معرفی
Lorraine Cashin serves as Tenured Assistant Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Physician Assistant Studies at Mercy College, leveraging 15 years of clinical experience in emergency medicine. Her career spans leadership roles including Director of PA Services and Director of the Sexual Assault Program at Nassau University Medical Center, with foundational work establishing Rwanda's first HIV clinic for high-risk women.
Professor Cashin earned her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from Mercy College as part of the program's inaugural graduating class. Prior academic experience includes adjunct professorship at Long Island University while maintaining clinical practice.
Her professional focus integrates Physician Assistant education with global health outreach, directing medical missions across Africa (Rwanda, Tanzania) and Latin America (Mali, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic). Domestically, she deploys the program's Mobile Health Vehicle for Bronx community screenings, creating a 'service-learning' model that combats health disparities through hands-on student engagement.
No scientific awards are documented in available sources.
As program director, she mentors students through international deployments and local community initiatives, maintaining active clinical connections while shaping curriculum around service ethics. Her leadership emphasizes translating field experience into educational frameworks, particularly for resource-constrained environments.
Professor Cashin coordinates faculty-student teams for medical missions and Mobile Health operations, building sustainable partnerships like the Rwanda HIV clinic. Her work demonstrates how clinical leadership can drive both educational innovation and community health infrastructure development.
