Specialist PAs

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Can PAs specialize in any particular specialty, and if so, what options are available? Anything related to pediatrics?
 
Yes, a lot of things, and yes.


Pretty much anything a doctor can specialize in, a PA can. Emergency medicine, dermatology, surgery, etc etc.
 
My youngest daughter see's a PA the majority of times at her Pediatrician's office.
 
I had a cyst removed from my back a couple years ago. The surgeon was a PA. Not a technical procedure by any stretch, but he did good work. By and large, the PA's that I've met have been very good at what they do. I'd have no problem seeing a PA for routine care.
 
Yes. There are 3 PAs in my family and they all have different specialties: cardiology, neurology, and orthopedics. I'm headed in the same direction, but I haven't got a clue what I want to specialize in yet.
 
I know several PAs. They are extremely smart and very well trained. My uncle is an NP and he thinks PAs are evil.
 
A PA by definition is licensed to practice medicine under the consent of a physician. So your answer would reflect the amount of specialties a physician can hold.
 
PAs are cool. Not doctors, but have an unlimited scope of practice when working under one, including the ability to write scripts.
 
After I pass the PANCE I am going back to become board certified as an EMPA-C or Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant, and just as everyone else said a PA can specialize in just about any field as a DO / MD can, the highest paid PA's are those who specialize in surgical specialties.
 
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