Welcome PA Class of 2026!
On August 1, 2023, the PA Program welcomed the class of 2024. The class of 20 students is comprised of academically strong and well-rounded individuals from all across the country. The White Coat Ceremony was held on August 1, 2023. Dr. Robert Lowe, Associate Professor of Medicine, was the keynote speaker. The ceremony marks the […]
BU PA and MD Students Learn Together in Team-Based Approach
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 […]
Dr White Participates in Team Investigating EDI Practices in PAEA Program Survey
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 […]
PA Student Wins GMS 2023 Outstanding Student Award for Community Service
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 […]
Dr DiPetrillo Named Boston Magazine Top Docs for 2024
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.
BUPA 2019 Alum Receives Marquardt Community Health Access Fellowship Award
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 […]
GMS Faculty Spotlight: Dan Tzizik, PA-C
Dan Tzizik is the associate director of didactic education for the Physician Assistant Program. He has been a member of the New Hampshire National Guard for over two decades and joined the BU PA Program as a faculty member in 2020. Tzizik is also a faculty mentor for the GMS Community Catalyst Center gMAV affinity group. We […]
Prof Aliza Stern featured in BU Today
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!
GMS Student Spotlight: Monet Bland, PA Class of ’22
Monet Bland is a student in the Physician Assistant Program enrolled in the Cambridge Integrated Clerkship (CIC), as well as an exercise physiologist, diabetes educator and world-class powerlifter. She will graduate in August 2022. Monet Bland (MS’22) has known she wanted to work in medicine since she was a child – and she knew she […]
BU PA Students Organize Book Drive for Kids
In collaboration with Reach Out and Read, BU PA Students in the class of 2022 and 2023 organized a book drive that raised $132 dollars and provided 107 items donated (101 books for ages 0-5 and 6 packs of crayons) to Dimock Community Health Center. These books are distributed to children during clinic visits for […]