Sara Trivette PA-C, CHES, MPAS, B.S.
Home: 238 Wiregrass WayAlbany, GA31721 / Phone (229) 376-0660
Education
5/04-6/06Masters of Physician Assistant Studies
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
8/00-5/04Bachelor’s of Science: Health Science
TrumanStateUniversity, Kirksville, MO
Certifications/Licenses
State of Georgia Composite Board of Medical ExaminersExpires 4/30/2016
NCCPA CertificationExpires 12/31/2016
BLS certifiedExpires 9/2016
CHES certified3/04- 3/09, 3/13-present
(Certified Health Education Specialist)
Agricultural Occupational Health Training ProgramCompleted 6/05
Herbal medication certificate of completionCompleted 4/05
( Wake Forest School of Medicine)
Employment
3/13-present Physician AssistantAlbany Area Primary Healthcare, Albany, GA
Primary care provider and Certified Health Education Specialist responsible for TurnerElementary School
Based HealthCenter. Duties include seeing faculty, staff, and children with a focus on preventive medicine,
obesity prevention, asthma control, and developing policy to improve wellness not only at the school level but
also at the school district level. Continue to be involved developing treatment plans, managing
medications, ordering and interpreting laboratory and radiology studies, education patients, and coordinating
care between other specialties.
8/06-3/13Physician AssistantAlbany Area Primary Healthcare, Albany, GA
PA actively caring for patients in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Family Practice and HIV clinics. Duties
include performing histories and physicals, developing treatment plans, managing medications, ordering
and interpreting laboratory and radiology studies, educating patients, and coordinating care between other
specialties.
Volunteer Experience
3/15-presentClinical Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies for Arizona School of Health Sciences, Dept
of Physician Assistant Studies
2/15Presentation through AHEC to students interested in health careers
9/14-presentCo-chair Dougherty County School System Wellness Council
10/14-presentCo-chair Turner Elementary School Wellness Council
10/14Community Resource and Health Fair
4/12- presentNHSC scholar mentor
12/06-5/10Primary medical consultant for East Albany Pediatrics Reach Out and Read program
05/09, annuallyFree sports physicals, Albany, GA
Sara Trivette PA-C, CHES, MPAS, B.S.
Home: 238 Wiregrass WayAlbany, GA31721 / Phone (229) 376-0660
Volunteer Experience Continued
10/08Community day, educate on health professions, Albany, GA
9/08Kids Expo, provided health education, Albany, GA
9/07Promote graduation and literacy at local elementary school, Albany, GA
6/07Spring Fling, day of health education, Albany, GA
7/0510,000 Steps meeting volunteer, Fort Yukon, AK
9/04-5/05Mobile Clinic volunteer, a free medical clinic, Iowa City, IA
9/01-5/04Christian Community Clinic volunteer, a free rural medical clinic, Kirksville, MO
9/01-5/04Regularly taught health issues at Preferred Family Health Care, a drug rehabilitation center for
Teens, Kirksville, MO
9/01-5/04Ombudsman Volunteer for long term care residents, La Plata, MO
9/01-5/04Safe Break Volunteer, a program geared toward safe driving, Kirksville, MO
2/03PACE, People with Arthritis Can Exercise trained, Kirksville, MO
Grants
05/15Co-authored Action for Healthy Kids grant for Turner Elementary, awarded $2500 to promote physical activity
05/15Co-authored Georgia SHAPE grant for Turner Elementary, awarded $5000 to promote physical activity and healthy eating
07/14-presentHealth educator for Hallways to Health grant from Kaiser Permanente
12/06Authored Reach Out and Read Grant for East Albany Pediatrics and AdolescentCenter
4/03Co-author The Missouri Foundation for Health grant for the FamilyAdvocacyCenter, an after
school program for at risk youth, Kirksville, MO
3/03Co-author American Red Cross Workplace Stress Grant, Kirksville, MO
12/02 Co-author Your Heart Matters grant from the American Red Cross, Kirksville, MO
Research and Presentations
2/15Presentation to Dougherty County School System School Board regarding the role of the District Wellness
Committee, the importance having a strong Local Wellness Policy and the role of the School Based
Health Center
2/15Panel presentation on School Wellness at the Southwest Georgia Wellness Summit
7/14Presentation at School Based Health Alliance National Meeting on Working with Dougherty County School
Systems on Implementing an Updated Local Wellness Policy
4/04Presentation at TrumanState’s Undergraduate Research Symposium
4/04Presentation to Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine medical students on long term care
facilities and being a patient advocate
3/04State presentation for TrumanStateUniversity’s Capital Poster Day in Jefferson City, spoke with
state lawmakers on the Ombudsman program
12/03Co-author “Long Term Care Administrator’s Perceptions of the Ombudsman in the state of
Missouri” in review in The Director
11/03State presentation for Missouri Coalition for Quality Care on the Ombudsman program
10/03National presentation at Eta Sigma Gamma and American School Health Association’s national
conference on the Student Ombudsmen model in Missouri
Sara Trivette PA-C, CHES, MPAS, B.S.
Home: 238 Wiregrass WayAlbany, GA31721 / Phone (229) 376-0660
Research and Presentations Continued
10/03 National presentation at Eta Sigma Gamma and American School Health Association’s national
conference on Missouri’s long-term care administrator’s perceptions of the Ombudsman program
6/03Co-author “The Student Ombudsmen Model: Increasing the number of Long Term Care
Ombudsmen in Missouri” published in the Annals of Long Term Care June 2003
5/03Summer Undergraduate Research Grant for Perceptions of the Ombudsman program
4/03Presentation at TrumanState’s Undergraduate Research Symposium
12/02Christian Community Clinic Needs Assessment for future grant writing
Honors and Awards
5/10- 5/12National Health Service Corp Loan Repayment
12/09Albany Area Primary Health Care Provider of the Year
6/04-6/06National Health Service Corp Scholar
11/03Certificate of Achievement from the Missouri Coalition for Quality Care
8/00-5/04Leadership Scholarship from TrumanStateUniversity
8/00-5/04Bright Flight Scholarship from Missouri
8/03-5/04Eta Sigma Gamma Founder’s Scholarship
8/00-5/01Elizabeth Spelman Foundation Scholarship
Memberships
2015-presentSchool Based Health Alliance
2015-presentGeorgia Association of Physician Assistants
2013-presentAmerican Academy of Pediatrics
2013-presentGeorgia Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics
2013-presentSociety of Physician Assistants in Pediatrics
2005-presentAmerican Academy of Physician Assistants
References on request