physician's assistant

or physician assistant

noun

1. a person trained to perform under the supervision of a physician many clinical procedures traditionally performed by a physician, as diagnosing and treating minor ailments. : PA

Example Sentences

Needless to say, the premiere was quite a wild introduction for the bubbly and outgoing 26-year-old Vietnamese American physician’s assistant student from Miami.

From Salon

Seales and his wife, a former Navy physician’s assistant who co-owns RSBN, started small, with a single camera at a Trump rally in Phoenix.

From Seattle Times

Eventually she started performing in restaurants on the weekends — three- or four-hour shifts in which she’d play “every cover you could imagine” — while she was in college studying to become a physician’s assistant.

From Los Angeles Times

Tran, a Vietnamese American student studying to be a physician's assistant, placed as one of the top six contestants this season.

From Salon

An aspiring physician’s assistant, she met a former gymnast who is established in that field and offered to mentor her.

From Los Angeles Times