Whitney Simmons is a certified physician assistant (PA-C) who currently serves as an instructional faculty member for the James Madison University PA Program and serves as co-chair of the Interprofessional Education Committee for the Department of Health Professions. She provides 13 years of clinical practice experience as a primary care PA-C treating a wide range of patients from newborns to geriatrics. She has worked for both a private practice as well as a healthcare corporation allowing her to understand the demand it requires to provide high quality, evidence-based collaborative care to each patient as a physician assistant.