Stories and Health Tips

How to Manage Diabetes During the Holidays
Stephanie Pillai, PA-C, shares how people diagnosed with diabetes can still enjoy their holiday feasts this season.

What is Diabetes, and What Can I do About it?
It’s easy to get confused or overwhelmed with a diagnosis of diabetes. In this post, Trey Boyd, DMSc, PA-C, explains the basics of diabetes to help you better understand and manage the disease.

Do I Have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Certified PA Jennifer Kerr-Logan addresses carpal tunnel syndrome, what causes it, what the symptoms are, and how it can be treated.

Low Bone Density: What You Can Do to Help Prevent Osteoporosis
Staci Boudreaux, PA-C, shares information about low bone density and what you can do to help prevent osteoporosis.

The Specialty That Picked Me: Making a Positive Impact Through Patient Education
Rashadah Jordan, PA-C, feels that psychiatry allows her to have an especially positive impact on her patients.

Continuously Challenged and Rewarded
“Maintaining certification validates my ability to remain laterally mobile and shows how seriously I take what I do. Medicine is always evolving, and we must stay on top of it.”

‘The Most Satisfying Experience I’d Ever Felt’
Nina Muñoz, PA-C, implores anyone with a passion for health care to explore a career as a Certified PA. Because there are many complexities of patient care, she suggests volunteering and shadowing a Certified PA to help understand what it takes to be a member of the medical team.

High Quality Care from A Highly Qualified Team
No one accomplishes anything alone. Working with a supportive team that has your back is a great way to achieve success, especially for a health care team. Certified PAs, like Julie Davis, have been working with physicians to support one another as a team since 1967.

Personal and Professional Growth in the PA Profession
Ever since she was a kid, Jameka McElroy-Brooklyn, PA-C, knew that she wanted to pursue a career in medicine. She had always been interested in science but didn’t know where this interest would lead her. It wasn’t until her junior year of college that McElroy-Brooklyn knew exactly what career path she would pursue. After meeting a Dermatology PA, she realized how much the PA profession aligned with her personal and professional goals.