How to Use physician assistant in a Sentence

physician assistant

noun
  • Her doctor and a physician assistant flushed her ear four times.
    — Kristine Phillips, Houston Chronicle, 5 May 2018
  • Plus, there’s a growing range of providers, such as physician assistants, to treat patients.
    — Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The physician assistant who runs the island’s sole health clinic.
    — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Doctors and a physician assistant had made the rounds earlier that day.
    — Ellen Gabler, Sheri Fink and Vivian Yee, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2017
  • Two emergency-room doctors and two physician assistants will be on the trail, twice the number from last year.
    — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2018
  • His state job in Illinois did not require a physician assistant license.
    — Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019
  • The urgent care physician assistant took X-rays and nothing was broken.
    — Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
  • After finishing her exam, the physician assistant sent him to the lab.
    — New York Times, 26 Aug. 2021
  • He was trained as a physician assistant and had worked in clinical and managerial roles.
    — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Though her job prospects as a physician assistant were good and her earning potential high, her future looked dismal.
    — Susan Paterno, Forbes, 24 June 2021
  • The person examining you is wearing a white coat or scrubs and a stethoscope but could be a physician assistant.
    — Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Jenn Tran is back at school in Miami to become a physician assistant.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • There, she was told by a physician assistant that her water had broken, and the baby was unlikely to survive.
    — Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • With the twins often side by side — sometimes even dressed the same for work as physician assistant injectors — the mix-ups can feel inevitable.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
  • But in late March, a worried mother calling on behalf of her physician assistant son to get a free room became the norm.
    — Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020
  • And often only the doctor — not a nurse, nor a physician assistant, nor a staff member — is allowed to address that call for help.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Bass, who was a physician assistant before coming to Congress, has made health care a focus of her career.
    — Max Berley, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Her plan after graduation was to take a gap year with the intention of going to physician assistant school.
    — Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
  • But Campbell, a physician assistant, knew that she would be needed at the local hospital.
    — Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The company didn’t explain the figure, which is more than the average cost of tuition for a year of physician assistant school.
    — H. Claire Brown, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Jenn is a 26-year-old physician assistant student from New Jersey.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 15 July 2024
  • The physician assistant applied a dab of skin adhesive to the wound, then covered it with a Band-Aid and a piece of gauze.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Benjamin Pinckney wants to go to graduate school to become a physician assistant.
    — Lauren Sausser, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The suit says Williams continues to work at PeaceHealth as a physician assistant.
    — oregonlive, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Inside the van, a physician assistant bandaged the open wounds on Matthew Lombardo’s calves.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • None of the doctors, nurse practitioners or physician assistants were taking new patients.
    — Martha Bebinger, NPR, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The health clinic is staffed with doctors and physician assistants who can write prescriptions for weight loss drugs such as Ozempic, Bushaw said.
    — Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The collision was so severe that the man had no pulse and wasn’t breathing after the crash, according to a physician assistant who had been riding on the trail and stopped.
    — Andrew Kenney, The Denver Post, 26 June 2019
  • While many primary care doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants do skin exams, few are trained in how to use a dermatoscope.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2026
  • While many primary care doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants do skin exams, few are trained in how to use a dermatoscope.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026

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