Mr. Henry Lee “Buddy” Treadwell, who was trained by and worked with Dr. Amos Johnson in general practice in Garland, North Carolina, crystallized Dr. Eugene A. Stead’s vision of how a PA could be used to help over-worked doctors deliver health care services. For more information click here.
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HenryTreadwell Digital Image Collection, PA History Society, Johns Creek, GA. Photograph (bottom right) appeared in article by McClure, Willaim W., A “Medic” in General Practice. Medical Economics, 15 May 1967.