Mary Ann Laxen, PA-C (FNP ’91), director and associate professor, and Annette Larson, PA-C (FNP ’79), assistant professor, Physician Assistant Studies Program, Grand Forks, have been recognized as Distinguished Fellows of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. They have joined a select number of outstanding physician assistants who have distinguished themselves among their colleagues, as well as in their communities, by their service to the PA profession, their commitment to advancing health care for all people, and by their exemplary personal and professional development, according to Cynthia Lord, MHA, PA-C, AAPA president. Laxen, associate professor of community and family medicine, has directed the PA program since 1999. Larson, assistant professor of family and community medicine, has been a faculty member with the program since 1991. The PA Program offers a Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree for experienced health care professionals. Physician assistants are licensed health professionals who practice medicine as members of a team with their supervising physicians. PAs deliver a broad range of medical and surgical services to diverse populations in rural and urban settings. AAPA, the only national organization representing physician assistants in all medical and surgical specialties, is one of the largest medical societies in the United States.