Physician assistants keep a sharp eye on medical conditions.
Physician assistants, who often train alongside doctors, are educated through a medical model of patient care. Under this paradigm, the emphasis is on the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of a disease. In this way – by focusing their attention on a disease and its appropriate care and therapies – physician assistants can be essential to your medical team. They are tuned in to the way patients react to treatment and can make necessary adjustments to therapeutic plans.
With a master’s degree in the field, clinical and patient experience, and state and national certification earned through rigorous testing, these health care professionals, like your doctor, can order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests as well as prescribe medicine and other treatments. They are licensed to diagnose and treat patients alone as well as in collaboration with other healthcare professionals.
Through their specialty training, the physician assistants at AICD have a focus in cardiovascular care.
Kim Palmeri-Naman, PA
Kristen Whipkey, PA
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