Veterans
In 1969, MEDEX Northwest was founded to bring highly trained returning military veterans into the US workforce and healthcare field. Indeed, the first four classes of MEDEX students brought military experience with them into the classroom. Today, MEDEX Northwest remains true to its military roots with over 20% of its students coming from some branch of service. Here are some of their stories.
It Makes You Really, Truly Love Medicine
With a combined experience of 13 years as a US Navy corpsman, Al Noriega developed a civilian career as medical examiner investigator. His military medical training informed this second career, but the stressors of that job carried an expiration date. Now, at age 47, Al is embarking on his third [...]
A Lot of Veterans Just Have It
A Special Forces medic for 9 years, Doug Aguirre embodies the qualities common to many veterans enrolled in the MEDEX physician assistant program: modest, experienced, capable and accustomed to functioning in all sorts of challenging conditions. Soon to start his clinical year at MEDEX, Doug talks about his path to [...]
A Dedication To Our Country And Our Profession
James Chally, a member of MEDEX Seattle Class 49, has been honored yet again for his hard work and service both as an Army medic and as a MEDEX student. Chosen earlier in the school year as a Pat Tillman Scholar, and more recently given a UW Husky 100 Award, [...]
It’s Just So Cool
During four years of service as an Army Healthcare Specialist, Amber Huynh performed tasks that ranged from mundane to unusual. Whatever the job was, she had the guidance of PAs to count on each step of the way. Now, she looks forward to being the knowledgeable professional she once looked [...]
Doing Your Job Well
Lamont Scott — MEDEX Seattle Class 49 Before the year’s end, we ran into Lamont Scott taking a break just outside of MEDEX Northwest’s Seattle classroom, which is located in the University of Washington’s Magnuson Health Sciences Center. Lamont is one of nine members of MEDEX Seattle Class 49 who [...]
Beyond Treat ‘em and Street ’em
After years of experience as a Navy Corpsman and Lieutenant/Paramedic, Mike Grennan rejected the notion of retirement in favor of becoming a civilian physician assistant. Admitted to the MEDEX program with class 48, Mike’s plans were interrupted by an Afghanistan deployment. Today, Mike is a proud member of Seattle 49, [...]
The Next Mission: MEDEX & the Military
This video follows four current day PA students as they transition from medically trained military personnel during the time of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, to their new careers as civilian physician assistants. In contrast, we hear origin stories of the profession from three members of MEDEX Class 1 (1969), [...]
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