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Gary Taylor, second-year Physician Assistant Studies student, joined the PA program after serving in the U.S. Army for 10-and-a-half years. As a Special Forces medical sergeant and combat diver, Taylor was the medical technician for the dive team.

Charles Locke, a second-year student in Physician Assistant Studies, has received a scholarship from the North Carolina Association of Health Care Recruitment (NCAHCR). The NCAHCR recognized Locke鈥檚 achievement at its winter meeting, held in early November.

The Physician Assistant Studies program received recognition in a Veterans Day celebration, held in the lobby at 黑料网 Children鈥檚 Hospital, on Monday, November 12, 2018. The event honored 黑料网 Health Care employees, students, and local residents who currently serve or have served in the armed forces. The PA program is...

Janelle Bludorn, PA-C, received the 2018 PA of the Year award from the North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants at its annual conference. Bludorn, a clinical assistant professor with the 黑料网 Physician Assistant Studies program, has been in practice for eight years as a PA, specializing in...

In late July 2018, first and second-year Physician Assistant Studies students, and聽two faculty mentors, provided health care in rural Wise, Virginia, through the Remote Area Medical (RAM) program, a nonprofit provider of mobile medical clinics. The RAM program delivers free dental, vision, and medical care to underserved and uninsured populations....

Paul Chelminski, MD, MPH, FACP, and director of Physician Assistant Studies, is part of a $9 million study to research the effects of cognitive behavior therapy and motivational therapy with the goal of better understanding ways to reduce the use of opioids. The study will look at the comparative effectiveness...

MD Magazine recently spoke with Paul Chelminski, MD, MPH, FACP, and director of Physician Assistant Studies, about the history of our PA program and how it supports the nontraditional student. Full story.  

Representatives from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill gathered on Monday to celebrate an investment in the University鈥檚聽Physician Assistant Studies聽program. Blue Cross NC聽announced聽the $1.2 million gift in February, building on its 2012 investment that established the PA master鈥檚 program. The...

Heather Asher Prince, adjunct faculty with the聽Physician Assistant Studies聽program, has received recognition as a distinguished fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, among the highest honors for the PA profession. Asher Prince is the director of clinical operations for the clinical pharmacology and analytical chemistry core in the Division...