Julie J Kinzel

Julie Kinzel, MEd, PA-C, joined the physician assistant (PA) faculty in 2006 and was promoted to the program director and interim department chair in June 2019. She has also served as co-curriculum coordinator and admissions director. In addition to lecturing in the PA program, she is the course director for the Physician Assistant Practice course and Topics in Clinical Practice as well as a facilitator for Patient Communications seminar, Clinical Assessment lab, Clinical Reasoning seminar, Biopsychosocial Issues in Patient Care lab and Clinical Skills lab. She holds a Master of Education in Exercise Science from Temple University, a Bachelor of Arts in Health and Physical Education from Lenoir-Rhyne University and her PA certificate from MCP/Hahnemann University.

She was awarded the Physician Assistant Educator of the Year in 2015 by the Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants (PSPA). She is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and has served as the co-chair of the PSPA Health Disparities committee. She has held full time positions as a PA in the area of geriatric medicine and gastroenterology and hepatology, and recently joined the medical team in an acute behavioral health facility.