PAs Go Beyond Archives

PA Dedicated to Helping Survivors of Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking

Ten years ago, Shantae Rodriguez, PA-C, encountered her first victim of sexual assault. She has since devoted her PA career and her volunteer medical trips to helping survivors of sexual assault and human trafficking. Now, she implores more PAs to get involved.

November 13, 2020

PA Graduate Featured on TODAY Show Will Return to Navajo Nation to Practice

How do you sum up the importance of the PA profession in 20 seconds or less? University of Utah PA Program graduate Chanda Duncan was the spokesperson for the profession when PAs took over the TODAY Show Virtual Plaza during PA Week.

October 29, 2020

PA Founds Company to Help New Parents Build Perfect ‘Nest’

PA Nidhi Reva’s passion for providing accessible information to expectant women and families led her to launch her own company, Nested LLC. From starting her own business to volunteering overseas, Reva has built her career on caring for parents-to-be and underserved populations.

October 27, 2020

One Patient Shares How PA Saved Her Life

Stephanie, who is affected by an eating disorder, says that PA Shion Harrison has gone above and beyond to provide her care by fighting for her and telling her she is important. Read more about the impact Harrison has made on Stephanie’s life.

October 9, 2020

Delaware PA’s Experience During COVID Response Proves It’s Time to Cut Red Tape

When elective surgeries were canceled on March 17 at Delaware-based ChristianaCare, Travis Fogelman, a surgical PA, did what all PAs are trained to do – he switched roles. The health system asked for PA volunteers, and he jumped right in.

August 28, 2020

D.C. PA Helps Create Better PPE for Airway Procedures

When COVID-19 hit Washington, D.C., emergency medicine PA Amy Keim observed that the plastic drapes being used to decrease aerosolized particles during airway procedures weren’t cutting it. So she set out to make something better: the Airway Procedure Tent.

August 18, 2020

The COVID-19 Chronicles: PA Shares Frontline Account

Hayden Mulligan, PA-C, practices family medicine at a Duke University primary care clinic in Mebane, North Carolina. As COVID-19 cases in the U.S. began to spike, Mulligan chronicled her experiences, her feelings, and her fears in real-time. She shares her account of the first weeks of the pandemic.

July 31, 2020

The U.S. Army Reserve 811-1 Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force

US Army Reserve PAs Deployed to Assist in COVID-19 Response

With fewer than 48 hours notice, a unique cohort of United States Army Reserve PAs was pulled together to create the 811-1 Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force with a mission assignment to Stamford, Connecticut, to assist in the COVID-19 response.

July 9, 2020

Neurosurgery PA Combines Love of Music, Medicine, and Science

Bioengineering, music, and medicine don’t have much in common. But Christophe E. Jackson, PhD, DMA, PA-C, is enthusiastic about each, and he thinks the PA profession offers an opportunity to take advantage of the best of the three worlds.

May 21, 2020

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