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Innovating Healthcare: Embracing the Quintuple Aim with AAPA Leadership

AAPA is thrilled to announce a recent partnership with Kevin Riddleberger, PA and co-founder of DispatchHealth, to bring you an exciting series of articles on innovation in healthcare. Riddleberger's unique background and perspectives will challenge us to think differently, inspire us about what's possible, and showcase innovative models that are shaping the future of healthcare.

April 4, 2024

Crossing Borders, Improving Care: Two PAs Who Left Their Mark Across the World

Ruth Ballweg and Kathy Pedersen have traveled around the globe to improve healthcare and expand the PA profession. Working across the U.S. and in more than 20 countries, they are an inspiration to other PAs and women in healthcare.

March 8, 2024

5 PAs Who Helped Shape AAPA’s Minority Affairs Committee

Prentiss Lee Harrison, John Davis, Joyce Nichols, Earl Echard, and Steve Turnipseed are names that every PA should be familiar with. Together, they worked closely to establish and support AAPA’s Minority Affairs Committee, and helped shape the PA profession we know today.

February 1, 2024

AAPA President, Folusho Ogunfiditimi, Releases Statement on Hawaii Wildfires

AAPA President and Chair of Board Folusho Ogunfiditimi, DM, MPH, PA-C, DFAAPA, today released the following statement on the wildfires in Hawaii.

August 17, 2023

Meet Folusho Ogunfiditimi, 2023-2024 President and Chair of the AAPA Board of Directors

Folusho E. Ogunfiditimi, DM, MPH, PA-C, DFAAPA, president and chair of the American Academy of PAs, shares more about his journey to the PA profession. Emphasizing the importance of leadership and mentorship, President Ogunfiditimi believes every PA has a part to play in bringing greater awareness to PA value.

July 1, 2023

AAPA Student Academy Board of Directors 2023 Election Results Are In!

During the 2023 election cycle, there were 10 open Student Academy Board positions. The results are in! Meet the PA students elected to lead the Student Academy.

June 6, 2023

AAPA Board of Directors General Election Results Are In!

Following a two-week voting period, AAPA members elected four PAs to help lead the profession into the future.

June 6, 2023

PA James “Rick” Kilgore Prepares to Attend His 41st Consecutive AAPA Conference

PA James “Rick” Kilgore attended his first AAPA annual conference in 1982. Now, as he prepares for his 41st consecutive conference, he talks about his career in clinical research and more, his involvement in volunteerism at the local and national level; and what he is most looking forward to at AAPA 2023.

May 16, 2023

Introducing the Nominating Work Group’s 2023 Endorsements

The Nominating Work Group is charged with recruiting, evaluating, and endorsing candidates to run for positions on the AAPA Board of Directors. We are pleased to announce the slate of candidates the NWG has endorsed to run in the 2023 AAPA Board of Directors and House of Delegates Elections.

April 21, 2023

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