Josanne Kissel Pagel PAs in Administration Award Recipients

2024
Braxton Kinsey, PA-C

Braxton Kinsey, PA-C, currently serves as the Practice Medical Director at Duke Primary Care Oxford, a role he has held since September 2021. He leads a multidisciplinary team including physicians, APPs, a pharmacist, and a social worker. As medical director, Braxton has also collaborated with other leaders to support the evolution of a Rural Track Residency Program based out of Duke Primary Care Oxford. Additionally, Braxton is involved at the network level as an Epic Superuser. In this role he leads and provides support in the use of Epic, including onboarding of new physicians and APPs, for 4 additional clinics in the region. He has served as a preceptor to APP students on a consistent basis, as well as to medical students. Braxton completed his undergraduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and completed his PA training at the Campbell University PA Program.

2023
Marc Igdalsky, PA-C

Marc Igdalsky is an advanced practice provider manager at NYU Langone Health. He has led the ED APP team at NYU Langone Medical Center since January 2023. The team is the largest in the NYU health system, comprising over 50 APPs covering four service lines across two campus sites. In addition, he leads an eight-member ED APP leadership team comprised of PA, NP, and MD representation. His leadership team provides administrative oversight to a broad array of responsibilities, including management of a robust APP fellowship, dynamic cross-campus operational initiatives, and complex business administration, as well as development of quality and safety measures impacting the emergency department accounting for 100,000+ patient encounters annually. Prior to this role, he served as assistant professor of PA studies at Long Island University in Brooklyn, NY. He is a graduate of the Pace University-Lenox Hill Hospital PA Program and the Weill Cornell Medical Center PA Residency in Emergency Medicine.