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The PA Path Podcast

The PA Path Podcast

Welcome to the PA Path Podcast, an original podcast from the PA Education Association where prospective PAs, PA students, and current PAs can learn more about the profession and the paths that PAs take to serve their communities.

Recent Episodes

March 19, 2024

Season 5: Episode 84 -Collaboration and Breaking Barriers

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Beth Buyea, clinical associate professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Buyea shares her personal journey into the PA profession and sheds light on the…

Recent Blog Posts

The Irish Model for Physician Associates

This week we speak with Dr. Lisa Mustone Alexander about the Royal College of Surgeons Physician Associate programme. Learn more about this profession in Ireland by reading: Hix LR, Fernandes SM, & Joyce P. (2020). Experience of the Irish physic…

Season 2: Preview

When we started the PA Path Podcast in July of 2021 we never anticipated this would expand so quickly, but we are incredibly grateful that we've seen over 6600 downloads of our episodes to date. Stephane and I hope to continue to highlight our col…

Season 1: It's a Wrap

When we first started out with this idea to start a podcast to support the transparency of the application process for pre-PA students, we never thought it would turn into what it has evolved to be. We've been so fortunate to count on so many frie…

About the Hosts

Stephane VanderMeulen, MA, MPAS, PA-CProfile Photo

Stephane VanderMeulen, MA, MPAS, PA-C

Author

Stephane VanderMeulen MA, MPAS, PA-C is Chair of the Department of Health Professions and Program Director of the PA program at the Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. VanderMeulen is a 1994 graduate of the University of Nebraska Medical Center PA program and she also holds a Master of Social Gerontology from the University of Nebraska Omaha. She practiced clinically in the fields of rural family medicine and orthopedics/sports medicine before beginning her career in PA education in 2005. She is an active advocate for PAs in education and practice and has served in professional organizations at both the state and national level. VanderMeulen served on the board of directors of the Physician Assistant Education Association for seven years, with two terms as Director at Large before being elected President in 2015. She is dedicated to the professional development of PAs in education and remains active as a mentor for PA educators.

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Kevin Lohenry, PhD, PA-C

Author

Kevin Lohenry, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA, is the Interim Dean of the College of Health Sciences, as well as an assistant vice president for interprofessional education at the University of Arizona Health Sciences and a clinical professor of medicine at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
Dr. Lohenry has served as a physician assistant since 1996, practicing family and internal medicine. He has been a champion for medically underserved communities in multiple capacities, including working as a physician assistant in a clinic serving people who are chronically homeless and co-developing a street medicine program at the University of Southern California to provide primary care for individuals on the streets of Los Angeles County.
In 2022, Dr. Lohenry joined the University of Arizona Health Sciences after serving as the associate dean for graduate student affairs at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. At USC, he served as the COVID project manager for the Dean and from 2011 to 2022 was the program director for the Primary Care Physician Assistant Program, a program ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News & World Report. He also served as the vice-chair for education in the Department of Family Medicine from 2018 to 2020.

A veteran of the United States Navy, Dr. Lohenry served in the first Gulf war flying combat search and rescue missions. From 2011 to 2012, Kevin served as a member of the Joining Forces Initiative with the Office of the First Lady.

Dr. Lohenry has received numerous awards, including the President’s Award for the… Read More