Physician Assistant Studies
Michael Jacobson, Ph.D., assistant clinical professor of physician assistant studies, was featured in Bloomberg for his recent study finding that sodium levels in fast-food restaurants have not changed from 2005 to 2011. This study was also featured in HealthDay News and Doctors Lounge.
Commencement weekend is an exciting time for any graduate -- the rewarding culmination of what can feel like a long and grueling journey.
The GW Physician Assistant Program and the Rwandan Embassy are asking for donated materials, such as lab coats, training supplies, and text books, to help support struggling health professional students in Rwanda.
The new year often symbolizes new beginnings and that couldn’t be more true for Kelsey Young, a third-year dual-degree physician assistant (PA)/M.P.H. student, at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), who will begin her duties as chief delegate for the…
The 1960s was an era of social change, a time when a number of medical corpsmen were returning home from the Vietnam War searching for a way to re-enter the medical practice arena.
WASHINGTON (August 17, 2012) — The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) is pleased to announce that Lisa Alexander, Ed.D., M.P.H., P.A. ’79 , has been tapped to serve as the program director for the GW Physician Assistants (PA) program, one of the nation’s leading PA programs, according…
While most students are reporting to campus to begin their coursework, fall marks a different kind of beginning for the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences’ Physician Assistant (PA) class of 2012.
WASHINGTON (June 4, 2012) — The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences congratulates Guillermo Sanchez, a student in the Physician Assistant (PA) program; and internal medicine residents Nishaki Mehta Oza, M.D., and Veeral Oza, M.D., for being named New England Journal of Medicine Scholars.
Robert Wooten, P.A.-C., president of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, often tells fellow physician assistants (P.A.) that they are leaders. And just as often, they deny it.
Debra Herrmann, MSHS, MPH, PA-C, assistant professor of Physician Assistant Studies in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, is the recipient of the 2011 Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Rising Star Award.