Master of Physician Assistant Studies

The Touro Nevada School of Physician Assistant Studies offers you opportunities to impact your community and the underserved. You will become a highly qualified and compassionate Physician Assistant and receive a broad education that supports your goals. You will learn how to support the physical and emotional needs of your patients while providing real leadership within your community.

Accreditation

At its March 2025 meeting, the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA) placed the Touro University Nevada Physician Assistant Program sponsored by Touro University Nevada on Accreditation-Probation status until its next review in March 2027. 

Probation accreditation is a temporary accreditation status initially of not less than two years. However, that period may be extended by the ARC-PA for up to an additional two years if the ARC-PA finds that the program is making substantial progress toward meeting all applicable standards but requires additional time to come into full compliance. Probation accreditation status is granted, at the sole discretion of the ARC-PA, when a program holding an accreditation status of Accreditation - Provisional or Accreditation - Continued does not, in the judgment of the ARC-PA, meet the Standards or when the capability of the program to provide an acceptable educational experience for its students is threatened. 

Once placed on probation, a program that fails to comply with accreditation requirements in a timely manner, as specified by the ARC-PA, may be scheduled for a focused site visit and is subject to having its accreditation withdrawn. 

Specific questions regarding the Program and its plans should be directed to the Program Director and/or the appropriate institutional official(s). 

The program’s accreditation history can be viewed on the ARC-PA website at https://www.arc-pa.org/accreditation-history-touro-university-nevada/.

Regional Accreditation & Licensure

Touro University Nevada is regionally accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and has been approved by the Nevada Commission on Postsecondary Education to award the degree of the Master of Physician Assistant Studies.

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Meet Our Director

Hello there, future student. I’d like to introduce you to Touro Nevada’s School of Physician Assistant Studies. Our focus with this program is simple: to help you prepare for your future while helping the underserved. We work on multiple philanthropic initiatives in our local community including our mobile health clinic that provides care to homeless, seniors and veterans and our collaboration with the women’s shelter clinic. As a first-year PA student, you will work with real patients from the neediest people in underserved areas of Nevada and be a part of real change.

As a student of this program, you will be prepared for all the positions that PAs work in including inpatient, surgery, and subspecialties within numerous clinical rotation sites. And as the only PA school in southern Nevada, you will be supported in your personal and professional goals with our very involved staff and faculty who will even help you prepare for your national boards as well. Our goal is to ensure that you become a caring and empathetic health care provider.

Thank you for considering the Touro Nevada School of Physician Assistant Studies program.

Best,
Amie Duford, MPAS, PA-C
Director, School of Physician Assistant Studies

Mission Statement

The mission of the Master of Physician Assistant Studies Program is to develop competent and compassionate physician assistants by providing students with education and experiences that support professional excellence and engagement with various patient populations and communities.