PAs Being Accepted as Associate Members in Second Florida County Medical Society

By Michael Funk, PA-C, MPH, DFAAPA

FAPA President

12/11/2007

The Palm Beach County Medical Society has joined the Broward County Medical Association in welcoming Physician Assistants as Associate Members. A group of PAs, including Bill Kenton and Bill Roemer, two of the very first PAs in Palm Beach County, attended the PBCMS Annual Gala and Installation of Officers.

The above picture shows, from left to right, Mr. Kenton,PA-C,  Dr. Jose Arrascue current President of the PBCMS, Dr. Mark Rubenstein Immediate Past President of the PBCMS, Michael Funk, PA-C, MPH President of FAPA, Mr. Roemer, PA-C, Gail Cassas, MMS, PA-C FAPA Legislative Liaison, Ben Walton, PA-C FAPA Treasurer, and Ed Skiba, MPAS, PA-C FAPA Area Representative enjoying the expanded friendship between our two great professions.

Physicians and Physician Assistants working as a team supervised by physicians are one of the key elements in the solution to providing high quality, affordable and accessible healthcare to all Floridians. FAPA extends its gratitude to the PBCMS for recognizing the vital role of this team effort and their vision to include PAs as part of their team.