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2023 Diversity Award Recipient is a Change Agent Focused on Representation and Health Equity

Daytheon Sturges, PhD, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA, CHES® is the 2023 recipient of the AAPA Diversity Award. Sturges is an educator and clinically practicing PA, and is in his second term as the chair of PAEA’s Diversity and Inclusion Mission Advancement Commission.

May 19, 2023

2023 Preceptor of the Year Inspires Students In and Out of the Operating Room

Allie Thompson, PA-C, is the recipient of the Preceptor of the Year Award. Thompson is a PA in acute care surgery who precepts students monthly at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and has precepted over 40 students since 2016.

May 19, 2023

2023 Publishing Award Recipient Takes a Closer Look at PA Retirement Intent

Roderick S. Hooker, PhD, MBA, PA is the recipient of the 2023 AAPA Publishing Award as the lead author of “Physician assistant/associate retirement intent: seeking the exit ramp,” using NCCPA survey data and published in BMC Health Services Research.

May 19, 2023

2023 Outstanding Student Society Serves Their Community with Pride

This year’s Outstanding Student Society is the Colorado Mesa University PA Program, whose members have advocated for modernizing Colorado PA practice laws, participate in community events, and work to further diversity, equity, and inclusion.

May 19, 2023

CO Outreach and Advocacy Award Recipient Engages Both PAs and Patients

This year’s CO Outreach and Advocacy Award recipient is the Georgia Association of PAs (GAPA), recognized for their outstanding work in 2022. GAPA developed and participated in a wide variety of projects, from a program to engage pre-PAs to furthering diversity, equity, and inclusion.

May 19, 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

Major Marc Latta Focuses on Transformation

Major Marc Latta, DHSc, PA-C, has spent more than two decades in cardiac surgery, education, and aviation medicine. Now he navigates his own transformation while building Elevated Black Man, LLC, his organization that will address sociocultural traumatology by creating safe spaces for African American men to connect and grow.

February 28, 2023

Cardiology PA Viet Le Helps Pave the Way for More PA Researchers

Viet Le, preventive cardiology PA and associate professor of research at the Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute in Utah, devotes much of his time to cardiovascular research. His clinical practice and research often go hand in hand as he treats complex cardiovascular diseases.

February 23, 2023

Mental Health is Part of Everyone’s Health: Psychiatry PA Jessica Tabb Wants to Change the Narrative Around Mental Health Care

Psychiatry PA Jessica Tabb has worked with a wide age range of patients in a variety of settings, providing them with individualized care and helping them gain trust in mental health care. Also an advocate for health equity, she believes all PAs can help expand access to mental health care.

February 21, 2023

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