Our Physician Assistants Physician assistants (PAs) are health care professionals licensed to practice medicine with physician supervision. PAs are trained in intensive education programs accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Education Programs. Upon Graduation, PAs take a national certification examination developed by the National Commission on Certification of PAs in conjunction with the National Board of Medical Examiners. Upon passing this certifying exam, PAs become PA-Cs. To maintain their national certification, PA-Cs must log 100 hours of continuing education every two years and sit for a recertification exam every six years. Graduation from an accredited physician assistant program and passage of the national certifying exam are required for North Carolina State licensure. The PA-Cs most often work at Forsyth Medical Center and occasionally at Medical Park Hospital. They perform the initial consultation, assessment and education of our patients scheduled for interventional procedures. They also follow up with the patients after their procedure is completed. In addition to working with interventional radiology, our PAs perform select fluoroscopic exams, and work closely with the Radiologist to interpret the results.		Mariella Accame Physician Assistant - C Mandy Dozier Physician Assistant - C           Susan Marra Physician Assistant - C Kathy Medford Physician Assistant - C