Clinical Experience
Physician Assistant, Emory University Student Health Services (Sept. 2009 –
present)
Physician Assistant, Duke University Student Health Center (Jan. 2005 – June
2009)
Physician Assistant, Duke Family Medicine (Nov. 2002 – Jan. 2005)
Physician Assistant, East Rockingham Health Center (Nov. 1999 – July 2002)
Physician Assistant, Carillon Family Medicine (Feb. 1998 – Aug. 1999)
Volunteer, Good Samaritan Clinic (2010 - present)
Volunteer, South Georgia Farmworker Health Project (2009 – present)
Organizations/Licenses
Fellow, American Academy of Physician Assistants
Member, Georgia Association of Physician Assistants
Member, Physician Assistant Education Association
8/2009 – present PA License, Composite State Board of Medical
Examiners, Georgia
10/2002 – 2010 PA License, North Carolina Medical Board, North Carolina
12/1997 - Present Physician Assistant Certification; NCCPA
Teaching/Speaking/Writing
Lab
Instructor, Introduction and Fundamentals of Clinical Medicine Laboratories
Small Group Facilitator, Clinical Correlates, Introduction to Clinical
Medicine
Lecturer,
Health
Promotion Disease Prevention: “Values,
Rights, and Responsibilities”
Conferences:
10/2010 Invited Faculty for Clinical Coordinator Workshop; Physician
Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Annual Education Conference;
Baltimore, MD
5/2010 Invited Speaker; ”The Unprofessional Student – What’s a Preceptor to
Do?” PAEA Educational Sessions, 2010 AAPA Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA
11/2009 Invited Faculty for Clinical Coordinator Workshop; Physician
Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Annual Education Conference;
Portland, OR
10/2008 Invited Faculty for Clinical Coordinator Workshop; Physician
Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Conference; Savannah, GA
5/2008 Invited Faculty for Clinical Coordinator Workshop; AAPA National
Conference/Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA); San Antonio,
TX
5/2007 “Preceptor Feedback: A Panel Discussion” – workshop at PAEA/AAPA
Annual Meeting; Philadelphia, PA
10/2006 “The AHEC Opportunity: Effective PA Program – Community
Partnerships” – invited panel speaker, Physician Assistant Education
Association (PAEA) Annual Education Conference; Quebec City, Quebec
12/2005 “PDA Preceptor Development Workshop” – invited speaker at the North
Carolina Academy of Family Physicians (NCAFP) Winter Family Physicians
Weekend; Asheville, NC
5/2005 “The Three P’s: Preceptors, Professionalism and Pearls” – workshop
presented at the Association of Physician Assistant Programs (APAP)/AAPA
Semiannual eeting; Orlando, FL
Publications :
Bytomski JR, Rothschild E, Colletti T. Recognizing the spectrum of illness
in Epstein-Barr virus infection. Patient Care. 2006 Jan.
53-
Schaffer, V, Rothschild E.
Evaluating
Clinical Sites: Meeting the ARC-PA
Accreditation Standards. Vol 18 (2007) – No. 1
Honors/Awards
Pi Alpha, National PA Honor Society, inducted August 2006
Glaxo Wellcome Student Research and Professional Writing Award, December
1997
Personal Profile
I am a 1997 Emory PA Program graduate. Before becoming a PA I used my
bachelor's degree in History (from Davidson College) in useful ways such as
teaching history, working in admissions, directing student activities and
being a barista! After practicing 5 years in rural family medicine in the
mountains of Virginia, I joined Duke PA Program faculty in 2002 as the
Teaching Fellow and be-came full-time clinical coordinator in 2003.
I was involved in PAEA: as the South Eastern Consortium Chair 2004 – 2007
and taught the clinical coordinator work-shop: 2008 – 09.
I will be in the Student Health clinic one day a week where the Program’s
Medical Director Theresa Berry, MD is in practice.
My Interests
My many interests include: hiking, pottery, bird watching...and learning to
navigate Atlanta traffic again!
