Get to Know AAPA’s 2024–2025 Social Media Ambassadors

These PAs are passionate about sharing valuable insights and advocating for the profession. AAPA’s ambassadors represent a diverse group of PAs with experience ranging from new graduates to seasoned professionals with more than two decades of practice.

Parent’s Perspective: PA Andy Herber Shares Insights as the Father of a Cancer Survivor

With all three of his children spending their childhoods in and out of hospitals, Andy Herber is able to bridge the gap between provider, parent, and patient. At the upcoming Adult Hospital Medicine Boot Camp hosted by AAPA and the Society of Hospital Medicine, Herber will highlight several seemingly insignificant aspects of care that can have a substantial impact on patients and their families.

Military PAs Celebrate Accomplishments, Share Lessons in Leadership, and Build Community at AAPA 2024

AAPA provides an unparalleled opportunity for military PAs in all stages of their careers to get inspired, think bigger, deepen relationships, and develop professionally. This year, at AAPA 2024, early-career military PAs looked forward to CME topics, a trip to the NASA Space Center, and a Texas barbecue. What they received was much more: inspiration, mentorship, social therapy, and a sense of community.

Opening Doors, One Classroom at a Time

During AAPA 2024, two Project Access sessions took place at local Houston schools to introduce students from minority and underserved communities to the PA profession and encourage them to explore becoming a PA. Learn how you can host an event in your community!

Inspired by the Outdoors? Check Out Wilderness Medicine

David Braun, PA-C, and Angela Widler, PA-C, share a lifelong enjoyment of the outdoors. They co-founded the PAs in Wilderness Medicine special interest group to raise awareness of the specialty and the many wilderness medicine opportunities available to PAs and PA students.