Physician Assistant Studies Spotlight

Silvia Garcia Murcia traveled thousands of miles—sleeping in the desert, crawling through cacti, and experiencing life inside a detention center and maximum security prison—to finally…

Adjunct Associate Professor of Physician Assistant (PA) Studies Rachel A. Carlson, Ed.D., PA-C, DFAAPA, was named the Virginia PA of the Year by Virginia Academy…

Three of the six physician assistant studies (PA) students chosen as Paul Ambrose Scholars this year are from Shenandoah University. Pamela Audrey Lee, Catherine Mahon,…

Physician Assistant (PA) Studies faculty and students attended the World Health Organization (WHO) Forum on Human Resources for Health in Dublin, Ireland, in November. This meeting…

The School of Health Professions welcomed new full-time faculty members this semester: Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies Richard Gilbert, M.S., PA-C; Assistant Professor of…

By Elise O’Neill-Eckman ’20 Second-year physician assistant (PA) students Christina Wojnarwsky and Lyudmila (Mila) Likhonina, members of the class of 2018, received the prestigious Physician…

The university purchased the Health Professions Building on the Winchester Medical Center (WMC) Campus in September. The facility, which the university previously leased from WMC…

Physician Assistant (PA) Studies student Judith Pascarella ’17, received the LtC David Gwinn Memorial/Veterans Caucus Scholarship for 2017 from the Veterans Caucus. Pascarella, who is…

Graduating students trained in Shenandoah’s health professions programs are performing extremely well on their certification exams. The most recent group of graduates of the Bernard…

Distinguished Professor and Director of the Physician Assistant (PA) Studies program Anthony A. Miller, M.Ed., PA-C, was recently awarded the 2017 Faculty Generated Research Grant…