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Dermatology physician assistant Abby Jacobson, MS, PA-C, recently sat down with ADVANCE for Physician Assistants managing editor Stephen Cornell to discuss the PA role in the popular and often lucrative specialty.
Jacobson practices in Lancaster, Pa. She has held numerous leadership positions in the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants. She is the vice president of the Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants.
Dermatology PA Facts
Around 2,800 PAs-about 3.6% of all PAs-practice in dermatology, according to the 2008 AAPA national census report.
Patients made an estimated 13.7 million visits to dermatology PAs in 2008, according to the AAPA.
The mean total annual income from primary employer for full-time dermatology PAs was $104,474 in the 2008 AAPA national census report.
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