David Fahringer

A graduate of Mt. Vernon Nazarene University (1973), Southern Nazarene University (1975), UK’s Physician Assistant Program (1988), and the College of Public Health (1992), Fahringer - professor emeritus here in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies - has taught in the PA Program since 1994. He served in the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) and is one of four founders of the International Academy for Physician Associate Education (IAPAE). In 2010, he started the first PA program in Saudi Arabia with George Washington University-Medical Faculty Associates. He returned to UK in 2012, and became the Associate Program Director until June 2020, when he became the Program Director of Post Graduate Education in PAS before his retirement.