|  Carl
Fasser, PA-C
Director,
Physician Assistant Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas Class of
1969
Induction: 2002 Mr. Fasser
served as a medical corpsman in the Air Force and worked as a dialysis
technician before becoming a student in the Physician Associate
Program at Duke University Medical Center where he graduated with
honors. His long career in PA education began shortly following
graduation when he assumed the position of Academic Coordinator
for the Duke PA Program and faculty member in the Department of
Community Health Sciences, while practicing as a PA in the Faculty
Health Clinic. In 1971, he was recruited to Houston to establish
Baylor's Physician Assistant Program. Prior to rejoining the faculty
of Baylor College of Medicine in August of this year, Carl served
as founding Dean of the School of Health Sciences, and Chairman
of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies at Massachusetts
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston. Mr. Fasser
is a founding member of both the American Academy of Physician Assistants
and Texas Academy of Physician Assistants, and served as president
of the AAPA, the Association of Physician Assistant Programs, and
TAPA. Over the period of three decades, he has received numerous
awards recognizing his contributions to PA education and the profession,
and has published extensively on various aspects of PA practice. His academic
interests encompass student instruction, interdisciplinary education,
and health services research. His favorite academic subjects continue
to be gross anatomy, problem solving in medicine, evidence-based
medicine, issues in aging, professional role responsibilities, and
public health. From a curriculum design standpoint, his interests
center on team training in geriatrics, primary care genetics education,
and faculty development. The focus of his research is on factors
affecting the consultation and referral practices of primary care
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