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From nonphysician providers to advanced practitioners, PAs are referred to in
many ways. With so many different names, it can be hard to determine what to call the PAs in your practice.

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Family physician Shankar Santhanam, who practices in Lawrenceville, N.J., praises the Garden State for its diversity of patients.

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From Manhattan to Buffalo, the cities and topography of New York State are among the most stunning and varied.

Rochester-based psychiatrist Michael Privitera, who was born and raised in the Empire State, is pretty content practicing medicine in the idyllic Finger Lakes region, but sometimes he feels weighed down by cumbersome state regulations. 

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Gynecologist Cynthia Cooper has only practiced medicine in New Hampshire - and from what she’s heard from other New England docs across state lines, she’s luckier and happier than most.

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