07/17/2025

2025 OAPA Annual Conference - CME #9

Friday, October 24, 2025 from 8-9 a.m.

“Executive Leadership PAs: How It Impacts Clinical Practice"

Presented by Rev. Josanne Kissel Pagel M.Div., MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA, C-EBS, Karuna®RMT

Learning Objectives:

• Review what executive leadership looked like in the last 20 years and discuss how PA clinical practice was at that time
• Discuss present day executive leadership for PAs and challenges
• Identify any changes to PA clinical practice, outcomes, and pros and cons
• Identify opportunities for PA executive leaders for the future, how to create more opportunities, and what impact/enhancements it would have on PA clinical practice

Speaker Biography:

Rev. Josanne Kissel Pagel M.Div., MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA, C-EBS, Karuna®RMT, retired as Executive Director of PA Services at Cleveland Clinic, where she was responsible for the oversight, compliance, utilization, and productivity of all PAs, ensuring they practiced within a team-based model to promote and enhance patient access and care. A former AAPA President and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, she has held numerous national and state-level leadership roles.

 

With more than 45 years in clinical practice and 35 in administration, she’s known for advocacy, leadership education, and legislative reform. Pagel began as a Peace Corps volunteer and continues to teach, mentor future PAs, and advocate for the PA profession.

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