Education

Georgia Institute of Technology – BS in Health Systems 1977

Emory University– BSMSc Physician Associate Program 1979

Emory University – MMSc in Career Physician Assistant 2006

Clinical Experience

Grady Health System – Triage and Walk –in clinic Internal Medicine (1980 – 1984)

Grady Health System  - The Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center- Hematology - Adult and Pediatrics  (1984 – 2004) 

Emory University - Faculty Preceptor at South Georgia Farmworker project and Good Samaritan Health Center (2004  - Present) 

 Organizations/Licenses

Georgia License - Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners 12/79 – Present

 Certification -National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants 12/79 – Present

Member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (1979 – present)

Member of Georgia Association of Physician Assistants (1979 – present)

Member of the Physician Assistant Advisory Board to the Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners (2003 – 2009)

Member Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants (2008 – present)

 Teaching/Speaking/Writing

Speaker at: GAPA, AAPA, AFPPA, TAPA, KAPA, FAPA, MAPA, VAPA, NCAPA, SCAPA

Lecture and consultant for various sickle cell organizations

Guest Lectures at Georgia State, Emory University Nurse Practitioner Program

Ad Hoc Reviewer Nursing  journal, Nurse Practitioner journal

Feature Editor – Technology and Education section, Journal of Physician Assistant Education

Feature Writer – eConnections in AAPA’s-  PA Professional   

Honors/Awards

Outstanding P.A. of the Year - Emory P.A. Program 1992

Teacher of the Year - Emory P.A. Program 1999

Presidential Award – Grady Health Systems 2001

Paragon Award - Educator of the Year, American Academy of Physician Assistants 2002

Innovations in Technology Safety Net Award, National Association of Public Hospitals 2002

Health Care Hero Award Finalist  Atlanta Business Chronicle Innovations in Technology2003

Humanitarian of the Year – Georgia Association of Physician Assistants 2003

Paragon Writing Award, Third Place American Academy of Physician Assistants 2005

SAAAPA President's Award, American Academy of Physician Assistants 2007 

Personal Profile

 I have worked as a PA at Grady Memorial Hospital for 25 years running the triage center, working in the adult walk-in clinic, and as Program Coordinator, and Physician Assistant in the Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center. I was responsible for the day to day operation of the sickle cell center until March, 2004, and web designer of The Sickle Cell Information Center at www.SCInfo.org. The center was the AAPA Innovations in Health Care winner in 2000.

I have been a Clinical Instructor in the Emory PA program since 1979, joined the faculty half-time in December, 2002, and full time in April, 2004. I am currently the course director for the Patient Communications Skills /Medical History, Health Issues, Professional Issues courses, and Advanced Didactic Coordinator. I also coordinate the annual Board Review Program. I have co-authored two patient education books and one for health care providers; Hope and Destiny – A Patient and Parents Guide to Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait and Overcoming Pain both published by Hilton Publishing ( www.HiltonPub.com  and  Evidence Based Medicine for PDAs: A Guide for Practice from Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

I like to play with computers, multimedia, gizmos, PDA’s…. I like to paint watercolors, travel, snorkel when I can find a beach, and write. I love to teach and I am a bible study teacher at my church. 

Publications

Platt A. Differential Diagnosis Mnemonics, AAPA Press, copyright 1983.

Platt A. Bacterial Pharyngitis in Adults. Physician Assistant. May, 1985:171‑181.

Platt A,  Eckman J.  Management of pain in sickle cell anemia patients.  J. Amer. Acad. Phys. Assist. 2:104‑113, 1989.

Platt A. A Mnemonic Approach to Triage. Physician Assistant. 13(9):134‑146, 1989.

Karlstrom E., Eckman J, Abel G, Platt A, Pollard W, Barrett H. Zasa M, and Bagley S.  The characteristics of pain and functioning during sickle cell pain episodes. South. Med. J. 81(6):745‑750, 1991.

Papadea C, Abbott ., Platt A, Eckman J.: Comparison of abnormal hemoglobins for newborn screening using liquid and dried. Papadea C, Abbott K, Platt AF, Eckman JR:  Comparison of abnormal hemoglobins for newborn screening using liquid and dried blood. Proceedings of the 8th National Neonatal Screening And XXI Birth Defects Symposium.  KA Pass, ed.  ASTPHLD. New York. 1991.  pp. 114-119.

Eckman J, Platt A. Problem Oriented Management of Sickle Syndromes, 1991. Web version at www.SCInfo.org 1997 updated 2001

Papadea C, Eckman J, Kuenhert R, Platt A,  Comparison of cord blood and dried blood spots for newborn hemoglobinopathy screening:  laboratory and programmatic issues.  Pediatrics  93:427-432, 1994.

Eckman J, Hunter J, Oyesiku N, Barrow D, Platt A. Evaluation of headache in patients with sickle cell syndromes J Neurosurg 75:356-363, 1991.

Beyer J, Platt A, Kinney T, Treadwell M., Bernstein B., Schichor A.: Sickle Cell Pain Assessment of Pain in Adults and Children with Sickle Cell Disease. special Issue of The Genetic Resource The New England Regional Genetics Group 1994.

Platt A., Eckman J. Grappling with the Sickle Cell. Advance for Physician Assistants. May 1997:21 - 24.

Platt A Shulman N, Patient Communications Instructors Kit with The video “The Case of the Missing Patient” Patient Communications Unlimited  January, 1999.

Platt, A Differential Diagnosis Mnemonics and the Medical History Pocket book and Palm Pilot memo – doc file. Patient Communications Unlimited January 1999.

Platt A., Eckman J. Bad Blood made Good – Advances in Sickle Cell Disease. Advance for Physician Assistants. May 1999:21 - 24.

Beyer JE, Platt A, Kinney T, Treadwell M, Practice guidelines for the assessment of children with sickle cell pain, J Soc Pediatric Nursing 4(2: 61-73) June, 1999.

Platt A. and Eckman J, Patient Education and Pain Management – The Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System JCAHO Satellite Video Conference on Patient Rights and Education August 17, 2000.

Platt A.VitalSigns.MD A New Pain Assessment Solution based on the  New JCAHO Standards for Pain Management in Pain Management Patient Education Manual, Aspen Publishers, Supplement #5 September 2000.

Platt, A., Eckman, J. Bad Blood made Good – Advances in Sickle Cell Disease. Advance for Respiratory Therapy Managers. Feb 2001.

Platt A. and Reed B, Meet the new pain standards with new technology, Nursing Management, Vol 32, No 3 March 2001 p40-43.

Platt A., Sickle Cell Disease chapter in A Black Man’s Guide to Good Health, Hilton Publishers, 2000.

Platt A., How to Give Bad News, Clinician News, July-August 2001, Vol 5, Number 7 page 20-22.

Platt A, Reed, B Implementing the New JCAHO Pain Standard, Advance for Physician Assistants, Sept 2001 Vol 9 No.9 p 31 - 34.

Platt A. Sickle Cell Disease in Primary Care for Physician Assistants: Clinical Practice Guidelines, McGraw-Hill publishers 2001

Platt A, Eckman J, The Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center - A model of Pain Management, JCAHO- JCN Resources Satellite Broadcast on Pain Assessment and Pain Management Nov 15, 2001

Platt A, Eckman J, Beasley JI, Miller G, Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease Advance for Nurses Feb 4, 2002 Vol 4, No 3 , p 12 - 14, 28.

Platt A, Eckman JR, Beasley J, Miller G. Treating sickle cell pain: An update from the Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center. J Emerg Nurs 2002 Aug;28(4):297-303

Platt A, Sacerdote A, Hope and  Destiny – A Patient and Parents Guide to Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait, Hilton Publishing, October 2002, Updated 1/06

Platt A, Chapter 5. The Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, in Approaches to Pain Management: An Essential Guide for Clinical Leaders, JCAHO -  Joint Commission Resources, December 2002

Platt A, Eckman JR, Beasley J, Miller G. Managing sickle cell pain …and all that goes with it.  Nursing 2002  December 2002 32hn1-7

Platt A, Developing Champagne Medical Multimedia on a Beer Budget. Perspective on Physician Assistant Education. Vol 13 Number 2 2002 p. 123 – 126.

Platt A, Jacob M, Eckman JR, Beasley J. A Decade of Advances in Sickle Cell Disease Management, Chapter in O’Malley, New Developments in Sickle Cell Research, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Hauppauge, NY, August 2006

Platt A, Jacob M, Eckman JR,. A Decade of Advances in Sickle Cell Disease Management, ADVANCE for Physician Assistants, March 2004

Platt A, Beasley J, Jacob M, Eckman JR,  Sickle Cell Pain Management Chapter in Pain Management: Patient Education Manual Aspen Publishers, In Publication

Platt A, Platt S, Hedrich, C, Overcoming Pain  Hilton Publishing, September 2006

Platt A, Beasley J, Puzzled about Sickle Cell Disease –Nursing Made Incredibly Easy, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Fall 2005.

Platt A, Byrnes J, Pain Talk – Communicating with Patients in Pain AAPA 2005 Annual Meeting Symposia Highlights p 29-32.

Platt A, Eckman J, Management of Adults with Sickle Cell Disease. The Clinical Advisor, Feb 2006 p 54 – 61.

Platt A, A Doc in Your Pocket – Using PDAs to teach and learn , American Medical Student Association (AMSA) The New Physician March 2006 p 9 – 10.

Platt A, Eckman J, Hsu L, Jacob M, Gee B, Beasley J,  Sickle Cell A Patient and Parent’s Guide, a 15 page patient education pamphlet, Hilton Publishing Company 9/06.

Platt A. Have-a-Disease Workshop:  Teaching Evidence Based Medical Interviews Using PDAs, The Journal of Physician Assistant Education Vol 17 Number 3 2006 p. 58 - 61

Platt A, Eckman J. Diagnosing Anemia, Clinician Reviews, December 2006, Volume16, Number 12 p 43 – 50

Platt A, Beasley J, How Much do you Know About Sickle Cell Disease? LPN2007 July 2007

Platt A, Understanding and treating disorders of the clotting system, JAAPA December 2007.

Eckman J, Platt A, Sickle Cell Crisis, Chapter 77 in Comprehensive Hospital Medicine™ Elsevier, September 2007

Platt A, Evidence Based Medicine using Personal Digital Assistants Jones and Bartlett Publishers, March 2008

Platt A, Managing Sickle Cell Pain chapter in Pain Management in Primary Care , Bill McCarberg  and  Yvonne D'Arcy Editors, Lippincott in press

Platt A, Can You Recognize a Patient at Risk for a Hypercoagulable State, JAAPA, December 2008

Platt A, Hemolysis – Diseases Presenting with Red Cell Break up Advance for Physician Assistants, Jan –Feb 2009

Platt A, Put a PDA in your Practice for easy access to current medical information, JAAPA, May 2009.

Platt A, e-Connections – PDAs for PAs and PA students, PAProfessional, June 2009

Platt A e-Connections– The Medical iPhone, PAProfessional, July/August 2009

Platt A e-Connections– The Best Free PDA Software, PAProfessional, Nov  2009

Platt A e-Connections– eCME, PAProfessional, Feb 2010

Platt A e-Connections– Battle of the Smartphones, PAProfessional, May 2010

Platt A e-Connections– eCoding – Medical coding resources, PAProfessional, July 2010

Platt A Teaching Millennials Medicine – Technology in the Classroom, Journal of Physician Assistant Education 2010  21-2 42 -44.

Platt A, Eckman J, Hsu L Hope and Destiny: The New Hilton Guide to Sickle Cell Disease & Sickle Cell Trait for Patients and Parents 12/10.

Platt A e-Connections–Five  medical programs you need on your hip, PAProfessional, December 2010.

Platt A What are you using? – Technology in the Classroom, Journal of Physician Assistant Education February 2011

Platt A e-Connections - Visual Learning, Health Education and YouTube PAProfessional. March 2011

Platt A e-Connections - Medical iPad - Is it right for you? PAProfessional. July 2011

Platt A e-Connections  - e-Diaries for Patients PAProfessional. August 2011

Platt A e-Connections  Android vs Apple PAProfessional. December 2011