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Collection |
Richard Rohrs Collection |
Title |
Rick Rohrs Collection |
Year Range from |
1975 |
Year Range to |
2016 |
Scope & Content |
Richard "Rick" Rohrs graduated from the PA program at Essex Community College/John Hopkins School of Health Services in 1977. He was one of the first PAs in the state of Maryland and served as a Maryland delegate to AAPA for decades. He has authored and helped to pass numerous pieces of legislation on behalf of Maryland PAs. He served on the AAPA Board of Directors and also as one of the AAPA commissioners on the NCCPA Board of Directors. The collection contains materials that highlight aspects of Richard "Rick" Rohrs's career as a physician assistant. The collection has AAPA House of Delegates and Board of Directors materials, general correspondence, materials relevant to the spread of the physician assistant profession overseas to Canada and China, and early curriculum materials for the PA programs of John Hopkins/Essex Community College. Series I: Subject Files, 1975-2016 Series II: Artifacts |
Creator |
Richard Rohrs |
Admin/Biographical History |
Richard "Rick" Rohrs is a 1977 graduate from the PA Health Assistant Program at Essex Community College/Johns Hopkins School of Health Services. He was one of the first PAs in the state of Maryland and not only served on the Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants board as President, Vice President and Director at Large, but also helped pass numerous pieces of Maryland legislation dealing with PAs. He served as Maryland's delegate to AAPA and later served in the AAPA on their Board of Directors. He was the first chair of the committee on International Affairs and also chaired the External Affairs committee. He has also served as a consultant on the PA profession in Great Britain, Taiwan, South Africa, the Netherlands, Canada, and Nigeria. |
People (Last Name, First Name) |
Fichandler, Bruce Rohrs, Richard "Rick" |
Catalog Number |
AC2013-02 |
Object Name |
Collection |
Copyrights |
Copyright for official Society records is held by the Physician Assistant History Society all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Richard Rohrs Collection, Society for Preservation of Physician Assistant History, Johns Creek, GA, USA |
Containers |
Folder 06: AAPA HOD Committee Reports,1984 Folder 07: AAPA HOD Committee Resolutions, 1985 Folder 04: AAPA BOD Meeting Book, 1985 Folder 05: AAPA External Relations Committee, 1988 Folder 10: Canadian Academy of Physician Assistants, 2004 Folder 11: Correspondence - General, 1975-2005 Folder 20: PA Delegation to China, 2008 Folder 13: Invitations to Special Events, 1985-1993 Folder 17: NCCPA History and Report, 1996 Folder 19: Physician Assistant - Editorial, 1985 Folder 21: Reprints and Clippings, 1981-1988, 2016 Folder 23: US House of Representatives - Legislative List, 1979 Folder 14: Johns Hopkins/ Essex Community College PA Curriculum Materials, c. 1975-1976 Folder 16: Membership Cards, 1996-2006 AAPA Medallion with Mardi Gras Beads PArtners in Medicine AAPA Coaster Pin Collection Folder 01: AAPA Board of Directors, 2000-2002 Folder 15: Maryland Academy of PAs- Perscription Privelages, 1990-1999 Folder 22: Society of Hospital Medicine Summit, 2007 Folder 09: Maryland Board of Medical Examiners, 1981-1986 Folder 12: Hospitalists PAs, 1983-1987 Folder 03: AAPA Liason to the NCCPA, 1987-1996 Photographs, 1999-2005 Maryland PA Day Proclaimation, 1993 October 6 Maryland Passing of Prescriptive Rights Legislation, 1999 April 8 Folder 02: AAPA Leadership Materials, 1990, 2000 Folder 08: AAPA Officer Ballots,1981-1986 Folder 18: PAragon Awards Nominee, 2000 |