Make the Most Out of Your GAPA Membership

Whether you´ve been a member of the Georgia Association of Physician Assistants since 1975 or you have joined just recently, GAPA offers members-only benefits and resources that can help you take your career and practice to the next level.

GAPA is the only organization actively promoting the PA profession in Georgia through public education initiatives, regional meetings, active lobbying, and representation to the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners (CSBME) via the Physician Assistant Advisory Committee (PAAC). The organization also acts as a professional liaison with other important health care groups including the Medical Association of Georgia, the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians, the Georgia Hospital Association, CSBME, and more

Here are some steps to help you get involved through your GAPA membership:

1. Get Started
   
   Take advantage of members-only benefits, including:
   
   
   • Save $150 at the annual CME convention (Fellow & Associate members).
     
     
   • Receive the GAPA Pulse, a quarterly award-winning newsletter with the latest PA news on license renewals, legislation, new developments in the health care system and more.
     
     
   • Receive discounted AFLAC products.
   
   
   
2. Get Connected
   • Learn the most up-to-date information on the PA profession in Georgia.
     
     
   • Access the latest reimbursement information.
     
     
   • Tap into national-level issues through GAPA representatives in the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) House of Delegates.
     
     
   • Provide input to GAPA leaders about the future direction of the PA profession in Georgia.
     
     
   • Connect with GAPA in your region, attend local meetings and community events.
   
   
   
3. Get Involved
   • Learn about leadership opportunities including board and committee positions, regional representatives, student representatives, and more. Becoming a GAPA leader leads to personal and professional growth, and empowers you to increase your visibility in the community and amongst professional peers.
     
     
   • Give forward to future generations of PAs through support of GAPA´s philanthropic program, Political Action Committee, or by becoming a mentor.
     
     
   • Help educate other PAs by speaking at GAPA'S CME conferences. Speakers are offered generous honorariums, complimentary conference registration, transportation and lodging reimbursements.

Your involvement as a GAPA member helps ensure the organization can remain dedicated to promoting high quality, cost-effective, accessible health care as part of a physician-directed physician assistant/physician team; continue to provide for personal growth and professional development of PAs; and promote and represent the PA profession in Georgia.

Join GAPA today or renew your membership by filling out GAPA’s secure online application/renewal form. Or, mail or fax GAPA’s downloadable application/renewal form to:

Georgia Association of Physician Assistants
1905 Woodstock Road
Suite 2150
Roswell, GA 30075

Fax: 770-640-1095