SUN Orthopaedic employs physician assistants to help provide orthopaedic care to the patients in our community.

Physician assistants receive two additional years of medical schooling after graduating from a 4-year college program, must pass the certification process of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, and must receive a license from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine. In addition, they must maintain requirements for continuing education and recredentialling by the NCCPA. Once employed by SUN Orthopaedic, our Physician Assistants are provided with 6-9 months of additional orthopaedic training before treating patients in our office.

Physician Assistants are not physicians but an ancillary provider who may perform the service required by the physician. Patients do have the right to be treated by the physician if the patient desires.