinic in Bloomington, Minnesota where we treated a variety of conditions, mainly work and sport injuries. It was a very exciting experience because many of our patients were professional athletes, and sometimes you got to see your work displayed on television. I also had the opportunity to teach chiropractic students in a clinical setting while I worked as a supervisor in Northwestern's Chiropractic College teaching clinic. Since then I have been moving around the Midwest looking for a place to settle down. I didn’t expect to find that place almost as far from the Midwest as geographically possible in Kotzebue, Alaska. But here I am and loving it. Stop by the clinic in the Nullagvik Hotel sometime and see what the chiropractic experience can do for you.

Dr. Lewis Pagel practices full time in Kotzebue

Dr. Walter Campbell

Dr. Walter Campbell is from Barrow, and currently resides in Palmer, Alaska. He is the owner and founder of Arctic Chiropractic and has clinics in the Anchorage and Mat-Su valley area, Bethel, and Kotzebue. He received his Doctor of Chiropractic Degree from Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, Oregon.