{"id":3459,"date":"2023-01-23T15:32:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T20:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/pharmacy-health\/?page_id=3459"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:43:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:43:59","slug":"alumni-profiles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/pharmacy-health\/doctor-medical-science\/bridge-program\/alumni-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Bridge Program Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/pharmacy-health\/doctor-medical-science\/bridge-program\/admission\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Admission<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/pharmacy-health\/doctor-medical-science\/bridge-program\/curriculum\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Curriculum<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/pharmacy-health\/doctor-medical-science\/bridge-program\/bridge-program-faculty-staff\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Faculty &#038; 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So, I highly recommend it to people. I try to get as many people to do the program as I can, even if they&#8217;re not sure what they want to do in the future.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, White enrolled in Butler\u2019s Master\u2019s of PA Studies program after spending the previous seven years as a stay-at-home mother to her two children. She joined her DMS Bridge program cohort in the summer of 2022 and finished in December of that year.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flexibility of the program\u2019s online courses and capstone project enabled her to manage her demanding schedule and schoolwork.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt worked out beautifully for me, even with my kids,\u201d White says. \u201cDuring that time, I think we even did a little bit of traveling. Being online gives you a lot of flexibility. You can do it wherever.\u201d&nbsp;<br><br>Today, White is a family medicine PA with Pike Medical Consultants, an independently owned practice on the northwest side of Indianapolis. She splits her time between primary care and urgent care.<br><br>On a weekly basis, she sees the advantages of her DMS, and she\u2019s even more excited about what it could do for her future.&nbsp;<br><br>\u201cIt really helped me understand the way I looked at the data, evidence-based medicine, and how I practice medicine,\u201d White says. \u201cIt\u2019s going to help me tremendously as I move toward potential opportunities in academia, most PA schools want their professors to have doctorates.\u201d<br><br>White is already dipping her toes into the world of academia. In May, she\u2019ll also be transitioning into a primary care clinical professor role with Butler&#8217;s PA Master&#8217;s program. In this position, she will help onboard and further prepare students for their primary care clinical rotations, help guide their progress, and more.<br><br>While she\u2019s unsure if or when she\u2019ll fully dive into the world of PA education, White loves knowing that the option is always there for her, thanks to Butler\u2019s DMS Bridge program.&nbsp;<br><br>\u201cEven without knowing 100 percent that I\u2019d work in leadership or in academia or do research or anything like that, I knew that sometimes circumstances change,\u201d White says. \u201cI didn&#8217;t want to be five years into my PA career and then look back and say, &#8216;I should have done that program. That would have been a good move for me.&#8217;&nbsp;<br><br>\u201cI would have regretted that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-69c6a5bec7204-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 1 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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In actuality, this PA and 2023 graduate of Butler\u2019s Doctor of Medical Science (DMS) Bridge program has followed a thoughtful plan to become a practicing healthcare educator.<br><br>\u201cMy entire journey to this point has revolved around education. Knowledge is like an unquenchable thirst. I love learning, teaching, and learning through teaching,\u201d Jan says. \u201cIt\u2019s in my blood. As I grew up in America, my mom and dad always emphasized how important education is and how no one can take it away from you. I\u2019ve held that to my heart.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan, his siblings, and his mother left Pakistan when he was 8. He credits his \u201cremarkable and supportive\u201d parents for nurturing his long-held interest in both teaching and medicine; he double majored to earn two bachelor\u2019s degrees at once: in Education and in Science, graduating summa cum laude with the former and magna cum laude with the latter. But instead of heading to the medical school where he was accepted, he became a high school teacher at the same inner-city school his siblings had attended as youths.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After two years in teaching he returned to medicine, enrolling in PA school with a plan to become a PA program director\/instructor; he was one of just 15 students nationwide selected as a Future Educator Fellow by the PA Education Association. Three months after graduating, Jan started a job as a hospital emergency department PA.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One week later, he began Butler\u2019s DMS Bridge Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI realized that if I want to be taken seriously, having a terminal degree gives you a better seat at the table to make a difference. I saw an opportunity with the Butler DMS Bridge to finish in two semesters. It was rigorous and demanding, but I learned a lot and made great friends. It\u2019s a challenge, but anybody can do it,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And because of his Bridge Program experience, Jan says he now thinks about healthcare more holistically.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInstead of just thinking about the medical treatment in a situation, I also think about the administrative aspect, the team, and other components. The Program taught me there\u2019s a whole integrated, interacting system.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He plans to stay in emergency medicine as a DMS and learn more about the hospitalist\/inpatient side. 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The best way to prepare for this, he decided, was Butler\u2019s Doctor of Medical Science (DMS) Bridge program.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt goes back to my faith. I\u2019ve always wanted to work with people who don\u2019t have good access to good medical care. They can\u2019t afford medicines, they don\u2019t have access to specialists, and frankly, a lot of them aren\u2019t listened to, just pushed through the system,\u201d he says. \u201cI wanted to start myself off well in my career with a really good foundation.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Timing, cost, and experience influenced his decision.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cButler has been in PA education for a long time and has such a good reputation. I was super pleased at how my Butler Master\u2019s in PA Studies prepared me for clinical practice, and I trusted Butler to deliver a good DMS program, too,\u201d Lasley says. \u201cPlus, the Bridge program nests nicely between starting a job and getting your licensing stuff figured out. I started the program in May, accepted the job where I am now in June and began working in late August.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Looking back, he said he was more nervous about enrolling in the accelerated Bridge program than he needed to be.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was ready to put in the same hours studying as I did in PA school. The Bridge program was rigorous but more flexible than my master\u2019s program. If I had known, it would\u2019ve helped me relax.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Butler DMS Bridge program gave him new tools for addressing more than just the medical needs of the population of patients he intends to serve.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think sometimes the medical part of being a clinician needs to be secondary to lending someone a caring ear for 20 minutes,\u201d he says. \u201cPart of meeting that medical need is to stay up to date on current research. The DMS Bridge program, particularly its immersion in medical literature, taught me how to process research to see if I can apply something to my practice and how to translate the information for my patients.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lasley\u2019s new communication skills help with other medical professionals, too.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe DMS Bridge degree also touches on the language of healthcare administrators and translating what management is asking you to do. 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Open only to recent PA graduates, the program applies their already-completed clinical hours to their doctoral requirements.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt takes two years off earning a DMS degree. That\u2019s a lot of time saved,\u201d says Simons.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Becoming a certified PA, awaiting your credentials, and securing your first job can take months\u2014time best spent improving your skills. Butler DMS Bridge students use this time to gain research and leadership skills, becoming more attractive to employers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As someone who came late to the PA profession, Simons wanted to save all the time he could.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wanting the light bulb moments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simons was ready to become an analytical chemist in 2015. Unable to find the right position, he took a job as a dermatology office medical assistant despite having \u201cno interest in medicine. None,\u201d he says.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless, he became immersed in supporting four PAs and a doctor and came to understand the significant role a PA plays in patient care. He\u2019d held the job for two years when an overheard conversation crystallized a desire to become one.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA PA was going back and forth with a patient, having a lot of trouble figuring out what was wrong. Then, with the answer to one specific question, a light bulb went off in her head. She suddenly knew what was wrong from something she\u2019d read in a research study. I wanted to be able to do that,\u201d Simons says.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He became a certified PA in 2021 but felt he didn\u2019t know how to effectively explore research data. So, he sought out a doctoral program and chose Butler.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen a PA has tried x-y-z with a patient and gets stuck, we don\u2019t have the intrinsic medical-school knowledge a physician does. We must assess risks\/benefits without having been taught how to identify sound vs. skewed research,\u201d Simons says. \u201cIn the DMS program, we get a fuller understanding of properly interpreting statistical data.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saving money while learning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another appeal of Butler\u2019s DMS Bridge was how soon after PA school he could start.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnce you leave school, you\u2019re juggling life, paying off loans, you\u2019re off the school pace. DMS Bridge sets you up for your future while you\u2019re still focused on being a student,\u201d Simons says. \u201cIt\u2019s just another seven months of classes, and you have a complete educational experience.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fully online DMS Bridge program also relieves students of substantial costs.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs I said, I don\u2019t see a single downside. 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By applying a recently graduated PA\u2019s clinical hours, the program can be finished in less time and at a lower cost than waiting until later in a PA\u2019s career.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As soon as she learned about it, the newly minted PA (and woman who had never intended to go to college at all) signed up.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Out of planes and into PA school<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown had grown up with a lofty career goal. \u201cI wanted to jump out of airplanes and save people,\u201d she says. \u201cAs soon as I turned 17, I asked my mom if I could join the Air Force.\u201d Brown enlisted right after high school graduation. Six years later, <br><br>\u201cI realized enlisted life is great but didn\u2019t fulfill my passion. I\u2019d become a medic and did get to save people but there was no jumping out of planes,\u201d she says.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown was with a Special Forces unit when she discovered the Interservice Physician Assistant Program (IPAP), an accelerated path toward a Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) degree.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t even know what a PA was, just that they knew more than I did,\u201d Brown laughed. \u201cSomeone let me shadow them, and right away I thought, \u2018This is definitely for me.\u2019\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She went \u201ccrazy\u201d (her word) to quickly finish the prerequisites, graduating in 35 months and moving to Andrews Air Force Base in October 2022 to await her PA credentials.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown admitted she soon \u201cgot bored\u201d waiting. Then, \u201cOne of my PA friends said he was getting his doctorate. I didn\u2019t even know a PA doctorate existed. That\u2019s when I found Butler.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Getting smarter faster<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The timing and accelerated nature of Butler\u2019s DMS Bridge program appealed to Brown.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was fast, I was still in the school mindset, and it was so cost competitive. So, I did it,\u201d she says.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown developed a network of PA contacts she\u2019d never had before and believes she\u2019s a better researcher and critical thinker because of the DMS Bridge program.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re able to look at things from a different standpoint, further away than you could before. I can solve problems through scientific research like nobody\u2019s business now,\u201d she says. \u201cIt certainly has helped me in my practice.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now Dr. Brown (she\u2019ll also become Capt. 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