How to Use physician's assistant in a Sentence

physician's assistant

noun
  • Dad was ready with the lie when the physician's assistant asked.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • That might be an ambulance, a firetruck, a physician's assistant or even a doctor.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The physician's assistant assured Lotz that the pain would recede over time, the lawsuit said.
    — AZCentral.com, 12 June 2021
  • Well, the physician's assistant said his left ear was irritated but not totally inflamed and his right ear was clogged.
    — Kim Fusaro, Woman's Day, 17 June 2011
  • The 26-year-old is from New Jersey and is studying to be a physician's assistant.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Then came an ultrasound, during which the physician's assistant plunged a wand inside my vaginal canal, poking around to take a look at my ovaries.
    — Alaina Demopoulos, Allure, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The test must be administered by a healthcare professional such as a physician's assistant or a school nurse.
    — USA Today, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Patients' temperatures were checked on each eight-hour shift, and for the last time Tuesday evening by a physician's assistant who made rounds.
    — chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Today, Arcenaux is 29 years old and working as a physician's assistant in the hospital that saved her life.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2021
  • This kind of set up isn’t uncommon, med spas and salons with nurses or physician's assistants on staff regularly offer fillers on their menu of services.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 24 Aug. 2018
  • For physician's assistant Christy Carmichael, her decision to get the vaccine made everyone gasp.
    — Sara Sidner, CNN, 28 Dec. 2020
  • That report was submitted by a physician's assistant and reviewed by a prison doctor as part of Madoff's bid to reduce his sentence.
    — Victoria Albert, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2020
  • During the demonstration, a physician's assistant approached a pretend patient in a truck and asked questions about his symptoms and travel.
    — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2020
  • The following day, a physician's assistant came in and discussed her being discharged, but Marie began feeling pain in her finger.
    — Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Nurse practitioners and physician's assistants work alongside physicians to provide cancer care.
    — Jamin Brahmbhatt, Verywell Health, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Your symptoms will be evaluated by a physician, nurse-practitioner or physician's assistant.
    — Ashley Catherine Woods For Ascension, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2018
  • She is set to play basketball for the University of Buffalo in the fall with hopes of studying to become a physician's assistant.
    — Meredith Spelbring, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2020
  • On Tuesday, Kentucky lost a 58-year-old physician's assistant in Louisville who fought for his life for six weeks on a ventilator.
    — Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2020
  • The winner of the contest was contestant number four, a physician's assistant named Maxwell Braunstein, who hails from Austin.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
  • But Glen still managed to make a cameo at the event, beaming in to share some exciting news with the winner, a physician's assistant named Maxwell Braunstein.
    — Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
  • All the doctors failed to recognize the connection and thanks to a physician's assistant recommending a bone density exam, it was discovered.
    — Rod Berger, Forbes, 2 June 2022
  • Two weeks before beginning the aggressive treatment, Provencher saw a physician's assistant who was studying rheumatology.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Doran, a Pittsburgh native, worked as a physician's assistant, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The medical professional can be a nurse practitioner, doctor or physician's assistant with six months' experience in a related field.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Torres, 39, is a physician's assistant at Texas Orthopedics, who has always been active and athletic.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The cellmate quickly got the attention of a Border Patrol agent, followed shortly by a physician's assistant who attempted a single chest compression.
    — chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The Washington state resident is struggling to pay his mortgage after losing his job as a physician's assistant earlier this month and is now on the hook for $6,600 in house payments.
    — CBS News, 28 Apr. 2020
  • In September, the Inspiration4 launch sent four civilians (a physician's assistant, an aerospace worker, a professor and a billionaire) into orbit.
    — Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Because of questions like this, Yocum and her husband are considering transferring their frozen embryo out of state to Hawaii, where her sister-in-law is a physician's assistant in a fertility clinic.
    — Maressa Brown, Parents, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Baron is now a physician's assistant on the blood and marrow transplant team at University of Washington Medical Center, according to her work bio page.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026

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