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Jasmina Salcinovic-Spahic, DMSc, MMSc, MHA, PA-C, DFAAPA grew up in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and lived there through the Bosnian War. Her childhood experiences inspired her to pursue a career in medicine after her family emigrated to the United States.

Four PAs on the front lines of the pandemic share their reasons for getting the COVID-19 vaccine. They have witnessed unimaginable loss this year, and implore us all to stand with the healthcare community and get the COVID-19 vaccine.

As the first vaccines roll out to healthcare workers around the country, four emergency medicine PAs share their reasons for getting the COVID-19 vaccine, talk about how they address vaccine hesitancy with their patients, and share some of their frontline experiences.

At East Carolina University’s PA Program, Tori Woodward, PA, and Kim Stokes, PA-C, collaborated to lead an interprofessional medical team to Taulabé, Honduras. With support from the PA Foundation, they were able to deliver medical education and provide healthcare.

You know Tony Adkins, MPH, PA-C, MCHS, as the ‘Dancing PA.’ But he does much more than dance. When he realized that COVID-19 patients were being admitted to the hospital without ways to communicate with their families, he stepped in to help.

Saibatu Mansaray, PA-C, immigrated to the U.S. from Sierra Leone nearly three decades ago. She has since cultivated an illustrious PA career, served in the military, led humanitarian missions, and even worked in the White House. Despite her long list of honors and accolades, she never forgot where she came from.