Bill Kohlhepp, DMSc, PA-C

Professor Emeritus

William Kohlhepp, DHSc, PA-C

Dr. Kohlhepp has been a physician assistant for more than 40 years, having graduated in 1979 from UMDNJ/Rutgers PA Program in New Jersey. He holds a Doctorate in Health Sciences from Nova Southeastern University and a Masters in Health Administration from Quinnipiac University. He was recognized by AT Still University with a Doctor of Human Letters.

He is a Professor Emeritus of Physician Assistant Studies at Quinnipiac University, having retired from full-time teaching in June, 2020. He continues to teach part-time and to advise undergraduates in the PA-Prep Concentration.

He has been active in the national professional organizations of the PA profession since serving as National Student Secretary in 1978. He currently serves as a Trustee on the Board of the PA History Society. He is a Past President of both the PA Education Association and the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), Past Speaker of the AAPA House of Delegates, and Past Chair of the AAPA Board. He has also served on NCCPA’s Board of Directors including being Chair of the NCCPA Board.

Dr. Kohlhepp received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PAEA in 2020.. He received the National Student Academy President’s Award in 2010. That same year, he was awarded the James Marshall Award for Outstanding Service to the University by the Quinnipiac University Faculty Senate. He was recognized as PA of the Year by the Connecticut Academy of PAs in 2019 and by the American Academy of PAs in Occupational Medicine in 2006. He is a past recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award for both the College of Health Care Sciences, Nova Southeastern University (2015) and the School of Health Related Professions, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (1999). He received the Outstanding Service Award from the AAPA House of Delegates in 1985.

He has published numerous articles on clinical and professional topics in the leading journals of the PA profession. His chapters on “Professionalism” and “The Physician Assistant Relationship to Physicians” were included in the most recent edition of the text Physician Assistant: A Guide to Clinical Practice. He has twice testified before the subcommittees of the United States House of Representatives.