title: Ladder advancement for hospital-based physician assistants: a timely idea.
authors.affiliation: Gina M. Luckianow practices in the Department of Surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Conn. Lewis J. Kaplan is chief of surgery at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center and an associate professor of surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Gina M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Luckianow
authors.forename: Lewis J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D010823:Physician Assistants