DelusionalEnthusiasm Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Fellow PA Forum members, I think it would be great to start a thread, perhaps that can be pinned by a moderator, with a list of news stories, journal articles, and the like, which tell the story of some exceptional clinical things modern PAs have done. For instance, there was a Duke study with PAs performing cardiac angiography as well or better than interventional cardiology fellows. I also recall there was a news article of a PA doing lung transplants almost solo? I Think that these things would be a great inspiration to upcoming PAs, as well as a resource to show physicians real stories of PA successes. Thanks to those that contribute! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted July 11, 2017 Administrator Share Posted July 11, 2017 Go for it! Come up with a few solid, well-documented examples, and one of the staff can sticky it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelusionalEnthusiasm Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 To start out myself, heres a copy of Journal article detailing PAs doing cardiac caths as good as interventional cardiology fellows after one year of training. Krasuski, R. A., Wang, A., Ross, C., Bolles, J. F., Moloney, E. L., Kelly, L. P., Harrison, J. K., Bashore, T. M. and Sketch, M. H. (2003), Trained and supervised physician assistants can safely perform diagnostic cardiac catheterization with coronary angiography. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent., 59: 157–160. doi:10.1002/ccd.10491 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ccd.10491/abstract 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelusionalEnthusiasm Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Another I remember is Joseph Costa, DHSc, PAC at Columbia in NYC doing lung procurement for transplant, also one of the first, and maybe only PAs to be considered faculty at Columbia. http://columbiasurgery.org/joseph-costa-dhsc-pa-c And a journal article authored by him, (attachment). Physician Assistant Model for Lung Procurements: A Paradigm Worth Considering. Costa, Joseph et al. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , Volume 96 , Issue 6 , 2033 - 2037. PIIS0003497513017074.pdf 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossbone2007 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 1 hour ago, DigitalFusion04 said: Another I remember is Joseph Costa, DHSc, PAC at Columbia in NYC doing lung procurement for transplant, also one of the first, and maybe only PAs to be considered faculty at Columbia. http://columbiasurgery.org/joseph-costa-dhsc-pa-c And a journal article authored by him, (attachment). Physician Assistant Model for Lung Procurements: A Paradigm Worth Considering. Costa, Joseph et al. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , Volume 96 , Issue 6 , 2033 - 2037. PIIS0003497513017074.pdf This guy is a legend though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HmTwoPA Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Im not sure if this counts, because it is not clinically related. There was a PA out of California who was a congresswoman. Karen Bass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Bass. Despite your political leanings I think its impressive and is great to put the PA name out there. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted July 12, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 12, 2017 Jeff Evans, emergency medicine PA in denver. guided first blind climber to summit of Everest, volunteers with NYC Medics. Has been to Nepal and recently Iraq: http://jeffbevans.com/index.html?q=index.html 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexaBarret Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 It`s great to mention people who contribute a lot to any sphere of human life. They are worth to speak about! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelusionalEnthusiasm Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 This is true Alexa. I feel it is especially important now as PAs move towards OTP that they have role models in the field to look up to. It's great to see that some PAs have been functioning at the top of their licenses, my goal with this post is to encourage others to do the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMeOuttaThisMess Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 I'm a legend in my own mind. Does that count? [emoji6] 1 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 This was just shared by the Emergency Medicine Foundation: Quote Congratulations to Aaron J. Cronin, DSc PA-C and Michael Perreault, MD for being awarded a $20,000 EMF/SEMPA Team Grant. Drs. Cronin and Perreault will be worki...ng on their project titled, “Accuracy of Physician Assistants in Diagnosing Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis after Focused Ultrasound Training” at Madigan Army Medical Center. When asked how they hope their grant will change the practice of emergency medicine, they stated, “Emergency Medicine and student PAs are increasingly training and utilizing bedside ultrasound to expedite ED workflow, improve patient care, elevate provider satisfaction, and raise hospital revenues. Barriers still remain, specifically with PAs obtaining requisite hospital credentials and overall administrative acceptance of this rapidly growing PA skillset. Just as ED physicians had to prove their diagnostic accuracy with bedside ultrasound applications in order to justify charging patients for bedside scans, medico-legal mitigation, and intra-specialty confidence (especially from radiology colleagues), the EM PA profession should investigate research-based outcomes proving their diagnostic accuracy with this skillset.” A nice example of a PA doing something great (in collaboration with an MD) to further prove PA efficacy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbum Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 There are a ton of military PAs with incredible accomplishments. A few off the top of my head: John Detro (served with 75th Ranger Regiment, awarded Bronze Star, I think a LTC now and a BN commander) Scott Gilpatrick (160th SOAR APA, awarded Army Aviation Association of America award for Medicine in 06-typically awarded to physicians as I understand it) Andrew Fisher (Ranger Regiment PA, also awarded Bronze Star, now a medical student) I'm sure the medics/corpsmen/military PAs could add hundreds of examples to these. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted August 14, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 14, 2017 JMPA - read on this board to learn more Heather Trafton - MASS PA who has done a ton of advocacy in the state Jennifer Hixon - amazing Educator who has been instrumental in starting many programs - currently working on getting the first public university program in MASS up and running... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted August 30, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 30, 2017 This guy(one of my former professors): http://www.philau.edu/paprogram/faculty/mBaker.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted August 30, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 30, 2017 and this guy, the chief admin officer for Johns Hopkins emergency medicine: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/emergencymedicine/Faculty/scheulen.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator True Anomaly Posted August 31, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 31, 2017 Shepard Stone definitely qualifies https://pahx.org/assistants/stone-shepard-b/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted August 31, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 31, 2017 and Joe Monroe: http://www.mdmag.com/contributor/joe-monroe-pa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted August 31, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 31, 2017 and this guy: https://pahx.org/assistants/mittman-david-e/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted August 31, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 31, 2017 and Dr Mike Milner PA, DHSc First PA at Admiral rank and #2 at the US Public health service reporting only to the surgeon general. https://www.southcollegetn.edu/academics/academic-programs/master-of-physician-assistant-studies/visiting-professors/pa-visiting-professor-michael-milner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vb315 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Came across this article today. David Claeys, PA-C named president of a Michigan hospital, pretty cool! http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20171013/news/642011/beaumont-names-david-claeys-as-president-of-dearborn-hospital 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggySRNA Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 On 8/14/2017 at 6:43 PM, ventana said: Jennifer Hixon - amazing Educator who has been instrumental in starting many programs - currently working on getting the first public university program in MASS up and running... She is such a rockstar! I worked with her a few times when I was a MA...I wanted to attend her PA program but I settled elsewhere. The program was awarded provisional accreditation and set to enroll their first class in a few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodKearney Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Shawn Sima PA-C, the PA that I shadowed this year has been working at a county and state level to bring legislation that requires CPR training for high school graduation. He was successful in Brevard County Florida so far but wants to do more. He also manages a group that gives free cardiac screenings to athletics departments across the state as well as a group called TEACH CPR that trains students how save lives. http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2017/11/01/brevard-schools-add-cpr-training-graduation-requirement/818688001/ https://www.facebook.com/TEACHFLORIDAKIDSCPR/?pnref=lhc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyNichiavelli Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 R. Shane Tubbs http://www.seattlesciencefoundation.org/staff/2016/2/8/r-shane-tubbs-phd-pa-c 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProSpectre Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Great thread, it's really motivating to see so many PAs doing great things to grow the profession. There's a good article in the November issue of JAAPA that covers a couple of accomplished military PAs. One is Major Christopher Cordova, DSc, PA-C, who is an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran and a Silver Star recipient from the Battle of Kamdesh. As an Afghanistan veteran myself, I especially look up to guys like that. This is his award citation for the Silver Star: http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=27500. And a short Bio: http://www.bushcenter.org/people/christopher-cordova.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDogPA Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Murl Dotson : Mississippi PA who played a large role in getting legislation passed for PA practice in Mississippi which was the last state to do so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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