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'Back to where it all started for me': Former fisherman returns to Unalaska as chiropractor

By Sofia Stuart-Rasi
Published November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM AKST
An Arctic Chiropractic clinic in Unalaska.
Photo courtesy of Ellis Berry
An Arctic Chiropractic clinic in Unalaska.

Arctic Chiropractic in Unalaska has a new chiropractor: Dr. James Pizzadili, who worked as a fisherman here in the 1980s before practicing chiropractic in Anchorage and Barrow.

For this episode of "Island Interviews," KUCB's Sofia Stuart-Rasi sat down with Pizzadili to discuss his work in chiropractic care.

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Sofia Stuart-Rasi
Sofia was born and raised in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. She’s reported around the U.S. for local public radio stations, NPR and National Native News. Sofia has a Master of Arts in Environmental Science and Natural Resource Journalism from the University of Montana, a graduate certificate in Documentary Studies from the Salt Institute and a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts from the University of Colorado Boulder. In between her studies, Sofia was a ski bum in Telluride, Colorado for a few years.
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