The GMS Spring 2025 Virtual Graduate Fair was on February 26, 2025. The recording of the PA Program session can be found here! |
The mission of the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program is to provide a thorough and innovative education to future physician assistants so that they may go on to provide exceptional care to a diverse population of patients. We are committed to designing a successful model for patient-centered, inter-professional education and practice. We promote professionalism, leadership, and service in our students.
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The 2023-2024 application cycle will open in late April! Be sure to check out our Admissions page for more information on how to apply and our application requirements. The deadline to apply is September 1, 2023.
Boston Magazine has published its list of Top Docs 2024 and our very own Medical Director, Dr. Melissa DiPetrillo has made the list (again!) Please join us in congratulating her on this achievement! The entire list can be found here.
Our very own Director of Didactic Education, Aliza Stern, was interviewed for an article in BU Today titled What are the Fastest Growing Jobs? And How Can BU Prepare You? Physician Assistant came in as the 30th fastest growing profession, and is projected to have a 31% increase. Read the entire article here!
Boston University Alum Neha Sandeep, PA-C (Class of 2019) is a 2022 recipient of the prestigious William H. Marquardt Community Health Access Fellowship Award. The Fellowship aims to benefit PAs serving in mentoring and/or precepting roles who are dedicated to promoting accessible primary and preventive healthcare amongst underserved populations. Recipients are selected by a review […]
Rhode-Armelle Jean Jacques '23 is the recipient of the GMS Outstanding Student Award for Community Service! “Community is a huge part of everything that I’ve done,” said Rhode-Armelle Jean Jacques, the winner of the 2023 Graduate Medical Sciences Outstanding Student Achievement Award in the Master’s Community Service category. Born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jean […]
Article originally posted on www.paeaonline.org. By Brent Buesking, MPA PAEA is pleased to announce that Shani Fleming, MSHS, MPH, PA-C, associate professor in the University of Maryland Baltimore PA program, executive member of the Physician Assistant Leadership and Learning Academy (PALLA), and graduate school chief equity, diversity, and inclusion officer, and her team have been chosen […]
Both incoming PA and MD students started together this year August 2023 with 18 months of combined classes taught under a new team-based learning approach – a new curriculum launched last year for medical students – that integrates foundational sciences and pathology. This team-based learning closely mirrors the cooperative approach they will encounter in their […]