- Touro University, California

Grace Landel, PA-C, M.Ed. joined the Joint Program as Director in April of 2010. She has been a PA since graduating from the Baylor College of Medicine Physician Assistant Program in 1984. She has worked in rural and urban family practice since then. She has been in PA education since 1990 when she joined the MEDEX Northwest Physician Assistant Program. During her tenure at MEDEX she served in many roles, including Associate Program Director, Director of Diversity, Director of the Alaska Satellite, Didactic Coordinator, Clinical Coordinator, and lecturer for many courses. Ms Landel has also served the PA profession on a state, regional, and national level, having served with the Washington, Alaska, and Nebraska Academies of Physician Assistants, the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), and Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA). She is currently a Commissioner for the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).

2006 Certificate in Medical Management: Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, and the School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle WA

1999 Master of Education: Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, College of Education, University of Washington, Seattle WA

1984 Physician Assistant Certificate, Bachelor of Science: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX

1978 Bachelor of Arts, Biology (with honors): University of California, Santa Cruz CA

2010-Present Program Director, Joint MSPAS/MPH Program, Touro University

California, Vallejo CA

2002–2010 Adjunct appointment, Department of Family Medicine, University

of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle WA

1990-2010 MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies,

Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics,

School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle WA

- - 1990–1993 Satellite Curriculum Coordinator
  - 1990–2007 Lecturer
  - 1993–1994 Director, Alaska Satellite
  - 1993–2001 Assistant Program Director
  - 1994–1998 Clinical Coordinator
  - 1998–2008 Didactic Coordinator
  - 2001–2008 Associate Program Director
  - 2007–2010 Senior Lecturer
  - 2009–2010 Director of Diversity

1990-1992 Seattle Midwifery School, Seattle WA

- - Fall 1990 Lecturer, Gynecology Course
  - Fall 1991, 1992 Lecturer, Physical Assessment of Women Course

1978 – 1979 University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CA

- - Spring 1978 Teaching Assistant: Female Physiology & Gynecology
  - Jul–Sep 1978 UCSC Minority Biomedical Support Program Summer Workshop
  - Mar–Jun 1979 Associate in Biology, Department of Biology: Female Physiology & Gynecology

State of California Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development (OSHPD) Song-Brown

2011-12: Primary Care Grant for $54,536
2012-13: Primary Care Grant for $125,060
2012-13: Mental Health Grant 2-year award for $100,000
2013-14: Primary Care Grant for $155,000
2013-14: Mental Health Grant for 1-year award for $14,958

Selected Publications:

Landel G, Robohm C, Gonzales C, Hage S, Fry J. A commitment to diversity in the physician assistant profession. The Advisor, Official Journal of the National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions. 2005;25(2):36–39.

Cawley JF, Ritsema TS, Brown D, Wight C, Landel G, Orcutt V, Winsor-Lovely M. Assessing the Value of Dual Physician Assistant / Public Health Degrees. J Physician Assist Educ 2011;22(3):23-28.

Landel GP, Wempe R. Female Reproductive Disorders. In: Auth PC Kerstein M, ed. Physician Assistant Review, 4^th Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2012.

1982–1984 Texas Academy of Physician Assistants (TAPA)

1982–Present American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)

1985–1987 Nebraska Academy of Physician Assistants (NAPA)

1987–Present Washington Academy of Physician Assistants (WAPA)

1990–Present Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA)

1993– 2003 Alaska Academy of Physician Assistants (AKAPA)

1997–Present Northwest Consortium for Clinical Assessment (NWCCA)

2001–2009 Member, Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants

2001–Present Society of Primary Care Policy Fellows

2010–Present Member, California Academy of Physician Assistants (CAPA)

2010–Present Member, PA Leadership Summit on Oral Health

1984 Luchi Award, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX

1995 MEDEX Golden Apple Teaching Award, MEDEX Northwest, Sitka AK

1999 University of Washington Teaching Scholars Program, Seattle WA

2001 Primary Care Health Policy Fellow, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Washington DC – Policy proposal on inclusion of oral health in primary care

2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award for the School of Allied Health Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine Alumni Association, Houston TX

2012 PA Student Mentor Award, Student Academy of the American Academy of Physician Assistants

1984–1987 Physician Assistant, Primary Care, Seward Clinic, Seward NE

1987–1990 Physician Assistant, Primary Care, McLoughlin Family Practice Group,

Vancouver WA

1990–2010 MEDEX NW PA Program, University of Washington, Seattle WA

1991–1992 Physician Assistant, HIV Intervention Project, King County Public

Health Department, Seattle WA

Jan–Jun 1992 Physician Assistant, Primary Care, 5^th Ave Family Medicine, Seattle

WA

1995–2010 Physician Assistant, University of Washington Medical Center, Family

Medical Center, Seattle WA

2000–2004 Provider/Preceptor, Mobile Health Van for Homeless Youth, Seattle

Children’s Home/SPARX - University of Washington, Seattle WA

2004–2010 Preceptor, Aloha Inn, Students in the Community - University of

Washington

2010–Present Joint MSPAS/MPH Program, Touro University California, Vallejo

CA

Faculty & Staff at TUC

Grace Landel