Patient-focused OB/GYN in Flagstaff named Northern Arizona Healthcare’s physician of the year

Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) has named Dr. Lindy Vanlandingham its Nate Avery Physician of the Year for 2026.

Vanlandingham is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist (OB/GYN) who splits her time between work at the hospital and at Elk Ridge Community Health (formerly North Country HealthCare). She is also the department chair of obstetrics and gynecology at NAH and is on the health care system’s Medical Executive Committee.