Michael Mullowney, MD – Hospitalist, Sportsman, Design Enthusiast
Michael Mullowney, MD, has practiced with The Alaska Hospitalist Group (TAHG) since 2003, providing high-level care to adult patients across diverse clinical settings throughout his career.
Since March 2026, Dr. Mullowney has served as a Hospitalist at Kona Community Hospital in Kona, Hawaii, where he is responsible for admitting and managing hospitalized patients on both medical wards and intensive care units. In this role, he continues to provide comprehensive inpatient care, coordinating treatment plans for complex medical conditions while ensuring high-quality, patient-centered outcomes.
As a hospitalist with TAHG for many years, he has provided care in ICU settings, general medical wards, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and long-term acute care (LTAC) settings. At Central Peninsula Hospital, his responsibilities spanned patient admissions, daily management, ICU care, and discharge planning to alternative placement and home settings. He also directed the hospitalist group there for more than a decade, chaired the Medicine Department, and served as Medical Director for the local SNF.
Dr. Mullowney also guided rehabilitation unit activities at Alaska Regional Hospital and consulted on a variety of surgical cases, including orthopedic, general surgery, spine, and neurosurgical patients. He held responsibilities as Medicine Department Chairperson and oversaw a full spectrum of inpatient care services.
He additionally worked for more than a decade at Providence Alaska Medical Center, attending on general medical wards as well as in the ICU.
Throughout his tenure with TAHG, Dr. Mullowney has volunteered in locations such as Peru and Cambodia and has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and Latin America. His volunteer projects have included lecturing and mentoring local physicians in hospital-based settings.
While attending medical school, Dr. Mullowney volunteered with La Clínica del Pueblo, which provides public health services in Washington, DC's Adams Morgan community. He also volunteered in Bolivia, providing care at a high-altitude hospital and assisting with vaccination initiatives outside Cochabamba.
Dr. Michael Mullowney is a Latin dance enthusiast who regularly attends congresses around the world. Favorite dancing destinations include Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi, Bangkok, Bali, Singapore, and Japan, where he particularly enjoys live music in intimate venues.
Having studied architectural design extensively, he has overseen an award-winning residential construction project in downtown Anchorage as well as a family estate in Maui. His design inspirations include modern, industrial, brutalist, and mid-century architecture, with a focus on creating spaces that are both functional and inspiring.
Dr. Mullowney is also an avid scuba diver and underwater photographer who has explored many of the world's most iconic dive sites. The book Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die has been a particular inspiration. Favorite locations include the Galápagos Islands, Raja Ampat, Komodo, Maumere, Papua New Guinea, and Anilao.
Dr. Mullowney now lives with his family in Maui and enjoys kite surfing and paragliding. His future sporting goals include learning to kite foil, power paraglide, and develop advanced thermalling skills in destinations such as Colombia and India.