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Administration

Randy Danielsen, Ph.D., PA-C, DFAAPA, is dean of the Arizona School of Health Sciences and professor of physician assistant studies. He received his physician assistant training at the University of Utah MEDEX program and a master of physician assistant studies from the University of Nebraska. Dr. Danielsen received his Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences from the Union Institute & University with an emphasis on medical education. He joined the faculty of ASHS in 1995 and has served as chair in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies.

Dr. Danielsen has served on the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) Board since 1997. In 2005 he was elected to serve a three-year leadership term on the Board of Directors of the NCCPA and is the past NCCPA Chairman of the Board. He has served as the chair of the Research & Test Development Committee, as the secretary of the NCCPA Board of Directors, and as a member of the Executive Committee.

Dr Danielsen serves on the Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants and the Greater Valley Area Health Education Center. He is also the PA Editor-In-Chief of Clinician Reviews.

Barbara Maxwell, D.P.T.’06, M.Sc., B.Sc.(Hons), Cert THE, PT, is vice dean and associate professor of physical therapy. She joined the physical therapy faculty in the Arizona School of Health Sciences in 2004.

Dr. Maxwell has a bachelor of science with honors in physiotherapy from the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, a master of science in research methodology from Kings College, London University, a certificate in teaching in higher education from Oxford Brookes University, and a doctor of physical therapy degree from A.T. Still University. Her academic areas of interest include evidence-based practice, neurological rehabilitation, and social policy.

With over 20 years of experience as a physical therapist, Dr. Maxwell has worked within the British National Health Service and in private practice as both a cardio-pulmonary specialist and a neurology specialist. Dr. Maxwell has served as superintendent of the Physical Therapy Department at the MidKent Healthcare Trust in Maidstone, England, and as the program lead for the Physiotherapy Program at Oxford Brookes University.

David Wayne, Ph.D. is associate dean, assessment, faculty enhancement, and accreditation. He also works with the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health in the area of strategic planning. Dr. Wayne has a post-doctoral diploma in psychiatry with specialty in organizational studies, a Ph.D. in psychology with an organization development focus, and master degrees in sociology and counseling.

Dr. Wayne was associate clinical professor of psychiatry at McMaster University Medical School, and a course director at both York University and Arizona State University. He helped start and run the Family Practice Residency Program at John. C. Lincoln Health Network in Phoenix, one of only a handful of non-physicians leading a residency program in the U.S. Dr. Wayne is the author of three books and is a contributing author of the 2005 “The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation.”

Ken Pavlicek, Ph.D. is the assistant dean for academic technology and an assistant professor. He received a Ph.D. in botany from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, a master degree in biology from the University of New Mexico, and a bachelor of liberal arts degree from Bellarmine University. Dr. Pavlicek spent three years as a NASA post-doctoral research fellow at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

Prior to coming to Arizona School of Health Sciences in 1995, Dr. Pavlicek worked for nearly a decade as an information technology specialist and educational consultant. Dr. Pavlicek previously served as chair of the medical informatics program.