Duke PA Program Students Doing Critical Work of Contact Tracing at Durham County Public Health Department
When Duke University School of Medicine students were pulled from clinical rotations on March 17 as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Megan Brown felt lost. As a second-year student in the Duke Physician Assistant Program, she was in the middle of a women’s health rotation, looking ahead to graduation and contemplating her future career as a physician assistant (PA).
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PA Class of 2020 Student Spotlight: Kailey Redding, MPH
Kailey Redding, MPH, Stead Society president for the Duke Physician Assistant Program Class of 2020, hopes to work at the intersection of public health and medicine.
Limitless: Roles for PAs Continue to Evolve
Note: This story was first published in the spring 2020 edition of the Duke Physician Assistant Program alumni magazine. It was written and reported in December 2019.
Meet Rachel Porter, Ph.D.
Rachel Porter, Ph.D., was recently promoted to a faculty position in the Duke Physician Assistant Program and will serve as the senior education strategist.
Kenny Railey, M.D., Named Medical Director of PA Program
Effective Jan. 1, 2020, Kenyon Railey, M.D., assumed the role of medical director of the Duke Physician Assistant Program, succeeding Maggie Gradison, M.D., MHS-CL, who held the position since 2007.
Duke PA Faculty Everett, Morgan Co-Authors on PAEA Article of the Year
A paper co-authored by Chris Everett, Ph.D, MPH, PA-C, and Perri Morgan, Ph.D., PA-C, won Article of the Year at the PAEA Education Forum in Washington, D.C., on October 10. The article, "Intermediate Diabetes Outcomes in Patients Managed by Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, or Physician Assistants: A Cohort Study," was published in Annals of Internal Medicine in December of 2018 (e-published in November of 2018).
Preceptor Development Mini-Fellowship Now Accepting Applications
Applications are now being accepted for Duke Health's Primary Care Preceptor Development Mini-Fellowship Program, administered by the Duke Physician Assistant Program.
Duke Physician Assistant Program Awards 88 Certificates to Class of 2019 Graduates
Members of the Duke Physician Assistant Program Class of 2019 received their PA certificates in a ceremony on Aug. 2, 2019, at the Duke Chapel. The students received Master of Health Sciences degrees from Duke University in May. The Class of 2019 includes 88 graduates.