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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.

02/12/2025

Make history with the PA History Society! Become a Friend at either the annual or lifetime level! For more information on our Circle of Friends: https://pahx.org/friends-of-the-society/

27/11/2025

This Thanksgiving, the PA History Society is thankful for YOU! Thank you for all your support this year. We hope your Thanksgiving is filled with peace and happiness!

25/11/2025

The PA History Society's Fall issue of Historical Happenings, our quarterly newsletter, is out on virtual stands! Learn more about the PAHx's new educational modules, the anniversary celebrations of Duke and NYSSPA, the origin of the Emory Farm Worker Project, and MORE!

Read it here: https://pahx.org/pa-history-society-newsletter/

20/11/2025

The PA History Society is sad to announce the passing of PA Ina Cushman. Cushman was a former president of the AAPA and a past speaker of the House of Delegates.

To learn more about Cushman's life and contributions to the PA profession, please read her bio: https://pahx.org/bios/ina-cushman/
To visit her obituary: https://brezniakfuneraldirectors.com/obituary-archive/ina-sue-cushman/

18/11/2025

The PA History Society would like to thank its Board of Trustees for the productive and successful workshop and board meeting last week! We can't wait to see the new projects 2026 has in store!

13/11/2025

PA Kathy Kemle was a nationally respected leader in geriatrics and palliative medicine. Her work transformed how the medical community cares for aging and terminally ill patients. She was also a co-editor in the first ever textbook for PAs on palliative and serious illness patient management. To learn more about Kathy Kemle and the impact she had on the PA profession, palliative care, and those who knew her, please read her bio: https://pahx.org/bios/kathy-kemle/

11/11/2025

The PA History Society would like to thank all the PAs who have served or who are still serving! Have a meaningful Veterans Day.

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/

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/

31/10/2025

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

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/

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

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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.