{"id":5432,"date":"2022-10-05T20:13:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T00:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/?p=5432"},"modified":"2022-10-05T20:14:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T00:14:00","slug":"national-pa-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/2022\/10\/national-pa-week\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC Orthopaedics Celebrates Its Outstanding Physician Assistants for October 6th-12th National P.A. Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2022\/10\/National-P.A.-Week.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2022\/10\/National-P.A.-Week.png 475w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2022\/10\/National-P.A.-Week-300x67.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2022\/10\/National-P.A.-Week-150x33.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In honor of <a href=\"https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/national-physician-assistant-week\/\"><strong>National Physician Assistant Week<\/strong><\/a> celebrated annually from October 6<sup>th<\/sup> to 12<sup>th<\/sup>, UNC Orthopaedics pauses to recognize the Department&#8217;s outstanding Physician Assistants! At UNC Medical Center, UNC Hospitals Hillsborough campus, and UNC Health outpatient clinics across the region, our department\u2019s Physician Assistants are vital contributors at all stages of patient care. Whether our P.A.s are conducting comprehensive exams or developing treatment plans and assisting with surgeries, we thank each of these dedicated specialists at UNC Department of Orthopaedics for all they do to benefit our patients and their fellow clinical teammates.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sarah Brown<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Dombrowski<\/li>\n<li>Paul Dunneback<\/li>\n<li>Nicole Lane<\/li>\n<li>Jason Maslow<\/li>\n<li>Katie Sanderson<\/li>\n<li>April Wikstrom<\/li>\n<li>Todd Williams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of National Physician Assistant Week celebrated annually from October 6th to 12th, UNC Orthopaedics pauses to recognize the Department&#8217;s outstanding Physician Assistants! 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