The Physician Assistant Studies program recognized its 20 graduates, including nine veterans, with a commencement ceremony held at the Medical Biomolecular Research Building (MBRB) in late December. The program, which welcomed its first class of students in January 2016, is a result of a public-private partnership that includes support from Blue Cross Blue Shield of … Read more

The Physician Assistant Studies program received recognition as part of Veterans Day celebrations at UNC-Chapel Hill on Friday, November 10, 2017. At the Tar Heel Tribute, the day’s first event, Chancellor Carol Folt commended the inaugural class of PA students, who will graduate on December 16, 2017. Tar Heel Tribute recognizes students, faculty, and staff … Read more

The North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants (NCAPA) Endowment has awarded its first-ever scholarship earmarked for a UNC Physician Assistant Studies student to Alyse Moses-Lebron, a second-year student. Since the late 1990s, the endowment has provided scholarships to students to have completed their first year of PA education. “I am flattered to receive the NCAPA … Read more

  Vishalee Patel, a first-year student in the UNC School of Medicine Physician Assistant Studies program, has recently been named assistant editor of First Rounds, a resource for PA students.   First Rounds, an online resource written for and by physician assistant students, has named Vishalee Patel as assistant editor. Patel is a first-year student in … Read more

In the second year of UNC’s Physician Assistant Program, applications were up, with more than 1,000 applicants for only 20 slots. The UNC Physician Assistant Program, part of the Department of Allied Health Sciences, recently accepted its second class of students, who will arrive in Chapel Hill to begin their coursework in January. This year, … Read more

The March 2013 edition of AAMC Reporter features a story about the UNC physician assistant (PA) master’s degree program. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) and the UNC School of Medicine are collaborating to create the program, which will be designed for returning military veterans. Click here to read the full story … Read more

Robert L. Hollingsworth, DHSc, PA-C, spoke to Physician Assistant Studies students and others as part of the Bullitt History of Medicine Club at the UNC Health Sciences Library on Tuesday, September 26, 2017. His talk, titled “The Physician Assistant: My Life in the Profession,” focused on a retrospective of his career, in addition to advice … Read more

Gabrielle Neri-Mynatt, a second-year Physician Assistant Studies student at the UNC School of Medicine, was awarded a PA Foundation Scholarship in August 2017 along with 18 other PA students across the country. The PA Foundation scholarships focus on helping students who demonstrate a clear passion for the field and health care-related community service. Dr. Lawrence Kim, with … Read more

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC highlights Physician Assistant Studies second-year student Eulalia Barajas-Graham’s experience in the program. Barajas-Graham is set to graduate from the PA program in December 2017. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC recently spoke with Eulalia Barajas-Graham, who will graduate from the UNC School of Medicine Physician Assistant Studies … Read more

Ten students from the Division of Physician Assistant Studies volunteered the weekend of July 21, 2017, to serve at the Remote Area Medical’s mobile clinic. On Friday, July 21, 2017, Division of Physician Assistant Studies Director Paul Chelminski, MD, Assistant Professor Todd Williams, MMS, PA-C, and 10 students from the division travelled to Wise, Virginia, … Read more