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Physician Assistant Program at @weillcornell
📍New York, New York
*Student-run account*
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Next up, Amy Zhu, PA-C! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Education: Cornell @weillcornellpa

Favorite part of residency: I love working with and learning from everyone in the ED!! A memory that stands out when we all worked together as a team was when I was a part of a meaningful resuscitation early in residency. A patient with a known recent MI coded in front of us - I put in my first IO and helped with compressions. Watching the ECMO team cannulate at bedside while we were still doing compressions was something I won’t forget & after multiple interventions, a long hospital stay, the pt is doing well!! (We are in the life saving business over here!! Go Amy! 🥳🥳)

Favorite NYC activity: I love going out to eat with friends and taking advantage of all the diversity NYC has to offer. I especially like the Chinatowns, Queens Night Market, & Jackson Heights!

Favorite procedure: US guided IVs! I love helping with difficult lines. It’s so satisfying when you can see the line go in and be able to draw the labs. It’s also cool I’ve been able to see my improvement with them since the beginning of residency - they were more challenging at first, but now I get them more than I don’t!

Plans: I will be staying on as staff at Cornell and LMH. I am excited to have a more normal working schedule! 😂

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From health education to one‑on‑one conversations, our care teams are meeting people where they are - at the Third Ave Street Fair.

We’re proud to share resources, answer questions, and strengthen the community we serve. ❤️🧡💛 @summerstrollon3rd

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Most expensive coat yet !

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We proudly welcomed the physician assistant Class of 2028 at our White Coat Ceremony!

Fifty students received their white coats from leaders, marking the start of their educational journey. The 27-month-long program offers 15 clinical rotations, allowing students to experience a range of healthcare specialties.

“Today marks the beginning of a remarkable journey,” said Dr. Kelly Porta, PA program director.

“Each of you arrives here with unique experiences, talents and aspirations, but you now share a common purpose: a commitment to serving patients, advancing healthcare, and embracing the values of Weill Cornell Medicine and the PA profession.”

Full story link in bio.

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PA Class of 2028 White Coat Ceremony! 🥼

Welcome and congratulations! ❤️🧡💛

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Growing up in Nepal, Kripa Paudel spent many hours watching her father, a certified pharmacist, take care of people in his community health clinic.

“He would see patients for things like wound dressing and would use his knowledge of pharmaceuticals to help people. He was always taking care of others,” recalls Kripa, now an incoming first-year physician assistant student at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Kripa was eight years old when her family moved to the U.S. and settled in Boston. Her parents, who didn’t have opportunities to advance their education in Nepal, encouraged Kripa to focus on school.

She always imagined a career in medicine, but didn’t know anything about the physician assistant path until she was a teenager, and her father was hospitalized.

Kripa assumed the person in the white coat taking care of her father every day was the attending doctor.

“That was the first time I met a physician assistant and learned about what they do,” she says. “I also came to appreciate how closely and directly they work with patients in their care.”

Kripa also liked the idea that PAs can work in different specialties, independently or within a physician’s practice.

“I think the profession’s flexibility and the hands-on patient care will give me more of what I want in life and my career,” says Kripa, who worked as a medical assistant at Massachusetts General Hospital (@massgeneral) after graduating from Boston University (@bostonu).

Joining the PA Class of 2028 also fulfills Kripa’s longtime dream of living in New York City.

“There is so much diversity and representation here and that’s important to me,” she says. “I want to learn to become a provider who is empathetic and culturally sensitive.”

The White Coat Ceremony marks the beginning of her career as a medical professional and gives her a moment to reflect.

“My mom supported me emotionally through the rigors of school until now, and went to great lengths to connect me with people in the medical field for learning opportunities,” Kripa says.

Receiving the white coat “is culmination of not only my work, but my parents’ work and everything they represent. They sacrificed so much for me.”

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Congratulations to the Weill Cornell Medicine Class of 2026!

Swipe through for highlights from our medical school commencement.

Link in bio for more stories and photos!

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Congratulations, Class of 2026! You are changing medicine.  We celebrate the next generation of physicians and physician assistants. Your dedication, resilience and compassion have brought you to this moment.  As you step forward, you carry the future of patient care with you. ❤️🧡💛

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Thank you for inviting NCCPA to present to Weill Cornell Medicine's PA Program.

https://weill.cornell.edu/units/physician-assistants-program

Thank you, Kelly E. Ragusa Porta, DMSc, PA-C, Associate Dean, Program Director, Physician Assistant Studies, for the invitation.

#NCCPA #PAsDoThat #PASchool #PAStudents #PhysicianAssistantStudents #PhysicianAssistant #PhysicianAssociate #PA #PAStudent #FuturePA
#NewYorkPA #WeillCornellPA #WeillCornellMedicine #NYSSPA

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Blink & we got a new residency class! 👀 We want to give a warm welcome to our new residency class! 🥳 These rockstars come to us from amazing PA/NP schools like Cornell, Wake Forest, Columbia, Pace U, Georgetown & UCLA! 💯✨ We are so excited for you to start this journey & see all the amazing things you do! Welcome to the WCM family!

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Join us in congratulating the NYC Marathon finishers — and their cheer crews — from across Weill Cornell Medicine! 👏

Your strength, resilience and commitment to health and wellness inspire us all!
❤️ 🧡 💛

And thank you to those who served as medical volunteers and provided compassionate care to the @nycmarathon athletes.

Marathoners pictured left to right:

⭐ Dr. Laura Alonso, Dr. Andrea Sboner, Dr. Jaya Kanduri, Dr. Luigi Marchionni, Dr. Jennifer Salant, Dr. Adin Nelson, Dr. Christopher Mason, Dr. Elvis Danne, Corinne Esposito.

⭐ Last photo: Physician assistant students/volunteers

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Next up… 🌟 Jack Dean-Brown, PA-C 🌟 his calming, relaxed presence & good vibes will truly missed as he leaves us for the west coast!

Hometown: Independence, Kentucky

Education: Cornell PA Program! 🥳 @weillcornellpa

Favorite Part of EM: The variety and unpredictability of each shift. I like not knowing what’s going to walk through the door, but also knowing I have the skills and team to take care of anything that does. I also appreciate the immediacy of the specialty; to be able to address problems right away and often see patients leave feeling much better is incredibly satisfying.

Favorite EM Procedure: Laceration repair- it’s like putting together a puzzle. It’s also one of the few times in the ED where you get to slow down a bit and have a real, casual conversation with a patient.

Favorite NYC activity / memory over the past year: Escaping the city life for a beach weekend in the Hamptons with my co-residents and our partners.

Post Graduation Plans: I’m moving to California & will be starting in the Emergency Department at Mercy General / Methodists Hospitals in Sacramento. They are smaller community hospitals so looking forward to challenging myself in those settings!

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