How the SDPA & PA Community Demonstrated Resilience, Unity, & Progress During the Most Challenging Year in Recent Healthcare History
A Message from Archana M. Sangha, MMS, PA-C
President, SDPA 2020-2021
Dear Readers,
Welcome to Journal of Dermatology for Physician Assistants (JDPA) Spring 2021 issue. We are pleased to deliver you quality content on a variety of topics for which JDPA is known.
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A Message from Archana M. Sangha, MMS, PA-C
President, SDPA 2020-2021
By Kathleen R. Kane, PA-S; and Alicia Elam, PharmD Kathleen R. Kane, PA-S, and Alicia Elam, PharmD, are from Augusta University College of Allied Health
By Allyson Spillers, MPAS, PA-C, and Stevie Redmond, MPAS, PA-C Allyson Spillers, MPAS, PA-C, and Stevie Redmond, MPAS, PA-C, are from Augusta University in Augusta,
By Sarah Gerth I have been living in Lake Oswego, a small town outside of Portland, for more than 40 years. Originally, I am from
By Peter A. Young, MPAS, and Emily Green, MD CASE REPORT A 14-year old male patient was referred to our outpatient dermatology service by his
By Jaci J. Kipreos, CPC, CPMA, CDEO, CEMC, COC, CPCI INTRODUCTION Welcome to Compliance Corner, a new department dedicated to providing information and tools to
By Cynthia Faires Griffith, MPAS, PA-C Where were you when you first heard the word coronavirus? I don’t know. It is interesting the things that
By Alan Rockoff, MD You will just have to take my word for the fact that things happened exactly this way. Only the names have
A message from Renata Block, MMS, PA-C, President, SDPA
By Peter A. Young, MPAS, PA-C ABSTRACT Physician assistants participate in peer-reviewed publications less than other health professionals. The history of osteopathic physicians and podiatrists
By Roderick S. Hooker, PhD, MBA, PA “Are physician associates/assistants (PAs) cost-effective in their employment?” This question has arisen in several situations involving PAs and
By M. Bryn Marsh, MPAS, PA-C
By Jameka McElroy-Brooklyn, MSPAS, PA-C; Mahima Bhayana, MD, MBA; Ginette A. Okoye, MD , FAAD ABSTRACT Acquired reactive perforating collagenosis (ARPC) is a unique skin