The Texas Physician Assistant Board’s Presiding Officer, Karrie Lynn Crosby, PA-C, MPAS, issued the following statement acknowledging “PA Week,” which celebrates the physician assistant profession every year from October 6-12:
On July 24, 2024, a disciplinary panel of the Texas Physician Assistant Board temporarily suspended, without notice, the Texas physician assistant license of David Anthony Ward, P.A., (Lic. No. PA03618).
The Board panel found that Mr. Ward acted in an unprofessional or dishonorable manner, habitually used drugs or intoxicating liquors, and suffers from an impairment that is currently not being managed or monitored.
On July 1, 2025, a disciplinary panel of the Texas Physician Assistant Board temporarily suspended, without notice, the Texas Physician Assistant license of Javier Suarez Jaramillo, P.A., (Lic. No. PA10788), after determining his continuation in the practice as a physician assistant poses a continuing threat to public welfare after determining his continuation in the practice of medicine poses a continuing threat to public welfare. The suspension was effective immediately.
On February 26, 2025, a disciplinary panel of the Texas Physician Assistant Board temporarily suspended, without notice, the Texas physician assistant license of Jefferson Lee Rodieck, P.A., (Lic. No. PA05775).
