Moves and Milestones

Ruth Fixelle Celebrates 30th Anniversary with UMDNJ PA Program

Ruth Fixelle, EdM, PA-C, (back row, center) surrounded by program faculty on the occasion of her 30th anniversary at UMDNJ.

Ruth Fixelle, EdM, PA-C, recently celebrated her 30-year anniversary with the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) PA Program. A 1978 graduate of the program, Fixelle joined the faculty after graduating and was named program director in 1981. Since then, she has graduated more than 750 PAs. Fixelle was honored by the faculty at a primary care department meeting on October 2.

Cawley and Glicken Contribute to Academic Medicine Issue Focusing on Title VII Section 747

This month's issue of Academic Medicine focuses on Title VII Section 747 Grant Programs, 1963–2008, and their impact on, among other things, the creation of the PA profession. Two PAEA faculty members contributed articles: Jim Cawley, Physician Assistants and Title VII Support; and Anita Duhl Glicken, Excellence in Physician Assistant Training Through Faculty Development.

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PAEA Networker's Moves and Milestones column is designed to help keep members informed about their colleagues’ activities. The column features information on faculty moves and promotions and on significant changes and achievements at member programs. Examples are faculty moving to new positions within the program or elsewhere, grants received, articles or books published, a new track or satellite campus established. We also welcome curricular innovations that may not have the research basis for peer-reviewed publication but that would be of anecdotal interest to PA faculty.

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