Gloria M. Stewart
Director, Physician Assistant Studies Program and Professor of Physician Assistant Studies
Dept: Physician Assistant Program
740-376-4458
Office: PA Facility 200
Degrees: Doctorate in Education (West Virginia University), 1995; Bachelor of Science in Medical Science (Alderson-Broaddus College), 1986; Master of Science in Physical Education (Springfield College), 1973; Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education (Alderson-Broaddus College), 1970
Year appointed: 2001
Dr. Stewart has taught in higher education for more than 40 years and has been a program director for physician assistant programs since 1995.
Dr. Stewart is a certified physician assistant as well as a certified athletic trainer. She has worked in a variety of health care settings including rural family medicine, general surgery and orthopedic surgery.
Dr. Stewart has provided the PA profession with leadership as a member of several physician assistant organizations. She has served on the board of directors of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs (APAP, now called PAEA) from 1999-2002 and as its president from 2000-01. PAEA helps to foster faculty development of PA educators and to provide the guidance to the construction of educational methods and competencies used to train future physician assistants.
For more than six years she was a test item writer and committee member of the National Commission on Certification for Physician Assistants (NCCPA) for both the PANCE and PANRE national certification exam committee. Dr. Stewart was also on the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistants (ARC-PA). She has been a site visitor since 1996 and a commissioner for the ARC-PA from 2002-2008, and served as the Chair of the ARC-PA for two years during 2006-07. The ARC-PA organization is responsible for the accreditation of physician assistant programs across the United States.
Steven Howe
Medical Director
Dept: Physician Assistant Program
740-376-4458
Office: PA Facility
Year appointed:
Degrees: D.O. (Kirksville College)
Dr. Steve Howe serves as the Medical Director for the Physician Assistant Studies Program.
Dr. Howe is a graduate of Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and has had a family medicine practice in Marietta since 1984. Dr. Howe has privileges at both Marietta Memorial Hospital and Selby General Hospital, located within the city of Marietta.
Dr. Howe provides guidance to faculty, staff and students throughout the program, assisting with curriculum evaluation, admissions, teaching, and monitoring the quality of education for both the didactic and the clinical phases of the program.
Miranda Collins
Associate Professor
Dept: Physician Assistant Program
740-376-4953
Office: PA Facility 300
Degrees: Master of Arts in Education (Marietta College), 2006; Master of Physician Assistant Studies (University of Nebraska), 2002; Bachelor of Science in Medical Science (Alderson-Broaddus College), 1994
Year appointed: 2002
Miranda Collins, MEd, MPAS, PA-C, serves as associate professor for the Marietta College Physician Assistant Program. She is course coordinator for the Physical Exam I and Professional Issues courses and team teaches in the Physical Exam II and Clinical Medicine courses. Mrs. Collins joined the faculty of Marietta College's Physician Assistant Program in 2002 as the Clinical Coordinator and served in that capacity until 2008.
She is course coordinator for the Physical Exam I and Professional Issues II courses and team teaches in the Physical Exam and Clinical Medicine courses."
She began clinical practice in 1994, working full time in emergency medicine until becoming involved with PA education. After joining the Marietta College Physician Assistant Program, she continued to work part-time in emergency medicine and urgent care.
John Grosel
Assistant Professor
Dept: Physician Assistant Program
740-376-4934
Office: PA Facility 303
Degrees: B.A. Miami University, M.D. The Ohio State University
Year appointed: 2006
Dr. Grosel has been a part of the Physician Assistant program for several years as a preceptor and guest lecturer and joined the faculty in July, 2006. In his position as assistant professor he is responsible for teaching pathophysiology, radiology, and is course coordinator for the Capstone Project as well as contributing to gross anatomy and clinical medicine.
Dr. Grosel, a board certified radiologist, graduated from the Ohio State University College of Medicine, completed a radiology residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and a cross-sectional imaging fellowship at the University of Michigan. He came to Marietta in 1997 to work at Marietta Memorial Hospital, where he continues to have privileges and work part-time. Dr. Grosel has also been working at Selby General Hospital since 2008.
William Childers
Academic Coordinator
Dept: Physician Assistant Program
740-376-4952
Office: PA Facility 304
Degrees: Doctorate of Education (West Virginia University), 2010; Master of Science in Medical Science, 1994; Bachelor of Science in Medical Science (Alderson-Broadus College) 1991
Year appointed: 2007
After obtaining his Bachelor's degree from the Alderson-Broaddus College Physician Assistant program in 1991, Dr. Childers began clinical practice at the Monongahela Valley Association of Health Centers in Fairmont, W.Va. He worked as a full-time practitioner in family medicine for approximately seven years. While working full-time clinically, Dr. Childers also obtained his Master of Science in medical science with emphasis in rural primary care from Alderson-Broaddus College in 1994. After completing his MS degree, Dr. Childers had the opportunity to practice full-time in family medicine at the Shinnston Medical Center in Shinnston, W.Va. During that time, Dr. Childers was also elected President of the West Virginia Association of Physician Assistants.
After seven years of full-time clinical practice, Dr. Childers began a full-time teaching career in the Alderson-Broaddus College Physician Assistant Program. At AB he was responsible for teaching several courses in history taking, geriatrics, and clinical skills, while working part-time at a local urgent care clinic and later part-time in pediatrics. He continued to teach full-time at AB until he was called to active duty Army in 2003. Dr. Childers worked in the family practice clinic on base as well as the troop medical clinic during that time.
Upon returning from active duty, Dr. Childers took over as the program director of the Alderson-Broaddus College postgraduate surgery, emergency medicine, and hospitalist program. During this same time, Dr. Childers designed and carried out an on-line master's completion program for A-B physician assistant students.
In 2007, Dr. Childers accepted a position as the academic coordinator for the Marietta College Physician Assistant Program. He facilitates and teaches in the clinical medicine, research, and physical exam courses. He is also the faculty advisor for the Marietta College Physician Assistant Student Society. In 2010, he graduated from West Virginia University obtaining a doctorate in education with emphasis on curriculum and instruction.
Jennifer Childers
Assistant Professor
Dept: Physician Assistant Program
740-376-4954
jennifer.childers@marietta.edu
Office: PA Facility 306
Degrees:Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies in 2006 (Alderson Broaddus College), Bachleor of Science in Physician Assistant Studies in 1999, Bachelor of Science in Biology in 1992
Year appointed: 2008
Ms. Jennifer Childers, MS, PA-C, serves as an assistant professor for the Marietta College Physician Assistant Program, teaching a variety of classes within the Physical Examination I and II and Clinical Medicine Courses.
She began clinical practice in 1999, specializing in pain management and neurosurgery before becoming involved with Physician Assistant education as an assistant professor for the Alderson Broaddus College Physician Assistant Program in 2004. Ms. Childers joined the Marietta College Physician Assistant Program in 2008 as the clinical coordinator. She is currently employed part-time in occupational medicine.
Peter Hogan
McCoy Professor
Dept: Physician Assistant Program
740-376-4957
Office: PA Facility 308
Degrees: Ph.D. in Zoology/Animal Behavior (Michigan State University), 1975; Master of Science in Zoology (University of Connecticut), 1967; Bachelor of Science in Biology/Education (Worcester State College), 1965
Year appointed:
Dr. Hogan has enjoyed more than three decades as a member of the Department of Biology, including 21 years as the chair. He has also served as the advisor for the Pre-Med Club, the Pre-Health Club and as the Co-Chair of the Pre-Med Committee, along with advising countless students.
Dr. Hogan continues to instruct the students of the Master of Physician Assistant Studies Program in Advanced Human Physiology.
Penny Rose
Clinical Coordinator
Dept: Physician Assistant Program
740-376-4987
Office: PA Facility 300
Year appointed: 2001
Penny Rose came to the Physician Assistant Studies Program with an extensive background in office management.
Prior to joining Marietta College, she worked in the international, product service, and marketing departments for a leading manufacturer of laboratory equipment for 11 years as a senior secretary. She was then promoted to the position of marketing communications administrator for three years. After a brief leave to care for her children, Rose established a business out of her home in which she did medical transcription.
In 2001, she began in the Alumni and Advancement offices at Marietta College as a secretary. She was hired as the Administrative Assistant for the Marietta College PA Program in January 2002. In July 2009 she was promoted to Clinical Coordinator.
Katie Fouss
Assistant Clinical Coordinator
Dept: Physician Assistant Program
740-376-4453
Office: PA Facility 202
Degrees: Bachelors of Science in Health (Ohio University) 2010
Year appointed: 2010
Katie Fouss is a recent graduate of Ohio University where she gained knowledge and experience in Health Services Administration. Before coming to MC, Katie completed her 400-hour internship at St. Joseph's Hospital. While attending Ohio University, Katie acquired professional experience working as an office assistant for the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs. She will be working closely with the clinical coordinator to help the physician assistant program secure new sites for clinical rotations.
Lori Hart
Admission Coordinator
Dept: Physician Assistant Program
740-376-4458
Office: PA Facility 202
Year appointed: 2008
Ms. Hart joined the PA Program in February of 2008. Her previous employment background includes coordinating services for victims of crime at the Juvenile Court in Washington County for five years. Prior to that she worked for the Washington County Board of Development Disabilities as a Services/Support Coordinator and also as an Administrative Assistant for their division called Pathways.
Donna Venham
Administrative Assistant
Dept: Physician Assistant Program
740-376-4986
Office: PA Facility 202
Year appointed: 2009
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Donna joined the PA Program in June 2009. She was employed as an administrative assistant and accounting clerk for a local sawmill and worked part-time in the school district where her son attends. Prior to that she worked for more than twenty years for a leading manufacturer of biomedical equipment performing a wide variety of administrative work and providing computer operations/support.