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Meet our new Primary Care Physician Assistant Program Director: Mitzi D'Aquila, MACM, PA-C
We are excited to announce the official appointment of Mitzi D’Aquila, MACM, PA-C to serve as our Program Director for the Primary Care PA Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. By Claire Norman Ms. D’Aquila has a long shared history with the program and a deep… Read More »
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Meet our new Primary Care Physician Assistant Program Director: Mitzi D’Aquila, MACM, PA-C
December 6th, 2022Program Director Mitzi D’Aquila, MACM, PA-C We are excited to announce the official appointment of Mitzi D’Aquila, MACM, PA-C to serve as our Program Director for the Primary Care PA Program at…
Keck School Physician Assistant Program White Coat 2021
December 8th, 2021On December 5, the Primary Care Physician Assistant Class of 2023 held their White Coat Ceremony. Different from medical students, the PA Program coats students between their didactic and clinical phases to…
Keck School Dean Dr. Narsing Rao gets COVID-19 vaccination
January 4th, 2021Narsing Rao, MD, interim dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, received his COVID-19 vaccination on Dec. 22: Shown in the photo is second-year PA student Sabrina Pimentel, who administered…
Primary Care Physician Assistant Program receives $3.25 million for scholarships to diversify profession and care for underserved communities
July 6th, 2020The Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has been awarded $3.25 million to support scholarships for disadvantaged students in a continuation of growing diversity within the physician…
Keck School’s Street Med program featured in Sunday LAT
February 18th, 2020Brett Feldman, Eddie Menacho and Gabrielle Johnson work as part of the Street Medicine team at USC, which provides medical care to people who are living on the streets. (Photo/Chris Shinn) More…
Primary Care Physician Assistant Program Ranked Top in California and No. 10 Nationally
March 12th, 2019Clinical instructor oversees a cast workshop in the Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. (Photo/Claire Norman) The Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck…
Commencement 2017: Nicole Glennon, Primary Care Physician Assistant
May 11th, 2017Nicole Glennon will graduate from the Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine on May 12. (Photo/Courtesy Nicole Glennon) Nicole Glennon is a student dedicated to her Trojan…
PA students take trophy at Challenge Bowl
November 29th, 2016From left, Jennifer Ramos, Jie Zhuang, Matthew Tan, Sarah Nargiso, Nicole Galle, Andrew Luna, Dane Arispe and Christopher P. Forest pose with the California Academy of Physician Assistant Challenge Bowl trophy. A…
Primary Care Physician Assistant Program receives $2.5 million for scholarships
August 1st, 2016High school student Jose Salazar, left, works with PA student Curtis Ciesinski to learn how to suture in a workshop at a recent USC PA Pipeline event. Outreach like the USC PA…
Student reaches highest goal in climbing Mt. Everest
August 1st, 2016Vanessa Blasic stands below the south summit of Mount Everest, May 21, 2016.After years of planning and two months of living on the mountain, physician assistant student Vanessa Blasic completed a feat…