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Meet America’s Top PA 2024 Winners

The America’s Top PA is a peer-nominated award given annually to select Physician Associates across several
specialties who have demonstrated leadership through increasing patient outcomes and/or through
peer community support, advancement, leadership, and education.


Michael Asbach
  • Michael Asbach
  • DMSc, PA-C
  • Psychiatry-CAQ

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Amy Butts
  • Amy Butts
  • PA-C, DFAAPA, BC-ADM, CDCES
  • Endocrinology & Peer Education

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Samantha Dickson
  • Samantha Dickson
  • PA-C
  • Pediatric Oncology

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Douglas DiRuggiero
  • Douglas DiRuggiero
  • DMSc, MHS, PA-C
  • Dermatology

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Kathleen Ferrell
  • Kathleen Ferrell
  • MPAS, PA-C
  • Gastroenterology

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Paola Gonzalez
  • Paola Gonzalez
  • MPAS, PA-C
  • Medical Oncology

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Steve Mason
  • Steve Mason
  • PA-C
  • Cardiology

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Ashlyn Smith
  • Ashlyn Smith
  • PA-C
  • Endocrinology

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Robert Smith
  • Robert Smith
  • DHSc, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA
  • Family Medicine

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Dane Thomas
  • Dane Thomas
  • PA-C, MMS
  • Hematology/Oncology

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Daniel Thibodeau
  • Daniel Thibodeau
  • DHSc, MHP, PA-C, AACC, DFAAPA
  • Cardiovascular Medicine

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