Mary Showstark MS, PA-C

Mary Showstark is a physician assistant (PA) who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 2001 and a master’s degree in 2004 from the University of Florida. She started her career working at the University of Florida Health Shands Hospital in trauma surgery and shortly after became chief PA. Showstark’s clinical experience is in trauma surgery, emergency medicine, urgent care and disaster preparedness for the federal government in numerous locations, including Los Angeles at LAC+USC, Maui, New York City and Miami Beach.

Showstark began working in PA education in an accredited PA program in New York City in 2012, where she served as clinical coordinator, and taught Psychosocial, Physical Diagnosis, Clinical Skills, SIM, OSCES and Lab Medicine, and was course coordinator for Emergency Medicine II. Showstark joined Yale as an instructor in the Yale Physician Assistant Online Program in 2017. Showstark is the course director for Physical Assessment I, II and III, serves on the admissions committee and is an academic adviser to incoming students.

She is the chair of the Online IPE Committee and spearheads virtual reality projects utilizing the Stanford Heart and Augmented Reality platform, teaching students proper hand hygiene through SureWash Go technology. Showstark is licensed by the NCCPA. She also works with the federal disaster FAST teams, serves as one of the executive directors on the board of Surfer’s Medical Association, and is a consultant for the education board for Welch Allyn. In addition to her PA work, Showstark is certified in massage therapy and yoga. She is also a current member of PAEA and AAPA.