Anthony A. Miller, M.Ed., PA-C serves as the Director of the Division of Physician Assistant Studies. Mr. Miller is a physician assistant with 22 years experience in PA education. He has served in leadership positions in state and national physician assistant professional associations including a term as President for the Association of Physician Assistant Programs (APAP). Recently he chaired a national task force on the end point degree issue for PA education. Mr. Miller’s scholarship interests include faculty development, assessment of educational outcomes and leadership development. Mr. Miller is a graduate of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation/Cuyahoga Community College Physician Assistant Program. He received his Bachelor of Science in Technical Education from the University of Akron and Master’s in Education degree from Cleveland State University. He is completing his doctoral studies in higher education through the University of Toledo.

E-mail - amiller@su.edu

James C. Laidlaw, M.D. is the Medical Director for the Division of Physician Assistant Studies.  Dr. Laidlaw is board certified in internal medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.  He completed medical school and his residency at the University of Michigan, his internship at the Los Angeles County Hospital and his Fellowship in cardiology at the University of Michigan.  He serves on the board of directors of the Winchester Medical Center and is President of the board of the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, a regional history museum complex in Winchester. 

E-Mail - jlaidlaw@su.edu 

Rachel A. Carlson, MSBS, PA-C serves as the Associate Director and Associate Professor for the Division of Physician Assistant Studies.  Ms. Carlson is a physician assistant who came to Shenandoah in 2002 from a  family practice office.  She currently works per-diem as a PA at the Urgent Care Center in Winchester. Her other interests include legal aspects of health care and women's health.  She is very active in service activities for the PA profession, Shenandoah University and the Winchester community.  Ms. Carlson received her Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences - Physician Assistant Studies degree from the University of Toledo and her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Resource Management degree from The Pennsylvania State University.  She is currently pursuing a doctorate in higher education leadership with a concentration in Health Care Education through NOVA Southeastern University.

E-Mail - rcarlso2@su.edu

Raymond L. Eifel, M.S., PA-C has served as a member of the faculty since July, 2002. Mr. Eifel was trained as a surgical physician assistant and after completing a one year internal medicine residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, continued his employment at CCF in the Urological Institute. Mr. Eifel’s teaching experience includes being an Instructor of Anatomy and Physical Education at George Williams College and precepting PA students while at CCF. Mr. Eifel is currently pursuing an Ed.D. through George Washington University in Higher Education Administration with an interest in curriculum development. 

Education:    
A.A.S., Surgical Physician Assistant, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio.
B.S., Physical Education; M.S., Exercise Physiology, George Williams College, Downers Grove, Ill.

E-Mail - reifel@su.edu

Brenda L. Kaminski MPH, PA-C joined the faculty as Assistant Professor for the Division of Physician Assistant Studies in May, 2005.  In 2004, Ms. Kaminski completed a Master of Public Health (epidemiology concentration) at The George Washington University School of Public Health.  While completing her MPH, she worked for an epidemiologist at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. She worked on various projects examining the association of pre-diagnostic serologic biomarkers and the risk of developing multiple sclerosis, lymphoma or mental illness in active-duty military populations.   Ms. Kaminski has fifteen years of clinical experience as a physician assistant, primarily in a busy family practice in eastern North Carolina.  She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Physician Assistant Program.

E-Mail - bkaminsk@su.edu

Dr. Jessica Trompeter joined the Shenandoah faculty in 2007.  She serves as Assistant Professor for the Division of Physician Assistant Studies and the Department of Pharmacy Practice.  Dr. Trompeter completed her Pharm. D. and M.B.A. at Shenandoah University in 2005.  She has completed a Pharmacy Practice residency at Valley Health System/Shenandoah University and a Primary Care specialty residency at Amherst Family Practice/ Shenandoah University.  Her interests include diabetes management, reimbursement for clinical pharmacist’s services and medication therapy management services.

E-Mail - jtrompet@su.edu