1994 Dr. Robert Marshall, President of Daemen College, recruits local Rheumatologist Nelson Torre, MD FACP from Sisters of Charity Hospital and Paul Jacques, RPA-C EdM to serve as the Founding Medical Director and Founding Program Director, respectively
1995 The first cohort of freshmen enrolls in the new 2+2 Bachelor of Science program
1996 The first cohort of twenty-nine students enrolls in the professional phase of the Physician Assistant Program. Schenck Hall is the primary classroom building and Curtis Hall houses the administrative offices
1997 ARC-PA awards initial accreditation to the Daemen College Physician Assistant Program with a maximum class size of thirty
1998 Twenty-eight students are awarded the first Bachelor of Science in Physician Assistant Studies degrees
1998 Medical Director Nelson Torre, MD FACP begins the first of two three-year terms as an ARC-PA Commissioner
1999 Daemen College wins the AAPA National Challenge Bowl. Team members include Joel Patterson, Cara (Lawson) Innus, and Deborah (Perrault) Swain in Atlanta, GA
1999 NYSED approves Daemen College’s application to award the first master's degree for physician assistants in New York State
1999 The first cohort of freshmen enrolls in the new 2+3 Bachelor of Science/Master of Science Program
2000 ARC-PA awards continued accreditation to the Daemen College Physician Assistant Program with a maximum class size of forty-five
2000 Students Without Borders(SWOB) is established and the first of twenty annual medical relief trips to San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic is completed
2001 The last cohort enrolls in the professional phase of the two year Physician Assistant Program as the first cohort simultaneously enrolls in the new three year Physician Assistant Program
2002 Assistant Professor Gregg Shutts, RPA-C MS is appointed Program Director and Department Chair
2003 The last Bachelor of Science degree is awarded.
2004 The first Master of Science degree is awarded
2005 Assistant Professor Gregg Shutts, RPA-C MS is awarded NYSSPA PA Educator of the Year
2006 Assistant Professor Joel Patterson, RPA-C MPAS is awarded NYSSPA PA Educator of the Year
2006 ARC-PA awards continued accreditation to the Daemen College Physician Assistant Program with a maximum class size of forty-five. BC 201 is the primary classroom.
2008 Adjunct Instructor Glen Buczkowski, RPA-C is awarded NYSSPA PA Educator of the Year
2011 ARC-PA approves a maximum class size of sixty-five. The Business Building houses two renovated classrooms for the PA Program.
2012 Associate Professor Cara Innus, RPA-C MPAS is awarded NYSSPA PA Educator of the Year
2012 ARC-PA awards continued accreditation to the Daemen College Physician Assistant Program with a maximum class size of sixty-five
2013 Associate Professor Joel Patterson, RPA-C MPAS is awarded NYSSPA PA Educator of the Year for the 2nd time
2015 Assistant Professor Allyson Kirk, RPA-C MPAS is awarded NYSSPA PA Educator of the Year
2015 Professor & Program Director Gregg Shutts, EdD PA-C DFAAPA begins the first of two three-year terms as an ARC-PA Commissioner
2020 Associate Professor Joel Patterson, PA-C MPAS is appointed Program Director
2020 Associate Professor Allyson Kirk, PAC MPAS is appointed Department Chair
2020 Professor Gregg Shutts, EdD PA-C DFAAPA is appointed Interim Director of and guides the construction of The Center for Interprofessional Learning and Simulation (CILS)
2023 ARC-PA awards continued accreditation to the Daemen University Physician Assistant Program with a maximum class size of sixty-five
2024 Assistant Professor Jennifer Barwell, DMSc PA-C is appointed Program Director and Department Chair
5 year BS/MS program (2+3)
Degree is a Natural Science- Health Science, B.S./Physician Assistant Studies, M.S.
Accept 65 students each year as freshman
If after 2 years, students have met all the requirements they have a guaranteed seat in the 3rd year (upper division)
Any vacancies at the end of the 2nd year are filled with graduate students
Degree is Physician Assistant Studies, M.S.
The PA program itself (upper division) is 33 months long and comprised of:
2 didactic (classroom) years that follow a traditional college calendar
1 clinical year (7 Core rotations and 3 Non-Core rotations)
At any given time we have 3 cohorts of students in the upper division, which if all completely full, would equal 195 students