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Alumni Feature

Pitt PA Doctoral Alumna Advances to UPMC Leadership Role

May 7, 2024 | 4 min read

Michelle Acosta, 2023 alumna of Pitt’s Doctor of PA Studies (DPAS) program, will be starting a new role with UPMC as the director of Advanced Practice for the Department of Neurosurgery.

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Alumni Feature

Doctor of PA Studies Alumni Who Elevated His Health Care Management and Research Skills

January 19, 2024 | 4 min read

Doctor of Physician Assistant Studies alumni B.J. Vascik shares how his degree at Pitt was fulfilling and led him to become an orthopedic physician assistant with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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My Journey as a Pitt PA Assistant Professor and DPAS Student

October 9, 2023 | 3 min read

Assistant Professor Julie Dubis shares her unique experience of being a student in the Doctor of Physician Assistant Studies program and a professor in the Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies residential program.

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SHRS Connection Results in Life-Saving Gift

December 6, 2022 | 3 min read

former SHRS Instructor and Physician Assistant Guy Guimond (BS ’01, MS ’05 and ’13) and Madelyn Czekalski (BS ’20), current student in the Physician Assistant Studies (PAS) program, are forever joined because of one life-saving gift.