A Career Path That Moves Health Care Forward
Certified physician assistants are in demand, and the need for qualified care team members is expected to grow. At Pitt, we prepare our Physician Assistant Studies graduates to push the edge of what is possible in health care and drive innovation in patient care.
Job openings for physician assistants are projected to grow over 30% by 2029, much faster than the average industry (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2021). Graduates of our Physician Assistant Studies Hybrid Program who become Certified Physician Assistants can work in any of the following settings and have the flexibility to move between areas:
- Primary Care
- Family Medicine
- General Internal Medicine
- General Pediatrics
- Emergency Medicine
- General Surgery
- Internal Medicine Specialties and Subspecialties
- Cardiology
- Critical Care
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Hematology and Oncology
- Infectious Disease
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Pulmonology
- Rheumatology
- Pediatric Subspecialties
- Surgical Specialties and Subspecialties
- Bariatric Surgery
- Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Colon & Rectal Surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Oncology Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Otolaryngology
- Pediatric Surgery
- Plastic Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
- Transplant Surgery
- Trauma Surgery
- Urology
- Vascular Surgery
- Other Surgical Subspecialties
- Public Health
- Radiation Oncology
- Radiology
- Urgent Care
- Others