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During AAPA 2026 in New Orleans, AAPA and PAF recognized Kenneth P. Moritsugu for his extraordinary career in public health and decades of service to the Physician Associate Foundation. His leadership, philanthropy, and commitment to advancing healthcare have left a lasting mark on the PA profession and the communities PAs serve.

As a young adult, Ashley Tolliver was surprised to learn that people in small rural towns and big cities experience the same barriers to healthcare. Now a physician associate in Maryland, Tolliver founded Redicare to provide urgent care and primary care services in the home—an important step in beginning to tackle these barriers.

The American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) and the PA Education Association (PAEA) today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the final Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE) rule as unlawful ahead of its July 1 implementation date.

The results of AAPA’s Board of Directors election are in, following a two-week voting period. During the 2026 election cycle, AAPA members selected a new president-elect, secretary-treasurer and two directors-at-large for the coming leadership term.

During the 2026 election cycle, there were 10 open Student Academy Board positions. The results are in! Learn more about the newly elected 2026-2027 Student Academy Board of Directors.

Physician associates practice in all medical specialties, ranging from family medicine and urgent care to transplant surgery and dermatology. In 2025, cardiovascular/cardiothoracic surgery was the highest-paying PA specialty.

It’s been a little over a week since we returned from AAPA 2026, and the Advocacy Division is feeling more energized than ever about the progress made over the past year and the outlook for the future of the profession.

This year in New Orleans, physician associates and PA students traveled from across the country to take part in AAPA 2026. Attendees participated in stimulating CME sessions, networking opportunities, two spectacular Main Stage events, and a culture-packed PA Night Out!

Forty Louisiana middle and high schoolers from the CARES Mentoring Movement network joined the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) for immersion and hands-on learning about the physician associate (PA) profession at AAPA 2026.