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Program Director:
 

Mary Ann Laxen, MAB, PA-C, Associate Professor
Originally from a nursing and hospital administration background, Mary Ann became a PA in 1990. After clinical work in Haiti and on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, she served as Associate Director of the PA program at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. In July 1999, she became the Director of the UND PA Program. mlaxen@medicine.nodak.edu

 

Medical Director:
     

 

Elizabeth Burns, MD, MA, Professor
Dr. Burns is a member of the Department of Family and Community Medicine. She is also the Director of the Center for Excellence in Woman's Health, headquartered at the University of North Dakota. eburns@medicine.nodak.edu
Program Faculty:
 
Annette Larson, MS, PA-C, Assistant Professor
Annette has been on the UND PA faculty since 1991.She maintains clinical practice one half day a week in Urgent Care. Prior to her work at UND, she practiced as a PA in Bismarck and in Mandan, North Dakota. alarson@medicine.nodak.edu
 

Susan Kuntz, PhD, MT(ASCP), CLS(NCA), Assistant Professor
Susan joined the faculty in April of 2004. She is the coordinator of the transitional masters program and functions as the technology support person for the program. Prior to joining the PA faculty, she was a faculty member of the Clinical Laboratory Science program at UND in charge of the UND/Mayo cohort project. skuntz@medicine.nodak.edu

 

 

Vikki McCleary, LRD, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Vikki joined the PA Program as full-time faculty in November of 2006. Prior to that she had been part-time faculty for the PA Program since 2003, while working full-time as an Assistant Professor in UND's School of Medicine & Health Sciences Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics. vmccleary@medicine.nodak.edu

 
Jeanie McHugo, MS, PA-C, Assistant Professor
Jeanie began as a member of faculty in July of 2004. Prior to her work at UND, she practiced as a PA in orthopedic surgery, general medicine and acute care. She moved here from Aberdeen, SD. jmchugo@medicine.nodak.edu
 
 
Program Staff:
 
Rhonda McDaniel, Administrative Assistant
Rhonda coordinates the application process, is Mary Ann's administrative assistant, and serves as the program's administrative contact for graduate matters.   She has been with the Program since
1989. mcdaniel@medicine.nodak.edu
 

 

Avis Reynolds, Secretary
Avis works with the Didactic Coordinator, preparing for the people and materials needed for each of the didactic sessions.  Avis joined the program in
1982.  reynolds@medicine.nodak.edu

 

Pam Boltz, Secretary
Pam works with the Clinical Coordinator, preparing for the people and materials needed for clinical testing at UND, support staff for specialty clerkships and handles all affiliation agreements between the program and preceptorship sites.  Pam has been with the program since
2003.  pboltz@medicine.nodak.edu

 
 
Program Adjunct Faculty:
 
 

Kenneth Korn, EdS.,PA-C ~ Rhonda Wallace, MPAS, PA-C ~ Patrick Litster, MPAS, PA-C ~ Jacqueline Nelson, MPAS, PA-C ~ Teri Sigurdson, MPAS, PA-C

The above members function as Clinical Adjunct Faculty, bringing to the Program their clinical expertise in Family Medicine, Oncology, General Surgery, Women’s Health and Emergency Medicine.

 
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