The Haines medical clinic is losing a long-time doctor and gaining a new one.

Dr. Julia Heinz, half-time employee who has worked at the clinic since 1997, leaves the clinic Aug. 8 to serve one year at a U.S. Department of Defense hospital on the South Pacific island of Kwajalein.

Heinz said in an interview she’ll keep her home in Haines and is hoping to continue to practice here when she returns. She said she…