The Stony Brook PA Student Society is the official organization of current Stony Brook PA students. All Stony Brook PA students are members. The Society includes elected student leaders (officers) and are advised by current faculty members.
Our Society is a chapter of the Student Academy of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (SAAAPA) and works in conjunction with SAAAPA to coordinate events and advocate for student and professional issues on a community, state, national, and international level. The Society serves as a communication link between the PA classes, faculty, staff, school and university community.
In keeping with the program's mission, student society activities include community service, fundraising, public education and promotion of the PA profession. An emphasis is placed on expanding care and services to medically underserved communities on Long Island. A glimpse of recent Student Society activities include:
HEALTH EDUCATION AND AWARENESS:
- Health education awareness at local high schools and community events.
- Health Literacy Project with schools in the community.
- AAPA host city campaign book drive and donation for health literacy.
- Hosting an student coordinated benefit supporting health literacy projects in surrounding communities.
ADVANCING THE PA PROFESSION
- Annual National PA Week activities including local community blood pressure screening, educating the public on the PA profession and recognition of the PAs working at University Hospital.
SUPPORTING COMMUNITY NEEDS
- Blood drive for University Hospital blood services.
- Participation in Stony Brook University CommUniversity Day.
- University Hospital Baby and Children’s memorial garden donation.
- Fundraising for local, national, and international relief efforts.
SUPPORTING the PA PROFESSION AND EDUCATION
- Attendance and participation at state and national PA conferences.
- Opportunities to interact with other Health Sciences Center students & their organizations.
- Networking activities peers and mentors within the PA profession and the community.
For information about Stony Brook Physician Assistant
student and faculty international medical missions, click here.
NYSSPA President Jonathan Sobel, SBU students, and faculty at the PA Class of 2026 White Coat Ceremony
First year and second year SBU students with University Hospital PAs during PA week 2024
PA Class of 2025 Southampton students with other campus students at the windmill after the annual HOPE Walk 2023
PA Class of 2026 providing free blood pressure and cholesterol screening at the 2024 SBU CommUniversity Day
SBU PA Medical Challenge Bowl Team at the 2024 AAPA Conference in Houston, Texas
STEP Program (Science and Technology Entry Program) high school participants learning about the PA and Athletic Training professions with PA Classes of 2023 and 2024 students
PA Class of 2024 students participating in a local Habitat for Humanity Project
SBU PA Class of 2023 and 2024 students with Gloria Sacco, Class of 2000, having fun at the 2022 New York State Society of PAs annual conference (left). 2022 New York State Society of PAs Medical Challenge bowl team with PA faculty coaches, NYSSPA President Patti Cuartas and Challenge Bowl organizer Morgan Hanel (right).
Interprofessional Healthy Libraries Program (HeLP) events on Long Island
(Students from the PA Class of 2023, Social Welfare and Public Health Programs along with Pre-PA club members providing health related services and resources to local communities)
Stony Brook PA Students Class of 2022 taking a break while volunteering at a COVID vaccine pod
