How to Use physician assistant in a Sentence

physician assistant

noun
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  • The physician assistant applied a dab of skin adhesive to the wound, then covered it with a Band-Aid and a piece of gauze.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Since entering the race, her ties to USC — dating back to her time as a physician assistant — have also led to some bumps in the road.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2022
  • The physician assistant who runs the island’s sole health clinic.
    — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The suit says Williams continues to work at PeaceHealth as a physician assistant.
    — oregonlive, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Douglas Hickok, 57, a physician assistant in and out of uniform, was the first service member to die of the coronavirus.
    — Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Arceneaux is a bone cancer survivor who was treated at St. Jude's as a child and now works there as a physician assistant.
    — Mina Kaji, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2021
  • But in late March, a worried mother calling on behalf of her physician assistant son to get a free room became the norm.
    — Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020
  • But the next morning, Allen received a call from a physician assistant: an ultrasound had revealed a blood clot in one of Stephens’s lungs.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Inside the van, a physician assistant bandaged the open wounds on Matthew Lombardo’s calves.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • And often only the doctor — not a nurse, nor a physician assistant, nor a staff member — is allowed to address that call for help.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The company didn’t explain the figure, which is more than the average cost of tuition for a year of physician assistant school.
    — H. Claire Brown, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • From there, the practice continued for the Old Town couple and is now a daily routine outside the hours of her physician assistant job.
    — Maya Mokh, chicagotribune.com, 22 July 2021
  • After finishing her exam, the physician assistant sent him to the lab.
    — New York Times, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Tami grew up in Chicago and settled in Louisville after a career in the Navy, serving as a physician assistant.
    — Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Bass, who was a physician assistant before coming to Congress, has made health care a focus of her career.
    — Max Berley, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Arceneaux, 29, was treated for childhood cancer at St. Jude and now works there as a physician assistant.
    — John McCarthy, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021
  • His first pick to accompany him on the flight was Hayley Arceneaux, a 29-year-old from Memphis who works as a physician assistant.
    — Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Now a physician assistant at St. Jude, Arceneaux took up an old photo of herself — bald from treatment for bone cancer at age 10.
    — Marcia Dunn, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • According to the report, Brunton Davis is a nurse and a man identified as Carsyn's father is a physician assistant.
    — Allyson Chiu, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2020
  • He was trained as a physician assistant and had worked in clinical and managerial roles.
    — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Though her job prospects as a physician assistant were good and her earning potential high, her future looked dismal.
    — Susan Paterno, Forbes, 24 June 2021
  • But Campbell, a physician assistant, knew that she would be needed at the local hospital.
    — Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2023
  • These days, New York physician assistant student Ida Chen carries pepper spray all the time, sets her cellphone to let all her friends know her location and doesn't roam far alone.
    — Jennifer Peltz, Star Tribune, 7 May 2021
  • Arceneaux is a childhood cancer survivor who was treated at St. Jude and is now a physician assistant at the famed research center.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2021
  • In Hawaii, one bill would allow physician assistants to perform abortions.
    — David W. Chen, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • While basketball was her first love, she's built a life outside of her sport, working full-time in healthcare, and has her dreams set on helping others as a physician assistant.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2023
  • One of Luis’ younger brothers is a physician assistant, and the other is a legal assistant intent on becoming a lawyer.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Arceneaux, a 29-year-old physician assistant, on becoming the youngest American to travel to space.
    — Fortune, 23 Feb. 2021
  • The first passenger announced was the 29-year-old Arceneaux, a physician assistant at St. Jude and cancer survivor who was treated at the hospital.
    — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Rabadi's wife, who also works as a physician assistant at the hospital, arrived at the home with her father-in-law, about the same time deputies showed up, authorities said.
    — Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 18 Apr. 2022

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