Emma Reichart

Quinnipiac Physician Assistant Program, Class of 2018

I was born in Providence, RI, but have lived throughout New England my whole life. I graduated from Bates College (Lewiston, ME) in 2014 with a B.S. in Psychology/Pre-Med and concentrations in Public Health and Chemistry.

In college, as part of the Bates Public Health Initiative, I volunteered as a pre-med student with the Trinity Jubilee Center & Clinic, a ministry that provided basic medical care to homeless and refugee populations in Lewiston, Maine. I spent my college summers working for SARAH Tuxis, an agency that provides home care to those with varying levels of developmental and intellectual disabilities. I also took part in advocating for and implementing support strategies for the residents in my care. Once I graduated from Bates College, I worked in pediatric primary care at Wildwood Pediatrics in Essex, CT as a clinical assistant/MA.

What excites me most about being a part of the Urban Service Track is the program’s team environment. I look forward to working alongside doctors, dentists, pharmacists, social workers, nurses, and technicians, and incorporating their various abilities into optimized, holistic patient care for people that would not receive health care otherwise. As a PA, I will have the responsibility of communicating with and providing appropriate resources and education to my patients. At UST, there is an incredible amount of diversity in those we will meet and treat as healthcare providers, across all age groups, genders, and across socioeconomic and mental health spectrums. That diversity of interaction is a major appeal of training as a PA, and doing it with the UST.