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Area Office Staff

Navajo Area Indian Health Service

Navajo Area Office
272 Hwy 264
Window Rock, AZ 86515-9020
Phone: 928-871-5812/5813/5801
Fax No. 928-871-5872

Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Time Zone: Mountain
States Served: AZ, NM, CO, UT

Office of the Area Director
Phone: 928-871-5801
FAX: 928-871-5872

DuWayne Begay, Area Director

Theresa Galvan , Deputy Area Director

Dr. Kevin Gaines, CMO, Chief Medical Officer

Audra Atene, Executive Officer, Navajo Area Indian Health Service

Office of Indian Self Determination (OPH)

Marquis Yazzie, Director
Phone: 928-871-1444
FAX: 928-871-5819

Office of Health Programs

Dr. Paula Mora, Director
Phone: 928-871-1338
FAX: 928-871-1322

Office of Health Programs

Melissa Y. Wyaco, RN-BSN, MHA, Navajo Area Nurse Consultant
Phone: 928-871-1329
FAX: 928-871-1365

Lisa Chee, Acting Health Promotion Disease Prevention Coordinator
Phone: 928-871-1338
FAX: 928-871-5872

Dr. Paula Mora, Area Diabetes Consultant
Phone: 928-871-1482
FAX: 928-871-1322

Kimberlyn Tom, Quality Manager
Phone: 928-871-5854
FAX: 928-871-5872

Dr. Jermone Alford, Area Dental Consultant
Phone: 928-871-1412
FAX: 928-871-1322

Terrah Johnson, Health Professions Recruitment Manager
Phone: 928-871-5884
FAX: 928-871-5872

Kathy Ray, Clinical Applications Coordinator
Phone: 928-871-1425
Fax: 928-871-1423

Office of Purchased/Referred Care

Marie Begay, Chief, Purchased Referred Care
Phone: 928-871-5894
FAX: 928-871-5840

Division of Acquisition Management and Contracts

Jericho Lewis, Director & Chief of the Contracting Office
Phone: 928-871-1310
FAX: 928-871-1477

Division of Financial Management

Darlene Kirk, Financial Management Officer
Phone: 928-871-5812
FAX: 928-871-5877

Division of Human Resources

Larrisa Emerson, Director
Phone: 928-871-5834
FAX: 928-871-1383

Division of Information Technology

Dyron Thompson, Director
Phone: 928-871-1416
FAX: 928-871-1423

Office of Environmental Health & Engineering

CDR. Lyle Setwyn, Acting OEHE Director
Phone: 928-871-5855
FAX: 928-871-1462

Office of Biomedical Engineering

Harlen Yazzie, Director of Biomedical Engineering
Phone: 928-871-5889
FAX: 928-871-5888

Division of Health Facilities

Candace Tsingine, Director
Phone: 928-871-1331
FAX: 928-871-1462

Division of Environmental Health Services

Donna Gilbert, Acting Director
Phone: 928-781-3816
FAX: 928-781-3810

Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction

CDR David Lyle Setwyn, Director
Phone: 928-871-5882
FAX: 928-871-1462

Environmental Health Support Center

Director: Vacant
Phone: 928-871-1318