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For many years, I have sat on the sidelines as my partners and colleagues have traveled to less privileged areas to provide medical service.  I've had the desire to do the same, but never wanted to leave my family to do it. It had been plan to do this when the children were out of the home or at least old enough to fend for themselves.  Last Spring, with many of you, I attended the Collegium meeting in Salt Lake City. The Friday lunch included a presentation by "One Life at a Time" (OLAAT). They talked about "family medical-service vacation."  As I listened, I was prompted that this was something I needed to do with my family. Do medical service and have my family participate? I was hook...continued

Phoenix Business Journal Publishes Article About John Shaff

Dr. James Beauchene hired his first physician assistant in 1997, well before it became widely acceptable for anyone other than a doctor to see and treat patients...

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Phoenix area certified Physician Assistant, John Shaff, MMS, PA-C recently became one of the first PAs to earn a new specialty credential from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). 

Shaff was awarded a Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) in Orthopaedic Surgery a distinction earned by meeting licensure, education and experience requirements and then passing an exam in the specialty. He is one of only 234 certified PAs to earn a CAQ in the program’s first year.

CAQs were offered to certified PAs in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, orthopaedic surgery, emergency medicine, nephrology and psychiatry. 

“We offer heart...continued