Asthma and other pulmonary disorders are serious and common in many patients. PAs in primary care or family medicine are often the first to see these issues. During National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, Susan Stempek, MMSc, PA-C, FAAPA, FCCP, shares her experience in pulmonary medicine.

Verdale Benson, PA-C, has been training for a year for this summer’s America’s Ninja Warrior competition. Find out how he got into ninja training, what obstacles he struggles with the most, and how being a PA has helped him with this undertaking.

Ann Miles, PA-C, achieved one of her life-long goals of opening a rural healthcare clinic in Frontier Nevada. Learn more about her journey and some of the challenges she still faces due to outdated PA-practice laws in the state.

Jill Schulten, PA-S, chose Barry University’s St. Croix campus for PA school because of the experiences it offered her – working with a tight-knit community, making a difference through volunteer work, and adventuring on the island. She didn’t expect her time there to include devastating Category 5 hurricanes, or the ripple effects the storm created.

After serving for several years as a combat medic in the Army National Guard, PA Curt Kroh works with a unique patient population of veterans in a Bismarck, North Dakota Community Based Outpatient Clinic. He says “There are times when you feel like you’re getting crushed. But there’s no more satisfying career that being a PA.”