AASPA News

SEPTEMBER 2022

  • Please join us for our annual Continuing Medical Education Conference in Houston, Texas from October 13-16, 2022. Registration is LIVE! Our current schedule including speakers and workshops is listed on our website. We have lots of hands-on workshops that you can participate in. We will be live-streaming the event and recording it so you can watch it on-demand if you are unable to attend in person.  

  • We are looking forward to PA week 2022! We want to celebrate PAs and all they do! We would like to highlight some of our amazing surgical PAs. Please contact us if you or a colleague would like to be featured on our website and social media during PA week. Please email [email protected] for more information.

  • Are you planning a community activity to support PA week? If so, please let us know and we will highlight your event on our website. Please email [email protected] for more information.

  • Finally, in the spirit of PA week, we will have an AASPA store available online. If you’d like to purchase some AASPA gear, please check our website and social media sites for more information. 

  • Please join us for our PA Student Networking event on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 7pm CST. You must be an active PA student in order to attend. Please register for this event on our website.

  • We are hosting a Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS) course this November. The course will be held virtually. Please check our website for more information.

  • Congratulations to our member of the month, Syuzanna Leigh, PA-S! Syuzanna is currently in her final year of PA school at D’Youville University in New York. She was selected as our 2022 AASPA Scholarship Recipient. Syuzanna has already demonstrated great capacity for leadership by holding student leadership positions at the New York State Society of Physician Assistants (NYSSPA), the Western New York Physician Assistant Association (WNYPAA) and as a volunteer member of the AAPA Advocacy and Policy Committee. She plans to work as a neurosurgical PA upon graduation. We are happy to honor her this month! If you would like to nominate someone to be the next Member of the Month, please fill out the form on our website.


  • Thank you for participating in our annual survey. You can view the results in the Member Resources section of our website.

  • You can read the last edition of Sutureline, the official journal of the AASPA, in the Member Resources section of our website. If you would like to submit a clinical article for publication, we are always accepting submissions (including student articles!). Please head to the submission guidelines to learn more: https://sutureline.scholasticahq.com/for-authors