1980s - Cushman

Ina S. Cushman, PA ’86, was elected president of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. She has held a variety of other positions within the organization in the past. She is a senior physician assistant with Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a private practice group providing HMO as well as fee-for-service care. Cushman works out of the Braintree, Mass., center, but consults and teaches throughout the organization and around the country. She pioneered a nationally recognized wound care program and contributed three chapters to the second edition of Telephone Medicine: Triage and Training for Primary Care. She was also honored by United Airlines for her treatment of a fellow passenger in cardiac crisis.