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The Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences Anniversary Highlights Impacting the Profession: The History and Growth of NSU’s AA Programs
NSU Tampa anesthesiologist assistant students lead the nation in academic performance.
In 2005, spurred by a four-year legislative push, the anesthesiologist assistant (AA) profession accomplished a major feat when it earned licensure in the state of Florida—an achievement that proved to be a great turning point in the history of the AA profession. When the Florida Board of Medicine approved the licensing of AAs in the state, it contributed to a domino effect of further expansion for a profession that had experienced little growth for almost four decades prior to the 2005 Florida ruling.
This triumph encouraged the trio of Robert Wagner, M.M.Sc., RRT, CAA, chair, Department of Anesthesia, Richard E. Davis, Ed.D., PA-C, former PCHCS dean, and Frederick Lippman, R.Ph., Ed.D., Health Professions Division chancellor, to do something bold. Together, they created the profession’s first anesthesiologist assistant program in Florida at NSU’s Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus—and only the fourth program in the profession’s 40-year history.
You may read the complete article in our 2018 Perspectives Summer/Fall August issue by visiting healthsciences.nova.edu/studentaffairs/messenger.html.
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- NSU Fort Lauderdale anesthesiologist assistant students train to become anesthetists
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- Anesthesiologist assistant high-fidelity simulation operating room on the NSU Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus
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- NSU Tampa anesthesiologist assistant students training in the performance of regional anesthesia.
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- Florida Senator Michael Fasano (right), who sponsored the 2005 AA bill and was responsible for its passage, poses with Robert Wagner.
