Alum Kayla McLaughlin ’09, MPAS ’15’s background at Chatham and experience administering healthcare to vulnerable populations coalesced into a rewarding career performing gender-affirming surgeries.

Celebrate National Physician Assistant Week with ChathamU’s Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) Program.

After earning her Master of Biomedical Studies at Chatham, Rachel Estadt is now returning to complete her Master of Physician Assistant Studies.

Chatham’s Master of Physician Assistant Studies program is widely known for training compassionate, exceptional clinicians who are trained by way of problem-based learning. Curious what the MPAS student experience is like? Catch this quick Q&A with current MPAS student, Clare Clifton and begin the exploration process for yourself!

As an RA in Woodland, a captain of the Chatham cheer squad, a Human Biology major, and a Spin instructor, Marissa Venanzi ‘21 wears many hats. Learn more about her, her plans for the future, and what she’s learned during her time at Chatham in this for-students, by-students feature!

Allie, Kiersten, and Lindsay have more in common than their sisterhood—all three are Chatham alumna and Lindsay and Allie are currently employed here! We caught up with the three sisters to learn more about their intersecting Chatham paths and post-college achievements.

Sydney Saunders is making the most of her Chatham experience through one of our integrated degree programs (IDP), which will allow her to complete a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies in just five years. Check out how Sydney is maximizing the IDP benefits.

I sat in on a number of sessions of a PBL course (called Essentials for the Physician Assistant II) for the MPAS program to learn what all the fuss was about, and let me say: This might be the best way anyone has taught anyone anything, ever.

Last winter, Victoria Kissell, MPAS ’18, was able to added a facet to her education that not many physician assistants are able to claim. “We don’t learn how to deal with death in school,” she says. “Because we’re focused on making people better, we tend to push it aside, even though it’s inevitable.

The challenge is to use what you have at hand – your resources and the community services in the room – to meet your basic needs, for four 15-minute periods, each of which represents one week.