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PA Program Highlights

2025 PA Program Highlight | Elon University

Jun 5, 2025
Elon University’s PA Program began in January 2013 and has grown tremendously in the past 12 years. Each cohort consists of 38 students with diverse backgrounds and experiences and is anticipated to double in size starting in January 2026, with 76 future PA’s.  In the past year, the Francis Center renovation was completed to include […]

2025 PA Program Highlight | Elon University

by Pauline Bulala

Elon University’s PA Program began in January 2013 and has grown tremendously in the past 12 years. Each cohort consists of 38 students with diverse backgrounds and experiences and is anticipated to double in size starting in January 2026, with 76 future PA’s.  In the past year, the Francis Center renovation was completed to include […]

2025 PA Program Highlight | South College Asheville

Apr 21, 2025
The South College of Asheville launched their PA program in 2023, established with a goal of creating quality healthcare professionals to serve in urban and rural underserved communities. It is a 27-month program matriculating up to 85 students in January, with graduating a class in March. The campus is located about 10 minutes from downtown […]

2025 PA Program Highlight | South College Asheville

by Pauline Bulala

The South College of Asheville launched their PA program in 2023, established with a goal of creating quality healthcare professionals to serve in urban and rural underserved communities. It is a 27-month program matriculating up to 85 students in January, with graduating a class in March. The campus is located about 10 minutes from downtown […]

2025 PA Program Highlight | East Carolina University

Mar 13, 2025
The East Carolina University Department of Physician Assistant Studies was founded early on in the history of the PA profession, opening its doors to students in 1966.  Insightful and intentional faculty, who have all previously or currently worked clinically, and skilled administrative staff operate the program out of ECU’s Allied Health campus in Greenville, North […]

2025 PA Program Highlight | East Carolina University

by Pauline Bulala

The East Carolina University Department of Physician Assistant Studies was founded early on in the history of the PA profession, opening its doors to students in 1966.  Insightful and intentional faculty, who have all previously or currently worked clinically, and skilled administrative staff operate the program out of ECU’s Allied Health campus in Greenville, North […]

2022 NC PA Program Highlight | Methodist University

Nov 18, 2022
Methodist PA program enrolled its first four students in 1996, becoming the third established PA program in North Carolina. In 1998, the first graduates of the program gained Methodist full accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). Originally started as a bachelor’s level program, Methodist has since transitioned to […]

2022 NC PA Program Highlight | Methodist University

by Kat

Methodist PA program enrolled its first four students in 1996, becoming the third established PA program in North Carolina. In 1998, the first graduates of the program gained Methodist full accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). Originally started as a bachelor’s level program, Methodist has since transitioned to […]

2022 NC PA Program Highlight | Wingate University

Oct 20, 2022
Levine College of Health Sciences, Wingate University main campus The PA program at Wingate University, which began in 2008, is a 27-month long program. New PA students begin in August each year with the didactic phase of their education, which is three semesters long. After the completion of didactic, students participate in a 10 week-long […]

2022 NC PA Program Highlight | Wingate University

by Kat

Levine College of Health Sciences, Wingate University main campus The PA program at Wingate University, which began in 2008, is a 27-month long program. New PA students begin in August each year with the didactic phase of their education, which is three semesters long. After the completion of didactic, students participate in a 10 week-long […]

2022 NC PA Program Highlight | High Point University

Aug 23, 2022
By Christa Shaner, PA-S, Class of 2024 Student Representative, High Point University Congdon Hall High Point University’s Physician Assistant program was founded in 2014 by Dr. Linda Sekhon, DHSc, MMS, PA-C. Since the founding, the HPU PA program has strived to create an innovative, academically rigorous, and unique curriculum designed to inspire the next generation […]

2022 NC PA Program Highlight | High Point University

by Kat

By Christa Shaner, PA-S, Class of 2024 Student Representative, High Point University Congdon Hall High Point University’s Physician Assistant program was founded in 2014 by Dr. Linda Sekhon, DHSc, MMS, PA-C. Since the founding, the HPU PA program has strived to create an innovative, academically rigorous, and unique curriculum designed to inspire the next generation […]

2022 NC PA Program Highlight | Wake Forest University

May 16, 2022
by Cady Trvalik, PA-S, Wake Forest University The Bowman Gray Center for Medical Education in downtown Winston-Salem, NC, in the Innovation Quarter neighborhood. The Wake Forest PA Program began in 1969 with a hallmark feature being the dynamic nature of the program’s small group-oriented curriculum, utilizing the Inquiry Based Learning model. The program is 24 […]

2022 NC PA Program Highlight | Wake Forest University

by Kat

by Cady Trvalik, PA-S, Wake Forest University The Bowman Gray Center for Medical Education in downtown Winston-Salem, NC, in the Innovation Quarter neighborhood. The Wake Forest PA Program began in 1969 with a hallmark feature being the dynamic nature of the program’s small group-oriented curriculum, utilizing the Inquiry Based Learning model. The program is 24 […]

2022 NC PA Program Highlight | Campbell University

Apr 20, 2022
by Beth Ehlers, PA-S, Campbell University The Campbell PA program is located in the Tracey F. Smith Hall of Nursing and Health Sciences The Physician Assistant Program at Campbell University began in 2011 with a program mission “built on the tenets of faith, learning and service, Campbell’s PA Program equips servant leaders to practice compassionate, […]

2022 NC PA Program Highlight | Campbell University

by Kat

by Beth Ehlers, PA-S, Campbell University The Campbell PA program is located in the Tracey F. Smith Hall of Nursing and Health Sciences The Physician Assistant Program at Campbell University began in 2011 with a program mission “built on the tenets of faith, learning and service, Campbell’s PA Program equips servant leaders to practice compassionate, […]

2022 PA Program Highlight | Pfeiffer University

Jan 17, 2022
by Benjamin Paul, PA-S, Pfeiffer University The Pfeiffer University Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies (MS-PAS) program is located in Albermarle, NC. It is a 27-month program where students learn to become clinicians to provide excellent healthcare and become servant leaders that address health disparities. From its origin, the PA program at Pfeiffer University […]

2022 PA Program Highlight | Pfeiffer University

by Kat

by Benjamin Paul, PA-S, Pfeiffer University The Pfeiffer University Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies (MS-PAS) program is located in Albermarle, NC. It is a 27-month program where students learn to become clinicians to provide excellent healthcare and become servant leaders that address health disparities. From its origin, the PA program at Pfeiffer University […]