Mary Showstark

Mary Showstark is a Physician Associate/Assistant (PA), an Assistant Professor at the Yale School of Medicine Physician Assistant Online Program, and an affiliate faculty member of the Yale Institute of Global Health. She is also Chief Liaison Officer to Health Tech Without Borders and a PhD candidate in Security and Intelligence Studies at the University of Buckingham. Mary Showstark is a physician associate with clinical experience in trauma surgery, emergency medicine, urgent care, disaster preparedness, wilderness, event, and mass gathering medicine. She has extensive experience with online education, group learning, organizational culture, and utilization of extended reality and artificial intelligence. Showstark is involved in growing the healthcare workforce for the PA profession globally. She is Vice President for PAs for Global Health, a global ambassador to American Academy of PAs (AAPA), member of GACOPA, communications lead for International Academy of PA Educators, and consulted with the World Health Organization on the Global Framework for Universal Healthcare. She is also the creator of the International Federation of Physician Assistant/Physician Associate and Clinical Officer/Clinical Associate/Comparable Students’ Association (IFPACS). Showstark also spearheaded the curricula mapping of the PA/PA comparable professions around the world via LOOOP technology. She is also editor for JPAE’s Global Perspectives and creator of JAAPA’s Global Insights. Mary is also the Director of Virtual Interprofessional Education and on the Interprofessional.Global committee.