Bio
Dr. Hendrix is responsible for the overall coordination, management and leadership of PA education at UMB. She earned her doctorate in health education from AT Still University in 2011, and earned her master of science in Engineering and Applied Physics of Biomedicine from the Johns Hopkins University in 1998. A 2003 graduate of this PA Program, Dr. Hendrix completed a postgraduate PA residency in general surgery at Duke University Medical Center in 2004. Her practice as a certified PA spans a multitude of specialties including general, vascular, and thoracic surgery, emergency medicine, and urgent care. Dr. Hendrix has spent the majority of her career in higher education; her passion in developing students' critical thought process at the graduate and post graduate levels has allowed her to excel in her roles in PA education. She is a highly sought-after lecturer on the national stage, and has earned a solid reputation for curriculum development that cultivates critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills in physician assistant students and in medical residents.