All Other Specialties

Physician assistants work with physicians in nearly all medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties. Elsewhere on this site, there are pages describing PA practice in primary care specialties, general surgery and surgical subspecialties, emergency medicine, internal medicine subspecialties, and pediatric subspecialties.

Other areas in which PAs specialize are listed here, along with descriptions of successful models, data and statistics about each specialty, links to PA specialty societies, and other references where available.

Addiction Medicine
Anesthesiology
Dermatology
Hospital Medicine
Occupational Medicine
Oncology
Psychiatry
Radiology

Resneck and Kimball (Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology) conclude that from 2002-2007, despite increases in the number of nonphysician clinicians in dermatology offices, workforce metrics suggest persistent unmet demand.

"Who Else Is Providing Care in Dermatology Practices? Trends in the Use of Nonphysician Clinicians," February 2008.

Resneck and Kimball, writing in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, analyze survey data to discern nonphysician clinician (NPC) practice patterns. They conclude that "... NPCs are primarily caring for new and established medical dermatology patients under indirect supervision" and that "growth in the use of NPCs has continued, with significant variation in use and supervision patterns."

PAs and NPs in Specialty Care: Six Practices Make It Work, June 2009

A study by the Center for the Health Professions at the University of California, San Francisco, examines dermatology, orthopedic, and gastroenterology practices, evaluating successes and identifying strategies that can be replicated.