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Department of Physician Assistant Studies
Julie B. Keena, DHSc, PA-C
Chair and Founding Program Director, and Professor
Contact information
jkeena@brenau.edu
+1-678-971-1848
Graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1985
Earned PA certificate and MMSc in critical care medicine from Emory University in 1987
Completed post-graduate residency in neurosurgery at University of Miami/JMH in 1989
Earned DHSc from AT Still University in 2013
Clinical PA in neurosurgery and neurology at UM/JMH 1988-1997
Joined academia at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in February 1997
Held many positions over 18 year period; led successful NSU PA program start up for NSU PA Program Fort Myers in 2004
Over 13 years of experience as department chair and/or program director
Assistant director at the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) from 2015-2019
ARC-PA site visitor since 2002
Teaching philosophy based on Chinese Proverb: “Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I may understand.”