Next chapter. GW Health Sciences bids farewell to Lisa Alexander of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies (PAS) who is retiring after 38 years of service. Alexander, a triple GW alumna (PA-C ’79, MPH ’89, EdD ’03), is a recognized leader at the local, national, and international level. She served as program director from 1989-1996 and 2011-2015. A passionate advocate for health equity and access to care, Alexander was the first faculty advisor to SMHS’s inter-professional student run clinic, the HEALing Clinic and served as a volunteer clinician at the clinic since its inception in 2007. In 2011, she received the Margaret B. and Cyril A. Schulman Distinguished Service Award and in 2009, she was the faculty recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award. A leader in PA education, she’s a former president of the Physician Assistant Education Association and previously served as president of the PA Foundation. A member of the International Academy of PA Educators, she assisted with the development of the clinical associate program at Kigali Health Institute in Rwanda through appointment as a Fulbright Senior Specialist. She will serve as a GW adjunct faculty member while she makes an impact globally as director of the physician associate programme at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland.
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