Cheri Hendrix is responsible for the overall coordination, management, and leadership of physician assistant (PA) education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). She earned her doctorate in health education from A.T. Still University in 2011 and earned her Master of Science in Engineering and Applied Physics of Biomedicine from the Johns Hopkins University in 1998. A 2003 graduate of the UMB PA Program when it was sponsored by Anne Arundel Community College, Hendrix completed a postgraduate PA residency in general surgery at Duke University Medical Center in 2004. Her practice as a certified PA spans a multitude of specialties including general, vascular, and thoracic surgery, emergency medicine, and urgent care. 

Hendrix has spent most of her career in higher education; her passion in developing students' critical thought process at the graduate and postgraduate levels has allowed her to excel in her roles in PA education. She is a highly sought-after lecturer on the national stage and has earned a solid reputation for curriculum development that cultivates critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills in physician assistant students and medical residents. She is wholly committed to the recognition, identification, and recommendation of academic and clinical opportunities that improve standards, practices, and procedures, creating a campus culture of inclusion and equity. Hendrix enjoys mentoring others so they may grow, because cultivating the potential of those desiring leadership roles and opportunities builds a bright future at UMB.