Dan is a board-certified Physician Assistant at ChristianaCare. He is currently the program manager for the Advanced Joint Replacement Center and the Spine Center. He has served in multiple leadership roles throughout the system including Chair of the PA Council, lead orthopedic trauma physician assistant, and on multiple systemwide committees. Dan became a Certified EMT/Paramedic in Pennsylvania in 1992. He pursued a baccalaureate degree at Neumann University in Health Care Business Administration from 1993 until he was accepted into Hahnemann’s PA program in 1996. He graduated from Hahnemann’s PA program with a baccalaureate degree in Allied Health in 1988 and became a NCCPA certified PA. He received his MBA from Wilmington University in 2021and was recognized for academic excellence in the Sigma Beta Delta international honor society. Dan has worked in many of the surgical subspecialties over the last 36 years. He worked as a Marketing Director for Conmed/Linvatec Corporation from 1999 to 2004 where he was responsible for the development and marketing of surgical medical devices through technique guides, marketing brochures, and multimedia platforms. During his tenure he also managed the medical education department, convention services, meeting services, and marketing communications groups. Dan returned to Christiana in 2004 to develop, implement, and maintain the Orthopedic Trauma Service as the Lead PA. He has co-authored and published numerous articles in the Orthopaedic professional journals with Craig D. Morgan, MD. He has taught physicians and PAs at both national and international conferences about orthopedic surgical procedures. He has held multiple previous leadership roles in the Delaware Academy of Physician Assistants serving as President (1993-1994) (1994-1995), Vice-President (1991-1993), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1995-1996). Dan is a co-author of enabling legislation for PAs in Delaware. Dan is a paramedic/firefighter in his local volunteer fire company and has served as director of EMS, as a fire officer, as well as on the board of directors.