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Joleen Volz PA-C discusses her experience as a new attendee at the Elevate Conference

Have you ever heard the saying: “Big gates move on small hinges?” In the same way that a big door sw...

Allison Wilbanks PA-C discusses her experience as an Elevate conference attendee

Allie McAllister FNP-C, DCNP discusses Social Media in Dermatology


Joe Monroe’s first career was as a medical technologist, but by 1976 he had decided on a change and ...

The narrative in my clinic aligns with a topic that has dominated news feeds recently: employee turn...

Unfortunately, it is common for PAs and NPs to feel a lack of respect in the workplace which can tri...

Elevate Derm’s Top Book Recommendations for 2022

Over the last 13 years, I have had the privilege and honor of serving 1000s of dermatology PAs and N...

Matthew - When and where did you start as a dermatology PA?


The pandemic has put much of our personal interactions on hold. When will we comfortably shake hands...

The entirety of my 18-year healthcare career has been within the halls of a university-based, academ...


I have had the opportunity to negotiate many high stake’s situations during my physician assistant a...

My path to becoming a PA Entrepreneur has had plenty of ups and downs! Early in my career I knew I w...


If you are like me, you came into medicine with preconceived notions of what it means to be a health...

A proposed bill before Congress would put a 2-year freeze on Medicare services set for 2021 pay cuts...

The Open Payment program by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) will be updated in...