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For more information contact:
Email: paadm@gwumc.edu
Phone: (202) 994-7644
Physician Assistant Program
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James Cawley MPH, PA-C
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Phone: (202) 994-6670
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Director of the MSHS/MPH Program
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James F. Cawley, MPH, PA-C is a tenured Professor in the Department of Health Care Sciences and was appointed as Interim Program Director of the PA Program effective July 1, 2007. He is also Professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health in the School of Public Health and Health Services and continues as the Director of the MSHS/MPH Program.
He has been with the GWU PA Program since 1981, and is licensed in the state of Maryland. He is responsible for all operations of the Program, which include administration, fiscal management, ongoing review and analysis, planning, and program development. He is the Course Director for the Role of the PA in the US Health Care System course, supervises PA students in the clinical setting, and conducts research on aspects of the PA profession with interests in health workforce policy, PA education, and preventive medicine
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Brad Moore
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Phone: (202) 741-2199
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Medical Director
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The Medical Director, who has served in this role since 1997, is a board certified primary care internist holding appointments as Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and in the Department of Health Care Sciences.
He practices as a primary care generalist within the GW Medical Faculty Associates and has part-time administrative and teaching responsibilities in the PA Program. He is also a faculty member in the School of Public Health and Health Services with an appointment as Associate Professor of Health Services Management and Policy.
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Susan LeLacheur
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Phone: (202) 994-6831
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Director of the Academic Curriculum
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The Director of the Academic Curriculum is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Care Sciences with eighteen years of clinical practice, research, and educational experience.
She has been a member of the GW PA Program since 1995. Her responsibilities include overseeing the didactic year, as well as being course director for the Clinical Medicine, Microbiology, Infectious Disease, Primary Care and Ethics courses. She lectures widely on infectious disease and HIV infection and her research interests include cultural competency and the reduction of stereotyping and bias in the clinical encounter.
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Debra Herrmann MSHS, MPH, PA-C
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Phone: 202-994-5144
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Associate Director of the Academic Curriculum
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The Associate Director of the Academic Curriculum joined the Program faculty as an Instructor in Health Care Sciences in January 2007. She is a 2001 graduate of the GWU PA/MPH Program. She is the Course Director for Medical Terminology, Clinical Assessment I & II, and Clinical Applications and also serves as the Director of the Advanced Surgical Preparedness pilot program.
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Jacqueline Barnett
, MSHS, PA-C
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Phone: (202) 994-6678
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Director of the Clinical Curriculum
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Ms. Barnett is an Assistant Professor of Health Care Sciences and a 1994 graduate of the GWU Physician Assistant Program. She joined the faculty in 2001. She has interests in infectious disease and adolescent medicine. She is responsible for the supervision of students in the clinical year.
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Nicole Burwell
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Phone: (202) 994-6733
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Associate Director of Clinical Curriculum
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Ms. Burwell is an Assistant Professor of Health Care Science who joined the faculty in 2005. She is a 1998 graduate of the GWU PA Program. Her responsibilities include coordinating and management of the clinical year.
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Howard Straker
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Phone: (202) 994-7727
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Director of Community Medicine
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The Director of Community Medicine is an Assistant Professor of Health Care Sciences with 15 years of clinical and educational experience.
During the 2006 academic year, he completed the Master Teacher Program at GW. He has research interests in the areas of cultural competence, evidence-based medicine, and community health promotion. His Program responsibilities include supervising students in the clinical year, directing the End of Rotation activities, supervising the OSCE component of the clinical year, and participating in the PA/MPH curriculum.
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Kirsten Thomsen PA-C
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Phone: 202-994-6690
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Faculty
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Kirsten Thomsen, PA-C is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Care Sciences.
She has an extensive background in rural medicine, clinical service to medically underserved populations, and health policy. Her responsibilities include student advising, supervision and evaluation of students in the clinical year, and participation in the admissions process. She is also the coordinator for the annual CME Board Review sponsored by the Program.
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Karen Wright
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Phone: (202) 994-9279
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Director of Research of the Physician Assistant Program
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The Director of Research is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Care Sciences. She joined the faculty in 2008. She is a 1987 graduate of the Howard University Physician Assistant Program. Her responsibilities include assistance in the facilitation of faculty research efforts in order to advance scholarship and developing databases for the purposes of programmatic evaluation. Her research interests include the influence of social factors on health and disease, health disparities, PA education and workforce issues, metabolic syndrome and geriatric medicine.
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Jamie Lewis
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Phone: (202) 994-6661
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Executive Coordinator, Admissions & Special Events
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Marie Gardner
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Phone: (202) 994-7716
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Executive Assistant, Clinical Curriculum
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Shushanna Mignott
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Phone: (202) 994-7684
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Executive Coordinator , Academic Curriculum
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Obiageli Nnadi
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Phone: 202-994-0021
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Executive Coordinator, Finance & Verifications
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