CoxHealth physician assistant nationally recognized for earning specialty credential

Dustin J. Bartlett, MPAS, PA-C, a physician assistant in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at CoxHealth, has been nationally recognized for earning a specialty credential called a Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).

Bartlett was recognized for earning a CAQ in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, a distinction earned by meeting licensure, experience, and substantial continuing medical education requirements and then passing a national exam in the specialty. He is the only PA in Missouri to earn a CAQ in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery since the program’s inception in 2011.

CAQs are offered to certified PAs in seven specialties: cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, emergency medicine, hospital medicine, orthopedic surgery, nephrology, pediatrics and psychiatry.