Welcome to PHSAPA Public Health Service Academy of Physician Assistants
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U.S. Public Health Service
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Welcome to Public Health Service Academy of Physician Assistants (PHSAPA). The
PHSAPA is a constituent chapter of the American Academy of Physician Assistants
(AAPA). The PHSAPA is the national organization for active duty and retired Physician
Assistant officers of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) and the United
States Coast Guard (USCG). We also represent civilian Physician Assistants who are
employed within the federal government.
Click Here for online PHSAPA Membership Form
The U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps is a team of more than
6,000 public health professionals filling the mission of public health promotion, disease
prevention and advancing public health science. As one of America's seven uniformed
services, the Commissioned Corps fills essential public health leadership and service roles
within multiple federal government agencies and programs. A few of the federal agencies
USPHS officers work in include the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Indian Health Service (IHS),
Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Please refer to the USPHS Commissioned Corps website for additional details:
United States Public Health Service Home Page
The Public Health Service Academy renders loyal and honest service to the medical
profession and to the public, to develop and provide CME programs for the Physician
Assistants and the Academy membership, to promote the Physician Assistant concept
within the Public Health Service, Coast Guard and federal services through education of
professional and lay people, to promote similar interests in the student academies, and to
encourage membership and participation in both the PHSAPA and AAPA.
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.
The smallest armed service of the United States, its stated mission is to protect the public,
the environment, and the United States economic and security interests in any maritime
region. This includes America's coasts, ports, inland waterways and international waters .
The USCG has a broad and important role in homeland security, law enforcement, search
and rescue, mariner assistance, marine environmental pollution response, intracoastal and
offshore aids to navigation. The United States Coast Guard has about 40,150 men and
women on active duty. Please refer to the USCG website for additional details:
United States Coast Guard Home Page
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