PAs in Psychiatry: A Win-Win for Patients and Practices

Meet Erin Crown, MHS, PA-C, Psych-CAQ, a board certified physician assistant/associate (PA). She became a psychiatric PA over a decade ago when the number of PAs practicing in psychiatry was less than 1% of the body of certified PAs. Erin is one of the approximately 3000 board certified PAs practicing in psychiatry in the US.

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Older PA workforce: 6 findings on retention, retirement plans

9.2.2026 • Physician associates 65 and older made up 4.1% of the board-certified PA workforce in 2023, and three-quarters of them were still practicing clinically.

PA pay by specialty: Cardiothoracic, Vascular Surgery top $162K

8.27.2026 • Physician assistants in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery reported the highest mean income of any specialty in 2025 at $162,045, compared with $134,010 across all PAs

PA Shares Vision for Profession’s Future with New Book

8.18.2026 • For much of her career, Jennifer Vonderau, MMS, PA-C, has worked in one of medicine’s most complex settings: abdominal transplant surgery.