Physician
Assistants

Brian Aston, P.A.-C
Bernadette Dube, P.A.-C
Don Flinn, P.A.-C
Gene Fountain, P.A.
Lindsey Gillispie, P.A.-C
Kyle Gray, P.A.-C
Amber Haynes, P.A.-C
Cindy Hudspeth, P.A.-C
John Miller, P.A.-C
Stephen Popielec, P.A.-C
Brett Purvis, P.A.-C
Mary Jane Rorick, P.A.-C
Scott Rose, P.A.-C
Philip Shurley, P.A.-C
Rob Stalcup, P.A.-C
Jeff Walter, P.A.-C
Danny Williams, P.A.-C

Information about

Physician Assistants (PA)s

and the PA Profession

Supplied by the American Academy of Physician Assistants

www.aapa.org

“Physician assistants are health care professionals licensed to practice medicine with physician supervision. As part of their comprehensive responsibilities, PAs conduct physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret tests, counsel on preventive health care, assist in surgery, and write prescriptions. Within the physician-PA relationship, physician assistants exercise autonomy in medical decision making and provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. A PA's practice may also include education, research, and administrative services.

Because of the close working relationship the PAs have with physicians, PAs are educated in the medical model designed to complement physician training. Upon graduation, physician assistants take a national certification examination developed by the National Commission on Certification of PAs in conjunction with the National Board of Medical Examiners. To maintain their national certification, PAs must log 100 hours of continuing medical education every two years and sit for a recertification every six years. Graduation from an accredited physician assistant program and passage of the national certifying exam are required for state licensure.

The American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, and other national medical organizations support the physician assistant profession by actively supporting the PA certifying commission and the PA program accrediting agency.”