The PA Foundation’s scholarship program has awarded almost $2.3 million in scholarships to PA students, benefitting more than 1,400 future PAs. Meredith Quinene, a PA and educator, received a PA Foundation scholarship in 2002 and used it as a springboard for a successful career.

PAs on the front lines of patient care can recognize the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and make the proper referrals. AAPA participates in the Osteoarthritis (OA) Action Alliance, established by the Arthritis Foundation and the CDC, to bring together a wide range of caregivers, community-based organizations and policymakers.

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 Learn more about her journey and some of the challenges she still faces due to outdated PA-practice laws in the state.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.”