Grace Landel, MEd, PA-C, DFAAPA

Biography

I’ve worked in rural and urban family medicine and PA education. At the University of Washington MEDEX NW PA Program, I served as Director of Diversity, Director of the Alaska Satellite, Didactic and Clinical Coordinator, and Associate Program Director. I joined the Touro Joint MSPAS/MPH Program as Director in 2010, stepping down August 2021 to continue to teach and work on interprofessional education. I’ve been involved on the state level (Nebraska, Washington and California). Nationally, I’ve been active with the American Academy of Physician Assistants (Professional Practice Council Chair and liaison to the American Academy of Family Physicians), Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (Commissioner, Chair/Past Chair and site visitor), Physician Assistant Education Association (member of the Advisory Council on Minority Attrition/Retention and Minority Affairs Committee, National Recruitment Strategies Task Force Chair, Journal of Physician Assistant Education peer reviewer) and scholarship reviewer for the PA Foundation. I was a 2001 HRSA Bureau of Health Professions Primary Care Health Policy Fellow - group policy proposal “Inclusion of Oral Health in Primary Care”. I am interested in issues around social justice, diversity and access to care, recruitment of students from rural and under-resourced backgrounds, primary care training, oral health, service learning and interprofessional education

Education

• 1978 - Bachelor of Arts, Biology (with honors)
  University of California, Santa Cruz CA
• 1984 - Physician Assistant Certificate, Bachelor of Science
  Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX
• 1999 - Master of Education, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
  College of Education, University of Washington, Seattle WA
• 2006 - Certificate in Medical Management
  Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, and the School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle WA

Honors and Awards

• 1984 - Luchi Award, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX
• 1995 - MEDEX Golden Apple Teaching Award, MEDEX Northwest, Sitka AK
• 1999 - University of Washington Teaching Scholars Program, Seattle WA
• 2001 - Primary Care Health Policy Fellow, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Washington DC – Policy proposal on inclusion of oral health in primary care.
• 2012 - Distinguished Alumnus Award for the School of Allied Health Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine Alumni Association, Houston TX
• 2012 - PA Student Mentor Award, Student Academy of the American Academy of Physician Assistants
• 2018 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants
• 2019 - MEDEX Northwest Lifetime Achievement Award
• 2019 - MEDEX Champion Award: “Its recipients are notable for the important contributions they have brought to this organization. Their vitality, vision, and commitment have left MEDEX and the entire profession in a far better place.”
• 2020 - Touro University California Joint MSPAS/MPH Program PAEA “Diversity Through Excellence” – PA Program Director
• 2021 - PAEA Lifetime Achievement Award 

Recent Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles:

Glover JJ, Bundschu R, Caton L, Coyte E, Danielsen R, Frary T, Gerbert DA, Landel G, Palenicek J, Webster BS.  End-of-life decisions: marking out a place for PAs to stand.  J Am Acad Phys Assist.  1995;8(7):48–50, 52, 54.

Professional Practice Council.  (PPC consisted of Chair  - T Frary, members – D Brown, R Danielsen, C Hawkinson, G Landel, B Webster).  Setting standards for legal recognition: a new definition of ‘Physician Assistant’.  J Am Acad Phys Assist. 1996;9(1):22–24, 27.

Gianola FJG, Ballweg R, Flynn BG, Landel G, MacKenzie D, Begay VJ.  Using computers to manage the clinical year.  Perspect Phys Assist Educ.  1998;9(3):162–6.

Landel GP, Brown D, Connor P, Hanson S, Hawkinson C, King T.  Are IPAs a good idea for PAs?  J Am Acad Phys Assist.  2000;13(5):15–6, 18.

Landel G, Robohm C, Gonzales C, Hage S, Fry J.  A commitment to diversity in the physician assistant profession.  The Advisor, Official Journal of the National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions.  2005;25(2):36–39.

Cawley JF, Ritsema TS, Brown D, Wight C, Landel G, Orcutt V, Winsor-Lovely M.  Assessing the Value of Dual Physician Assistant / Public Health Degrees.  J Physician Assist Educ 2011;22(3):23-28.  

James K, Mazur Z, Statler M, Hegmann T, Landel G, Orcutt V.  Multiple Mini-Interview Utilization in United States Physician Assistant Program Admission Processes.  J Physician Assist Educ 2021;32(2):74–78.

Landel GP, Schwedler M.  Female reproductive disorders.  In: Auth PC, Kerstein MD, eds. Physician Assistant Review.  2nd ed.  Philadelphia PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005:241–256.

Lachman VD, Landel GP.  Ethical and legal considerations.  In: Auth PC, Kerstein MD, eds. Physician Assistant Review.  2nd ed.  Philadelphia PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005:428–448.

Landel GP, Schwedler M. Chapter 11- Female Reproductive Disorders.  In: Auth PC Kerstein M, ed. Physician Assistant Review, 3rd Edition.  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009.

Lachman VD and Landel GP. Chapter 19 - Ethics/Legal. In: Auth PC Kerstein M, ed. Physician Assistant Review, 3rd Edition.  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009.

Landel GP, Wempe R.   Female Reproductive Disorders.  In: Auth PC Kerstein M, ed. Physician Assistant Review, 4th Edition.  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2013.

Memberships and Affiliations

1982–Present American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), 1990–Present Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) (formerly Association of Physician Assistant Programs [APAP]), 1998–Present Accreditation Review Committee on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), 2010–Present California Academy of Physician Assistants (CAPA), 2018-Present PA Foundation