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PA Joins First Lady During State of the Union
January 28, 2010 10:33 AM by Heather Simons

Last night, a handful of special guests had the honor of sitting with first lady Michelle Obama during the president's first State of the Union address. Rebecca Knerr, PA-C , of Chantilly, Va., was among those special guests, representing her husband, Read More...

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PAs Published in Oncology Journal
January 5, 2010 2:41 PM by Heather Simons

In the January 2010 issue of the Journal of Oncology Practice , a handful of physician assistants have published two research papers on topics relating to PAs. You can read the articles in their entirety at the links below. On March 1, 2008, ADVANCE published Read More...

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PA is Named Best Career, Again
December 28, 2009 10:29 AM by Heather Simons

Once again, physician assistant has been named one of the best careers, this time in a U.S. News & World Report article called " America's Best Careers: 2010 ." Back in November, CNNMoney.com ranked physician assistant #2 in the 50 best jobs in America Read More...

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Botox in a Birkin Bag
December 1, 2009 10:32 AM by Heather Simons

"Home Improvement," a recent Huffington Post blog entry by Susan Campos , follows a plastic surgery PA at Los Angeles Concierge Aesthetic Medicine, an office frequented by celebrities and typically surrounded by paparazzi. C. Auden Mallas, PA-C, often Read More...

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"No Such Thing as Too Many PAs"
November 24, 2009 9:52 AM by Heather Simons

AAPA president Stephen Hanson has published an opinion piece, " 'Make more of them' isn't the only solution to America's physician shortage ," in The Bakersfield Californian endorsing PAs as an integral part of the solution to a growing physician shortage. Read More...

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Fixing the Problem with Primary Care
November 13, 2009 12:05 PM by Heather Simons

A recent article in The New York Times discusses how " Primary Care's Image Problem " is leading the vast majority of med students into specialties over primary care and how the patient-centered medical home model could alter the course of this alarming Read More...

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PAs and Derm
January 25, 2008 12:45 PM by Stephen Cornell

Florida PA Krystie Lennox, a recent addition to the ADVANCE editorial advisory board, wrote an article about dermatology PAs for the November 2007 issue of Skin & Aging . Physician assistants can provide a vast array of traditional and non-traditional Read More...

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