Doctors > WHITNEY GAYDOS, PA-C

• specialty:
• Cardiology
• ba:
• Lafayette College, Easton, PA, 1996
• bs:
• Touro College Physician Assistant Program, New York, NY, 2000
• board certification:
• Physician Assistant, 2000

Whitney Gaydos, PA-C, who is board certified as a Physician Assistant brings to Summit Medical Group strong leadership skills having served as the President of the New Jersey State Society of Physician Assistants and also Liaison to the American College of Cardiology. Ms. Gaydos graduated Magna Cum Laude as a Physician Assistant from Touro College, a curriculum she chose because of her fascination with the physiology of the human body and her desire to help people. Her career since graduation has encompassed work in Cancer research, physical rehabilitation and emergency medicine. While working at Overlook Hospital, she founded the Society of Physicians Assistants for the hospital and was awarded the ACE award for employee excellence. She had also been an enthusiastic participant in the Shadow program, a national project where experienced health care providers and other professionals share their knowledge and work experience with high school students. Her greatest satisfaction in her work is patient education, assisting her patients in reaching their physical and personal health goals and informing them of their treatment options. When not working, she enjoys skiing, golfing and listening to Jazz.

Whitney has received the 2008 Outstanding PA of the Year award given by the New Jersey State Society of Physician Assistants (NJSSPA) honoring a physician assistant (PA) who demonstrates exemplary service to the PA profession and community as well as advancing the profession of physician assistants.