SFBAPA was started in 1997 by a group of volunteers and is still run by volunteers today. We are the largest PA organization in the Bay Area with more than 350 members. We remain a no-cost organization providing our members an opportunity to network, keep up with CME requirements (some of which offer CME 1) and share job opportunities. Meetings are free, every other month (odd-numbered months) and open to members. For more information, visit the membership page.
SFBAPA encourages all members to join California Academy of Physician Assistants, our state organization. CAPA is our voice in Sacremento, affecting legislative change to improve working restrictions for PAs in California. They also offer CME meetings which are well run and low-cost several times per year. Money sent to CAPA directly impacts our practice in California! Visit our summary of guidelines in California to get familiar with practice legislation in the state.
Please Help! Every month the steering committee gets numerous requests from potential PA students looking for a shadowing experience, many more than we can accomodate. Please consider having an interested person shadow you. If you are able to accomodate persons wishing to shadow, please contact Shelby. We will CC you on the emails we send around (currently just among the steering committee) when we are solicited.
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Shelby
Edwards PA-C, MPAS. A NY transplant, Shelby serves on the SFBAPA steering
committee as webmaster since 2000 and boasts near-perfect attendance at
SFBAPA meetings since moving to SF almost 10 years ago. When not at her
laptop, she can be found working in private practice orthopedics, emergency
medicine or as faculty at Samuel Merritt College PA program. She has a
BA in philosophy, tries to speak French and Finnish, and travels as much
as possible.
Martin
Kramer PA-C, AAHIVS. Martin graduated as a Physician Assistant from St.
Louis University in 1988. Over the years he has worked in urgent care
and internal medicine. His primary focus is HIV primary care. He holds
a certification from the American Academy of HIV Medicine as an HIV specialist.
He is also a board member of the PA AIDS network (PAAN), and is one of
the cofounders of SFBAPA. He has held positions at the Haight-Ashbury
Free Clinic and has worked at the renowned Conant Medical Group. He currently
works in a private internal medicine practice in San Francisco. In his
spare time he enjoys travel and exercise. He is fluent in German.
Kurtis
Opp PA-C. A native of San Francisco, Kurtis earned a BA degree from San
Francisco State University after working a decade as a respiratory therapist.
Kurtis attended PA school at Stanford's Primary Care Associate Program,
graduating with honors in 1991. After working 2 years in cardiac surgery,
urgent care, and occupational medicine, Kurtis began working at UCSF with
professor Marcus Conant, MD. As the first dermatology PA in San Francisco,
Kurtis's derm training spanned over a 10 year period with Dr.Conant. Kurtis
enjoys a busy private practice at Davies Medical Center, while working
part-time at Mission Neighborhood Health Center and St. Mary's Medical
Center. Kurtis is past president and co-founder of the Society of Dermatology
PAs, a steering committee member of the SFBAPA, and founder of the Derm
PA Journal Club of San Francisco. His hobbies include swimming, running,
and playing the accordion.
Nais
Raulet, PA-C, AAHIVS practices in internal medicine, HIV medicine, and
women's health at Drennan-Cubba Medical Group with Dr. Louis Cubba in
San Francisco. She received a BA in Anthropology from the University of
Michigan and her physician assistant education from UC Davis. Memberships
include AAPA, CAPA, AAHIVM, the Sierra Club, and the National Audubon
Society. She likes hiking, cooking, and hanging with friends and family
almost as much as she likes medicine.
Carl
Stein MHS, PA-C, AAHIVS received his PA education at Duke University Medical
School. Since 1994, he has worked in San Francisco in HIV and general
internal medicine with Bill Owen, MD. He is a cofounder of SFBAPA. He
is a member of AAPA, CAPA, PAAN, San Francisco CPCRA, and AAHIVM. He has
a B.A. in history from University of Michigan