Meredith Davison

Educator

Dr. Davison founded the PA program in Tulsa, shepherded the program through full accreditation, and graduated the inaugural class in 2010. Additionally, she has been successful in obtaining almost nine million dollars in federal Health Resources and Services Administration funding for the PA and medical students and residents at the OU School of Community Medicine while in her role as Associate Dean for Academic Services at the OU School of Community Medicine where she worked for over 12 years until her retirement in 2022. As associate dean, she had oversight of academic issues, scholarships, and curriculum concerning both medical and PA students.

Dr. Davison was awarded both her PhD and her MPH degrees from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Previous to her work at OU, she held academic appointments at Midwestern University where she assisted in the master program’s development and served as Program Director for ten years. She also held appointments at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and the Oklahoma State University College of Health Sciences. Her academic and research interests include health professional education, medical education assessment and evaluation, and the role of non-physician providers in the health care workforce. She is the author of many research articles, book chapters, and presentations in these fields of study.

On a national level, Dr. Davison served as chair of PAEA Research Council from 2006 -2013 and was awarded the Research Achievement Award by PAEA in 2008. In 2013, she was nominated by PAEA to serve as commissioner for the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) from 2014 to 2019 and has been an accreditation site visitor for the ARC-PA since 2000. Currently she serves as the Chair of the ARC-PA Post-Graduate Sub-commission and as a site visitor. Dr. Davison has been bestowed an “Honorary Physician Assistant” award in both Illinois and Oklahoma.