Eugene A. Stead

Physician

1908 – 2005

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Who was Eugene A. Stead?

Dr. Eugene Anson Stead Jr. is best known as a medical educator, researcher, and the founder of the Physician Assistant or P.A. profession. He served on the faculty at Harvard, Emory, and Duke universities. His research in the 1940s paved the way for cardiac catheterization in medicine today.

National PA day is celebrated in many places on October 6th to commemorate the day the first class of PAs graduated from Duke University in 1967.

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Born
Oct 6, 1908
United States of America
Also known as
  • Eugene Stead
  • Dr. Eugene A. Stead
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Emory University
  • Duke University
Employment
  • Duke University
  • Emory University
  • Harvard University
Died
Jun 12, 2005

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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