Leadership
Palm Beach Atlantic University takes great pride in its outstanding faculty and talented dedicated staff. Our faculty members come from diverse academic, clinical, and administrative backgrounds, bringing a unique and faith-centered perspective to our physician associate education program.
Phil Tobin, DHSc, PA-C
Jason Yarsley, DO, Pharm.D
Kara Valentine MMS, PA-C
Shawn McPartland, MD, JD
Principal Faculty
Palm Beach Atlantic University takes great pride in its outstanding faculty and talented dedicated staff. Our faculty members come from diverse academic, clinical, and administrative backgrounds, bringing a unique and faith-centered perspective to our physician associate education program.
Martin Clinard MSM, PA-C
Principal Faculty
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Justin Minnerly, PhD
Principal Faculty
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Administrative Staff
Palm Beach Atlantic University takes great pride in its outstanding faculty and talented dedicated staff. Our faculty members come from diverse academic, clinical, and administrative backgrounds, bringing a unique and faith-centered perspective to our physician associate education program.
Susan Grenz
Executive Assistant to The Dean of The School of Health Professions
Joel Fevig
Admission Coordinator to Physician Associate Medicine
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Kimberly Conley, MS. Ed
TBD – Clinical Coordinator
TBD – Curriculum Coordinator
Accreditation (A3.12a, D1.02c)
Anticipating ARC-PA approval, PBA will begin interviewing for the inaugural class in the fall of 2023 and matriculate the first class on October 1, 2024.
Palm Beach Atlantic University PA program has applied for Accreditation-Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). PBA PA program anticipates matriculating its first class in October 2024, pending achieving Accreditation-Provisional status at the June 2024 ARC-PA meeting. Accreditation-Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding accreditation-provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students.
Note: In the event accreditation is not obtained, all deposits will be refunded to cohort members.