physician assistant
noun
: a person certified to provide basic medical services usually under the supervision of a licensed physician
called also PA, physician's assistant
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The 56-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Serah Sulaiman, who recently graduated from the Health Science Center’s physician assistant studies program, said her children attended the on-campus Early Learning Center together for about 18 months.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2025
Wassermann intends to attend Valparaiso University and study in the physician assistant program.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Compound that with lower prestige and set it against a backdrop of general decline in primary care, which is increasingly being shifted over to physician assistants and nurses.
—Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Serah Sulaiman, who recently graduated from the Health Science Center’s physician assistant studies program, said her children attended the on-campus Early Learning Center together for about 18 months.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2025
Wassermann intends to attend Valparaiso University and study in the physician assistant program.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Compound that with lower prestige and set it against a backdrop of general decline in primary care, which is increasingly being shifted over to physician assistants and nurses.
—Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Physician assistant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physician%20assistant. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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