News and Announcements
Read the latest news from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Physician Assistant Program and learn more about our faculty’s latest achievements, awards and honors.
06.14.2022PA students Nicole Pinakidis and Kristin Brennan recently put their emergency care skills to use to help save a person’s life during this year’s Chicago Half Marathon.
06.01.2022Members of Feinberg’s Physician Assistant (PA) Program were honored during their commencement ceremony on May 6, receiving their Master of Medical Science degrees. The 36 graduates of the Class of 2022 gathered on campus in person to celebrate their achievements.
04.25.2022James Gunn, MMS, PA-C, has been appointed director of the Physician Assistant (PA) Program, effective July 1.
04.12.2022Medical students and students in the Physician Assistant Program can advance their Spanish speaking skills by completing Medical Spanish courses in their respective programs.
03.25.2022Feinberg students are being trained in a two-week emergency preparedness course on how to manage natural disasters, mass shootings or pandemics.
02.07.2022A new anatomy curriculum for the MD and PA programs integrates the HoloAnatomy software, which allows students to visualize every part of the body through a virtual, three-dimensional perspective.
12.27.2021Feinberg experienced a year of exceptional growth, perseverance, and collaboration in 2021, from honors and awards to unprecedented research discoveries.
10.26.2021Three first-year students in Feinberg’s Physician Assistant (PA) Program have been awarded scholarships from The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program.
10.12.2021Lessons learned from the pandemic, as well as new ways of teaching medicine, were shared at Feinberg’s 11th annual Medical Education Day.
09.16.2021On September 10, the 36 new students in Feinberg’s Physician Assistant Program Class of 2023 received their white coats during an official ceremony held in the Hughes Auditorium.
12.07.2020The racial, ethnic and economic inequities of America have been thrown into sharp relief by the unequal burden of the COVID-19 pandemic. Coupled with a summer of activism for those same inequities, these crises were a call to action for Rosalia Garcia, a first-year student in the Physician Assistant (PA) Program.
06.28.2019Northwestern University Physician Assistant Program students and faculty advisors partnered with the NCCPA Health Foundation and the “Children Teaching Children” program to teach an oral health education program to teen mentors, who in turn led educational sessions for elementary school students.
05.15.2019Second-year physician assistant students showcased reviews of clinical literature at the annual Physician Assistant Program’s capstone presentations, the finale to their second and final year of Feinberg education.
04.30.2019More than 500 alumni and guests, including graduates of the Northwestern PA Program, gathered at Alumni Weekend to reminisce about their time at Northwestern, catch up with former classmates and learn about the latest developments at the medical school.
09.11.2018Courtney Browne, PAS-2, attended Illinois Academy Physician Assistant (IAPA) Lobby Day, where she wrote about her visit to the capital for the IAPA Insider newsletter.
10.18.2017Feinberg’s Physician Assistant (PA) program took part in National PA Week October 6 through 12, an annual celebration recognizing PAs’ contributions to patient care and raising awareness of the profession.
10.04.2017Medical, nursing, physician assistant and physical therapy students teamed up during a recent interactive training session.
08.08.2017Three Northwestern Medicine hospitals have been recognized by U.S. News & World Report in its 2017-18 Best Hospitals rankings.
06.05.2017On Saturday, May 13, the 29 members of the Physician Assistant (PA) Program’s Class of 2017 filed into Thorne Auditorium with family and friends to receive their Master of Medical Science degrees.
10.04.2016While exceptional teaching takes place every day at the medical school, Feinberg’s annual Medical Education Day conference gives students, faculty and staff a chance to pause and specifically recognize those efforts in a gathering dedicated to the celebration and advancement of medical education.