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2023 Community Health Access Fellows

The PA Foundation is pleased to introduce the 2023 William H. Marquardt Community Health Access Fellows. This fellowship award recognizes PAs committed to promoting accessible primary care for underserved populations and mentoring future PAs.

Meet Them

2023 Josanne Kissel Pagel PAs in Administration Awardee

Marc Igdalsky is an advanced practice provider manager at NYU Langone Health, and has led the ED APP team since January 2023. This award supports PAs serving in their first five years of a clinically administrative role.

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New Resources for Cognitive Screening

Now available: cognitive assessment toolkit aimed at equipping providers with resources needed to screen and assess patients for early cognitive impairment. Includes CME training and downloadable resources.

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2023 Breitman-Dorn Research Fellow

PA Stephanie Neary is pursuing a PhD in Nursing Science. Her dissertation explores how social determinants of health are interrelated with a student’s perception of flourishing.

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2023 Scholarship Recipients

Meet our 2023 scholarship recipients! These 52 PA students represent 50 PA programs across the United States.

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The PA Foundation

Since 1977, the PA Foundation has worked to promote better health for PAs, students, their patients, and the communities they serve.

Our Vision and Mission

A group of physician associates/physician assistants

Events and Resources

In the Words of PAs Blog Series

Check out our new blog series featuring posts from PA leaders on topics such as using nutrition as a surgical tool, treating pain in marginalized populations, perspectives on practicing in primary care, the meaning of philanthropy, and more.

PA Foundation Women in Philanthropy

The mission of Women in Philanthropy (WIP) is to match the values and life experiences of diverse women across generations who are invested in the PA profession and healthcare with the mission of the PA Foundation. Learn more and view our lead mentors and members.

Vital Minds

The Vital Minds podcast explores topics of relevance to the PA and healthcare provider audience, ranging from mental health to obesity to pain management and more. Each episode explores nuances of the featured subject and provides tips and resources PAs can put into practice to benefit patients.

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What We Do

As the philanthropic arm of the American Academy of PAs, the PA Foundation provides support to PAs and PA students through grants for PA-led health projects, scholarships for future PA leaders, and patient education tools. Our programs, guided by our mission, help PAs and PA students make an impact – with their patients, in their communities, and for their profession, locally and worldwide.

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$2.3M

Scholarship funding awarded to PA students

People reached through our mental health and SUD programs since 2018

$1.5M

Programmatic support over the last decade

Our Partners