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Brian Peacock, MMS, PA-C

Peacock is the program director for the Wake Forest University Physician Assistant Program. The Wake PA program strives to produce highly capable, compassionate PAs who deliver patient-centered care, make significant contributions to the health care community, and continually advance the PA profession. Yes, that is the program’s mission statement, but Peacock focuses on the development of unique paths for each individual student to meet this mission.

Peacock completed his undergraduate training at North Carolina State University and developed a passion for teaching working as a supplemental instructor in Organic Chemistry and as a personal tutor. After graduating, he worked as a phlebotomist and an autopsy assistant which drove him to pursue a career in patient care. When he learned about the inquiry-based learning curriculum at Wake Forest, Peacock knew this was the style of learning for him. Peacock graduated from the Wake Forest PA program in 2010 and started working as the first APP for a group of 5 surgeons in the department of general surgery at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Peacock practiced clinically full time and was a preceptor until he joined the faculty in 2015. Peacock has worked in multiple aspects of PA curriculum including lecturing, didactic course director, Director of Clinical Education, Associate Program Director Winston Salem campus and assumed Program Director in January 2021.

Peacock has been a champion of interprofessional education, helping to implement several events with WFU School of Divinity, hospital Risk Management and a multi-institutional event with Winston Salem State, an HBCU in North Carolina. In addition to IPE, he is passionate about faculty mentoring and is currently implementing a model that he hopes will reduce faculty burnout and promote increased job satisfaction as well as growing opportunities for program engagement in community efforts that meet underserved population needs. His faculty is presenting at an upcoming national conference on how to integrate students into a racial equity task force, as Wake Forest is working to be a leader in improving racial diversity throughout the PA profession. He has been recognized with the Wake Forest PA program Clinical Year Teaching Excellence Award. Peacock has earned a certificate in Leadership for Medical Leaders from the Wake Forest School of Business, has several published manuscripts and has presented at PAEA.

Nov. 1, 2021

Season 1: Episode 18: Wake Forest School of Medicine - Brian Peacock,…

We speak with PA Brian Peacock from the Wake Forest School of Medicine PA Program. Brian serves as their Program Director and he highlights the unique inquiry-based curriculum that Wake has utilized for generations of Wake PAs. This format promotes …

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