PA Go Beyond: National PA Week 20th Anniversary

For Amy Mosman, MMS, PA-C, going beyond has been a constant throughout her career — from advocating for individual patients to helping strengthen the role of PAs within healthcare organizations and across Missouri.

As Logan University celebrates PA Week 2026 and this year’s theme, “PAs Go Beyond,” Amy, a faculty member in Logan’s Physician Assistant Program, is reflecting on the experiences that shaped her career and the responsibility PAs have to move their profession forward.

“For me, ‘PAs Go Beyond’ means going above and beyond for our patients and for our profession,” Amy said.

After graduating from Saint Louis University’s PA program in 2013, Amy wasn’t sure where her career would take her. A brief tour of a dialysis unit changed that.

Her future collaborating physician, Marie Philipneri, MD, told her, “If you’re interested, we could really use your help here.”

Amy took the opportunity and quickly developed a passion for caring for patients with kidney disease and hypertension, as well as those receiving dialysis. Just as important were the relationships she formed with patients and their families.

“The relationships I built with patients and families, along with the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in their lives, confirmed that I had found my place,” she said.

That commitment to patients eventually led Amy to another passion: advocacy.

Early in her career, there were few PAs within her organization, and she noticed that some policies, procedures and collaborative practice models had not kept pace with state statutes.

“I often found myself asking, ‘Why do we do it this way?’ and ‘Who should I talk to about this?’” Amy said. “Those questions were my first steps into advocacy.”

Working alongside PA and nurse practitioner colleagues, Amy helped establish an advanced practice provider (APP) workgroup that strengthened the role of APPs throughout the organization. Years of advocacy eventually contributed to the creation of an APP director position.

Wanting to make an impact beyond her own organization, Amy became involved with the Missouri Academy of PAs (MOAPA), where she serves as Southeast Director-at-Large and advocates for PAs throughout the state.

Today, she is bringing those experiences into the classroom as Logan prepares its inaugural cohort of future PAs.

“Our inaugural Logan University PA cohort is an exceptional group of future PAs,” Amy said. “I look forward to them joining us on legislative advocacy days, attending MOAPA events and becoming the future leaders of the PA profession.”

For Amy, that is what going beyond is all about: caring for patients, asking questions, getting involved and helping create a stronger profession for the PAs who come next.