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Physician Assistant History Society Honoring our History; Ensuring our Future

The Physician Assistant History Society® is dedicated to the study of the history and legacy of the physician assistant profession through the collection and identification of appropriate papers, manuscripts, magazine and newspaper clippings, newsletters, references, reports, dissertations, oral histories, biographies, films, slides, videos, photographs, artifacts, memorabilia and digital images.

Peter Yen began his career as a PA working with pediatric burn victims. He now serves as the vice president of service d...
06/11/2025

Peter Yen began his career as a PA working with pediatric burn victims. He now serves as the vice president of service development for Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America (BRCA)—the nation’s largest burn and wound network. Yen also is on the programmatic panel for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program’s Military Burn Research Program (MBRP), which advises on the allocation of annual federal funding for burn science innovation. To read more about Peter Yen and his accomplishments, check out his biography: https://pahx.org/bios/peter-yen/

Learn about PAs who have made history by making a difference in their own words. The PA History Society has several coll...
04/11/2025

Learn about PAs who have made history by making a difference in their own words. The PA History Society has several collections of oral history interviews on topics such as the 1980s HIV/AIDS epidemic and how the PA profession started in the Netherlands. We also have individual stories that are truly inspiring. Explore our interview collection: https://pahx.org/oral-histories/

The PA History Society wishes everyone a scarily fun and safe Halloween! Happy Samhain!
31/10/2025

The PA History Society wishes everyone a scarily fun and safe Halloween! Happy Samhain!

After a career as a hospital corpsman with the Marines, CDR Ian Marks became a PA and entered the Public Health Service....
29/10/2025

After a career as a hospital corpsman with the Marines, CDR Ian Marks became a PA and entered the Public Health Service. He was awarded Junior Officer of the year a couple of years later (2007) while working with the Coast Guard and Immigration Health Services caring for persons taken aboard cutters in the Caribbean/straights of Florida. He was promoted to Commander in 2023 and is currently serving as the first PA to fill the position of Area Surgeon and Deputy Chief for Operational Medicine. To learn about CDR Marks's career as a PA, please visit his bio: https://pahx.org/bios/ian-marks/

Gerald Simons is a surgical PA and educator. He is a national recipient of the National Humanitarian Award by the Turn ...
23/10/2025

Gerald Simons is a surgical PA and educator. He is a national recipient of the National Humanitarian Award by the Turn the Corner Foundation for his work with Lyme Disease. He has served on the board of the NYSSPA and is a two-time president of the AASPA. He also played a role in helping the Netherlands adopt the PA profession! Read more about Simons amazing career as a PA on his bio: https://pahx.org/bios/gerald-simons

The PA History Society wishes a happy Diwali to all who celebrate!
20/10/2025

The PA History Society wishes a happy Diwali to all who celebrate!

The PA History Society is sad to announce the passing of a pioneer in the PA profession and a true advocate, Dr. E. Harv...
20/10/2025

The PA History Society is sad to announce the passing of a pioneer in the PA profession and a true advocate, Dr. E. Harvey Estes, Jr., MD. Dr. Estes passed away on October 16th, surrounded by his loved ones. He was 100 years old.

Dr. Estes became chair of the Duke PA Program in 1966 and then assume control of it in 1967 when Dr. Stead stepped down. As soon as the original three PA students graduated, Dr. Estes began promoting the profession. He was the driving force being the four "Duke Conferences" that were the catalysts for the formation of most of the PA national organizations. To learn more about Dr. Estes and the amazing work he has done for the PA profession, please click here: https://pahx.org/bios/estes-e-harvey/

Congratulations to our 5 winners from our PA Week Student Drawing! The lucky PA students are:Alexa Rodriguez – Pacific U...
15/10/2025

Congratulations to our 5 winners from our PA Week Student Drawing!
The lucky PA students are:

Alexa Rodriguez – Pacific University
Zarina Bhula – UTHSC – San Antonio
Qourtney Johnson – Mercer University
Rielee Betnar – Wichita State University
Becca Lohrenz – Clarkson University

Each winner will receive a PA History Prize Pack!

To see the photographs, please visit our webpage: https://pahx.org/news/congrats-to-our-2025-pa-week-winners/

Thank you to all the educators who stopped by our booth at the 2025 PAEA Education Forum! And a special thank you to eve...
13/10/2025

Thank you to all the educators who stopped by our booth at the 2025 PAEA Education Forum! And a special thank you to everyone who came to our first ever Product Theater to see our new Educational Modules!

See you all in Austin, TX in 2026!

Stop by the PA History Society booth at , take a short two minute survey on how you teach the history of the profession...
10/10/2025

Stop by the PA History Society booth at , take a short two minute survey on how you teach the history of the profession and get an owl stuffy!

For the PA History Society is holding a drawing for PA students! Five lucky winners will be randomly drawn on Monday, ...
10/10/2025

For the PA History Society is holding a drawing for PA students! Five lucky winners will be randomly drawn on Monday, October 13th, and receive a PA history prize pack! To enter, please email the Society a photograph of you at your PA program to: contactus@pahx.org

PA Students! The PA History Society is holding a drawing to celebrate . 5 lucky winners will receive PA history prize p...
09/10/2025

PA Students! The PA History Society is holding a drawing to celebrate . 5 lucky winners will receive PA history prize packs. To enter, please email a photograph of you taken at your PA program to contactus@pahx.org We will be announcing the winners on Monday, October 13!

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The PA History Society

The Physician Assistant History Society was created in 2002 when co-founders, Reginald Carter and J. Jeffrey Heinrich, realized the need to preserve the history of the PA profession for future generations.

The PA History Society is dedicated to sharing the history and legacy of the profession through our archival collections of personal and organizational papers, oral histories, biographies, photographs, videos, and library materials.