Jan. 10, 2008
Contact: Paige Stein
(305) 899-3190
Historic ‘First’ for Barry University’s Physician Assistant Program
Program’s 10-year anniversary celebrations include first graduation of class seated in two locations
Miami Shores, Fla. -- The Barry University Physician Assistant Program (BUPAP) recently celebrated the first graduation of a class seated in both its Miami Shores and St. Petersburg locations. Sixty-six graduates from the BUPAP class of 2007, including 44 students from the Barry University campus in Miami Shores and 22 from the Barry extension in St. Petersburg, recited the Oath of Hippocrates and joined the more than 75,000 physician assistants eligible to practice medicine in the United States. This ninth convocation of the BUPAP, held Dec. 15 at the Broad Auditorium in Miami Shores, Fla., was attended by approximately 900 family members, friends, faculty and staff.
In the keynote address, Director of the PA Program and Assistant Dean of BU’s Division of Medicine, Doreen C. Parkhurst, MD, FACEP, outlined the “Ten Commandments of Medical Practice” by citing examples of patients she had encountered during her long medical career.
During the ceremony, Michelle Jordan was presented with the Dean's Award as the class valedictorian; Kaitlin Brenny received the Program Director's Award as the class salutatorian; Kelly LaMont and Virginia Valentin were co-awardees of the President's Award for demonstrating overall excellence which epitomizes the values of the PA profession. The Mave and Mildred Rice Memorial Award for Excellence in pediatrics was presented to Kyle Horner and Kaleena Francois, based on their essay "What a Child Taught Me;" Joanna Calderon was presented with the Vernon A. and Virginia M. Culver Memorial Scholarship for excellence in research analysis.
The BUPAP, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2007, has grown tremendously since its inception in 1997.While the first class had 28 students, the program now has 88 students and has graduated more than 300 physician assistants. In 2005, through the use of interactive videoconferencing, Barry began offering its PA program at the University Partnership Center at St. Petersburg College EpiCenter. Consequently, Barry’s Dec. 15 commencement ceremony was first time that PA classes seated on both the Miami Shores and St. Petersburg campuses graduated.
For more information about the Physician Assistant program at Barry University, please contact Bob McKinlay at 305-899-3283 or e-mail rmckinlay@mail.barry.edu.
Program’s 10-year anniversary celebrations include first graduation of class seated in two locations
Miami Shores, Fla. -- The Barry University Physician Assistant Program (BUPAP) recently celebrated the first graduation of a class seated in both its Miami Shores and St. Petersburg locations. Sixty-six graduates from the BUPAP class of 2007, including 44 students from the Barry University campus in Miami Shores and 22 from the Barry extension in St. Petersburg, recited the Oath of Hippocrates and joined the more than 75,000 physician assistants eligible to practice medicine in the United States. This ninth convocation of the BUPAP, held Dec. 15 at the Broad Auditorium in Miami Shores, Fla., was attended by approximately 900 family members, friends, faculty and staff.
In the keynote address, Director of the PA Program and Assistant Dean of BU’s Division of Medicine, Doreen C. Parkhurst, MD, FACEP, outlined the “Ten Commandments of Medical Practice” by citing examples of patients she had encountered during her long medical career.
During the ceremony, Michelle Jordan was presented with the Dean's Award as the class valedictorian; Kaitlin Brenny received the Program Director's Award as the class salutatorian; Kelly LaMont and Virginia Valentin were co-awardees of the President's Award for demonstrating overall excellence which epitomizes the values of the PA profession. The Mave and Mildred Rice Memorial Award for Excellence in pediatrics was presented to Kyle Horner and Kaleena Francois, based on their essay "What a Child Taught Me;" Joanna Calderon was presented with the Vernon A. and Virginia M. Culver Memorial Scholarship for excellence in research analysis.
The BUPAP, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2007, has grown tremendously since its inception in 1997.While the first class had 28 students, the program now has 88 students and has graduated more than 300 physician assistants. In 2005, through the use of interactive videoconferencing, Barry began offering its PA program at the University Partnership Center at St. Petersburg College EpiCenter. Consequently, Barry’s Dec. 15 commencement ceremony was first time that PA classes seated on both the Miami Shores and St. Petersburg campuses graduated.
For more information about the Physician Assistant program at Barry University, please contact Bob McKinlay at 305-899-3283 or e-mail rmckinlay@mail.barry.edu.