2022 - DermPA™ of the Year

Nov 20, 2022

Peter Young, MPAS, PA-C, Winner of DermPA™ of the Year

In less than four years as a dermatology PA, Peter Young’s passion for learning and medical writing has advanced the profession and broken-down barriers within the dermatologic research community. In 2022, Peter became the first PA published without a physician co-author in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, the first PA published as a lead author in JAMA Dermatology (and several other dermatology journals), and the first PA featured on the covers of The Dermatologist and The Journal of the German Society of Dermatology. As of November 2022, he has authored 30 publications in academic dermatology journals. Peter has also been awarded research grants normally reserved for MDs or PhDs, from Kaiser Permanente and the American Contact Dermatitis Society.

While leading the way to new opportunities for PAs in publishing, Peter has taken action to inspire, equip, and mentor others. He recently launched a free service that pairs aspiring authors with experienced scholars, to learn the art of medical writing (The Collaboratory for Interprofessional Authorship in Dermatology). Peter volunteers with SDPA by serving on the Diplomate Fellowship Advisory Panel, Communications Committee, and the Editorial Board of the JDPA.

Peter accomplished all of this during his first four years of practice while working clinically full-time as a dermatology PA at Kaiser Permanente and pursuing additional mentorship at the Stanford University School of Medicine.