Elana Min

Director of Clinical Education

Elana Min is the Director of Clinical Education in the Physician Assistant Program at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. She is responsible for overseeing the clinical year including evaluation and assessment of clinical sites, preceptors, and students. She is a 1997 graduate of Midwestern University Downers Grove’s Physician Assistant Program and began her career in education in 1999 at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science PA Program. During her 14-year tenure, she spent 12 years as the Clinical Coordinator. She then served as the Director of Academic Education at the Rush University PA program from 2013-2016 until landing at the Northwestern PA program in 2016 where she now serves as the Director of Clinical Education. She has been an active member of both AAPA and PAEA through committee work, posters and presentations and currently serves on the PAEA Research Mission Advancement Commission (RMAC), member of the Journal of Physician Assistant Education’s Editorial Board and an ARC-PA Site visitor.

She was a National Health Service Corps scholarship recipient and has practiced clinically in primary care and dermatology. She most recently completed her PhD in Interprofessional Education in 2015. Her scholarly interests include clinical education, interprofessional education, dermatology and ophthalmology.