PA Physician Assistant for the Orthopedics Department at Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA

The outpatient clinic is committed to providing comprehensive orthopedic care to the Active Duty and Retired Service members and their families living in the Tidewater Area. The sub-specialty focus is Orthopedic Hand.

Specific duties:

• Provide a full range of Musculoskeletal care, including examination, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the Musculoskeletal system such as contusions, strains, sprains, sports medicine-related injuries, back and neck pain, chronic and acute neuromuscular disease, and demyelinating disease.
• Management of nonsurgical musculoskeletal problems, including Rheumatic disease, collagen diseases, and foot disorders.
• Treatment of peripheral nervous system and myoneural junction disorders (e.g., radiculopathies and myasthenia gravis).
• Generalized conditioning and injury rehabilitation.
• Evaluati...