Physician Assistant

The Physician Assistant program educates students to become highly-educated and qualified physician assistants. Physician assistants are health professionals licensed to practice medicine with physician supervision. 

Our curriculum focuses on the advanced study of medicine and public health, along with the principles of community and population-based research, ending with a presentation of a capstone project based on participation in a community-based research initiative. 

We prepare students to pass the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) examination. Graduates of our program are educated to practice in any field of medicine they choose.

Career Opportunities

Physician Assistants can be found in general medical and surgical hospitals, public or private practices, outpatient care centers, health maintenance organizations, government agencies, colleges and universities, and professional schools. The Physician Assistant Studies Program at Mercy University will prepare you for a worthwhile and fulfilling career in medicine.

Graduates of the Mercy University PA Program are employed in some of the best hospital centers in and around the Tri-State area within the following medical specialties:

• Outpatient medicine or primary care
• Emergency Medicine
• Orthopedic Surgery
• General surgery
• OB/GYN
• Neonatology

Others are employed in hospital-based medicine, critical care, urology, pain management, rehabilitation medicine, breast surgery, oncology, pediatrics, addictive medicine, dermatology and interventional radiology.

The Mercy Advantage

• State-of-the-art clinical facilities
• 12,000 sq ft simulation labs in Dobbs Ferry, with more dedicated lab space in the Bronx
• Mobile health van community outreach
• Complete 7 core six-week clinical rotations, 1 primary care clinical rotation, and one three-week elective rotation
• Participate in international medical missions
• National accreditation from ARC-PA