SEMPA Board Member Named Florida PA of the Year

Phil Nix, PA-C (left) receives FAPA’s PA of the Year Award from Michael Friedman, district manager for Novartis Pharmaceutics sponsor of the award.

Bob Scully Award – 2003 Physician Assistant of the Year

On August 8, 2003, during the their Summer Symposium in St. Petersburg, Florida, The Florida Academy of Physician Assistants presented Phil Nix with the 2003 Physician Assistant of  the Year Award. The purpose of the award is to honor a physician assistant in Florida who has demonstrated exemplary service to the PA profession, the community, and has furthered the image of PAs. 

Phil was recognized for his achievements. He has served two terms as president of the Society of Emergency Physician Assistants and has been a founding member of that organization since 1992. He has been actively involved as a volunteer PA in the National Disaster Medical System serving on the South Florida Regional Disaster Medical Assistance Team when it was started in 1995.

A 1983 graduate of the St. Louis University PA Program, Phil has mentored several PA students. He completed his Masters in Physician Assistant Studies with specialization in emergency medicine in 2000 from the University of Nebraska.

Phil currently practices in the emergency department at Baptist Hospital of Miami. He serves on the hospital’s Allied Health Credentialing and Review Committee and the Medical Staff Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Committee. He is employed by South Florida Emergency Physicians.