The Megan Rand Scholarship Committee

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Jenny (Rand) Smith

MMSc, PA-C

Founder and Chair, Megan Rand Scholarship and Committee

Term Lecturer, MGH IHP Physician Assistant Studies

A photo of Sylvia Brandenburg, with long auburn hair and hoop earrings smiling at the camera, wearing a white lab coat.

Sylvia Brandenberg

DMSc, PA-C, CAQ-EM, FAWM

Medical Director, Transylvania County Rescue Squad 

Emergency Medicine PA, Mission Health

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Harrison Keyes

MPAS, PA-C

Medical Director, BMC Clinic, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Chief Delegate, Massachusetts Association of PAs (MAPA)

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Dan McGuire

MPAS, PA-C, Paramedic, FAWM

Mobile Integrated Healthcare, CityBlock Health

Trauma Services, Mission Hospital

Medical Director, Transylvania County Rescue Squad

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Joshua R. Merson

DMSc, MS-HPEd, PA-C, CHSE, CAQ-EM, NHDP-BC, DFAAPA

Northeastern University Dept. of Medical Sciences:

  • Program Director - DMSc

  • Program Director - Extreme Medicine

  • Clinical Associate Professor

TL/LNO Cadre, Team Rubicon

Primary Care Indirect APP, Mass General Hospital

Director at Large & Legislative Chair, Massachusetts Association of PAs (MAPA)

Committee Members with Megan Rand

Dan McGuire, Harrison Keyes, Megan Rand, and Sylvia Brandenberg, posing for a photo after graduating from MGH IHP Physician Assistant Studies.

From left: Dan McGuire, Harrison Keyes, Sylvia Brandenberg, and Megan Rand. Photo provided by Sylvia Brandenberg.

Megan Rand, Sylvia Brandenberg, Harrison Keyes, and Dan McGuire posing in front of a display of medical research.

From left: Megan Rand, Sylvia Brandenberg, Harrison Keyes, and Dan McGuire. Photo provided by Sylvia Brandenberg.