A physician assistant, or physician associate, is a licensed medical professional who works under the supervision of a physician. Depending on where they work, PAs can have various roles, from ...

Demand for both roles is growing rapidly. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of physician ...

Students at Mount St. Joseph University are highlighting a career path they say is growing quickly: becoming a physician ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Physician assistants are uniquely positioned within healthcare. While most medical professionals must commit to a specific specialty early in their training, PAs are educated with a broad medical ...

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, ...