What is a physician assistant & what do they do? A physician assistant, or physician associate, is a licensed medical professional who works under the supervision of a physician. Depending on where ...

Henry (Hank) Bingham’s journey to becoming a Physician Assistant (PA) was deeply influenced by his rural Nevada background and experiences working as a nursing assistant and endoscopy technician.

Layla Taghehchian started at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2005. She knew she was interested in the human body, biology and diseases. Those interests led her to a family friend who was a ...

Established in 1967, there are currently more than 178,700 physician assistant (PA) practitioners in the United States. Sophomore health sciences major Anuj Patel ’28 aims to become a licensed PA upon ...

Abbie Hecker is a Physician Assistant at the Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) service at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (formerly Seattle Cancer Care Alliance). She is also a Teaching Associate with ...

Rene Torres’ journey to becoming a Physician Assistant (PA) began in the bustling environment of an emergency department, where he worked as an Emergency Department Technician (ED Tech). Working ...

For students drawn to patient care but not the long, costly road to becoming a doctor, two graduate-level paths stand out: nurse practitioner and physician associate. While both offer similar ...

For students interested in practicing medicine, becoming a doctor or a physician associate are two common options. Both paths lead to patient care, but they differ in training length, responsibility, ...

In July, Dr. Mallampalli will join 45 other medical school graduates to begin a three-year Internal Medicine residency with ...