Daniel Champigny, PA-C
Dan graduated from Franklin Pierce University in 2013 and took a gap year prior to PA school, working both in an environmental chemistry lab as well as in pre-hospital patient care as an EMT and a firefighter. He enrolled at Penn State College of Medicine in 2014 and graduated in 2016. After PA school, Dan practiced in primary care/family medicine as well as urgent care for over 5 years. While doing this, Dan also worked for a private medical education company providing both group and individual instruction for physician assistant and nurse practitioner students studying for their respective board examinations. Dan became a full-time assistant professor at Frostburg State University in April of 2022 where he is the course director in the course Patient Assessment and Diagnostic Methods, a lecturer in the Clinical Medicine course and the Director of the program's admissions department.
Why the PALLA fellowship?
"It is no secret among the physician assistant community that diving into teaching can be a tremendous challenge, but also a great opportunity for personal and academic growth. The PALLA fellowship has been amazing to cement the foundational objectives and methods that I need as a PA educator to assure that my students are the best possible future PAs they can be."
