Doctor's office

The doctor's office is a run-down building (labeled "Northwestern Mining Co.") on Main Street in Cicely, Alaska. When Joel leaves the show in the second half of season 6, his office is replaced by a totem pole in the intro.

Background[]

According to Joel, he is the only person that is supposed to be there. A running gag is people taking over the office and even diagnosing patients.

Employees[]

Medical Doctors[]

Office Managers, Nurse Practitioners, and Consultants[]

Rooms[]

Bathroom (unshown)
Boiler (also unshown)
Consultation
Examination
Waiting

Episodes[]

"A Cup of Joe" (5-9), the petty cash goes missing
"The Robe" (6-5), someone breaks into the office; Ed confesses to Joel who then goes into and upsets the examination room; in Joel's consultation room, Ed makes amends to Joel by offering to wash the office windows while Joel begins a new mouse study.

Production[]

The building is a gift shop located in Roslyn, Washington at 112 West Pennsylvania Avenue, and still has the "DR JOE^L FLEISCHMAN" name hand-painted on the right window.

The gift shop was operated by Marianne Ojurovich in 1997^[3]^[4] who owned it up until 2006 when she put the shop up for sale for $1.5 million^[5] but still owned the shop in April 2010.^[6] The shop is now allegedly owned by Trudie Van Epp, who is willing to show Northern Exposure fans around if they should happen upon the place.^{[citation needed]}