The Physician-PA Partnership Award was presented to Dana Gray, PA-C, and Jonathan Hill, MD, of Portland, Ore. Together, they exemplify the unique relationship of trust, collegiality and mutual respect that is essential to the PA profession and allows for greater medical service to patients. Gray and Hill were honored for providing quality, broad-based trauma and cardiothoracic care to medically underserved populations in the Portland area for more than 15 years.

The PAragon Publishing Awards honor PAs who authored outstanding articles that were published in peer-reviewed journals during 2009. Kristine Himmerick, MS, MPAS, PA-C, of Sacramento, Calif., was awarded first place as the author and clinical expert for "H1N1 in perspective: The clinical impact of a novel influenza A virus," which was published in the December 2009 issue of The Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. JoAnn Deasy, PA-C, MPH, of San Francisco, Calif., placed second as the author of "Antibiotic Resistance: The Ongoing challenge for effective drug therapy," which was published in the March 2009 issue of The Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Third-place winner Ellen Mandel, DMH, MPA, PA-C, of Berkeley Heights, N.J., authored "Erythema Infectiosum: Recognizing the many faces of fifth disease," which was published in the June 2009 issue of The Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

SOURCE American Academy of Physician Assistants