Anne Walsh

After graduating the University of Missouri (B.A. Biological Sciences '88) and the University of Kansas (B.S. Cytotechnology '89), Ms. Walsh worked as a Cytotechnoligist for almost 10 years at the University of California, Irvine before her career change to PA. She graduated cum laude from the University of Southern California Primary Care PA program in 2000, where she was elected Co-President of the PA Student Society and represented the Health Sciences Campus on the USC Student Senate. In 2004, she completed her Master of Medical Science degree at Nova Southeastern University; her thesis explored the link between diabetes and chronic liver disease. Ms. Walsh has spent her clinical career in Family Medicine and Gastroenterology, where she has precepted dozens of PA and medical students on their clinical rotations and mentored numerous pre-PA "shadow" students.

In 2003, she returned to USC's Keck School of Medicine as faculty in the Department of Family Medicine, where she taught medical students on their Family medicine Clerkship and guest lectured for the PA students (Clinical Skills, Gastroenterology). Appointed Interim Program Director from 2010-11, she remained as part-time PA faculty until 2018. She continues to volunteer with the USC Pipeline Program and return for guest lectures.

In 2018, Ms. Walsh joined Chapman's PA Program as a Clinical Associate Professor. She directs Gastroenterology, Hematology, Infectious Disease, History and Physical Diagnosis, and PA Professional Practice courses, in addition to facilitating Clinical Skills workshops, Interprofessional Education activities, Emergency Medicine Simulations, and coaching the Student Challenge Bowl Team. Chair of the Student Progress Committee, she also served as the Interim Director of Admissions in 2021.

Ms. Walsh has presented at many national conferences and published several textbook chapters and research articles. She is a peer reviewer for Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, Annals of Family Medicine, and Journal of Physician Assistant Education. In 2014 she was honored as an AAPA Distinguished Fellow and inducted into the Pi Alpha Honor Society. She has been elected/appointed to serve the California Academy of Physician Assistants as Director at Large, PAEA as Liaison to the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and member of the Grants and Scholarships Review Committee, and NCCPA as an exam item writer and PA Ambassador. Passionate about primary care access and the prevention of medical errors, she consults as a medical case reviewer/expert witness and volunteers with Orange County's community clinics.