Mark Ackerman is a Physician Assistant in the Emergency Department at Gritman Medical Center. He completed his undergraduate degree in 1986 at Gonzaga University in Spokane. His graduate degree was completed in 1998 at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is Board-Certified in Family Medicine, with a speciality in Family Practice, through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
Wake Forest University
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
Mark Ackerman was led to a career in medicine through a natural progression with his biology degree and a master’s degree in sports science. He has expertise in Emergency Medicine and as a Family Practice Physician Assistant. A moment from his medical career that he is particularly proud of is serving in the U.S. Army as a Physician Assistant following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Mark has received U.S. Army accommodation medals in relation to his medical career. He was brought to the Moscow area as his wife’s family lives in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley. Outside of medicine, Mark has worked for 12 years as a college basketball coach and 11 years as a college strength and conditioning coach.