In the Spirit of ‘Ohana, Your Patients Become Your Family

An Army medic and native Hawaiian, Sung Lee of MEDEX Tacoma Class 3 returned to [...]

Lois Thetford, PA-C: Recipient of the 2017 UW Humanitarian Award

Lois Thetford, PA-C was recently awarded the prestigious UW Alumni Humanitarian Award for her work [...]

Moving From Nurse To Provider

After over three years working as a nurse, Dennis Phrasavath is now studying to become [...]

Chris Heim, PA-C: Better For Knowing Him

His skills always in demand during 23 years as a U.S. Army 18D Special Forces [...]

Reasons to Appreciate Henry Stoll, PA

Henry Stoll has been a PA educator for 41 years. 38 of those years were [...]

A PA Pioneer’s Notes

From 2005 to 2016 Steven Meltzer, PA served as full-time lecturer to the MEDEX Northwest [...]

PA Leadership

As the physician assistant profession marks its 50th birthday, opportunities have arisen for PAs to [...]

Richard A. Smith, MD, MPH:1932 – 2017

Long recognized as a founding father of the PA profession, Dr. Richard A. Smith achieved [...]

If You Don’t Accept Something, You Have To Speak Out

Jailed in her native Iran for opposition to government policies regarding women, Sepideh Makouei is [...]

UW MEDEX Founder Dr. Richard A. Smith Honored by President Obama

On January 1st, 2017, President Barack Obama honored Richard A. Smith, MD, a founding father [...]