LeLacheur Receives PAEA Master Faculty Award

Susan LeLacheur, DrPH ’08, MPH ’89, PA-C, BS ’82, associate professor of physician assistant studies at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received the Master Faculty Award at the Physician Assistant Education Association’s Education Forum in October 2018.

The Master Faculty Award recognizes a program faculty member with a minimum of seven years of service who has made noteworthy contributions to physician assistant education.

LeLacheur began her career working in family practice in a largely Latino community. She then began work in HIV clinical research at GW. Today, she lectures widely on infectious disease and HIV infection and volunteers at Whitman- Walker Health in HIV and primary care. At GW, she is the director for the Foundations of Medicine course.

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