Michelle Ona DiBaise, DHSc, PA-C

Director, Didactic Education

Professor

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Contact

michelledibaise@creighton.edu
PA Program Phoenix

Michelle Ona DiBaise, DHSc, PA-C

Director, Didactic Education

Professor

Michelle DiBaise, DHSc, PA-C, DFAAPA is a full professor and Director of Didactic Education at Creighton University PA Program in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska Medical Center and has been a full-time educator since 2004. She has held many leadership positions including serving on the AAPA Board of
Directors, the PA Foundation Board of Trustees, and the
Governance Council for PAEA. She has volunteered over the
past decade with underserved communities including
developing an interdisciplinary, inter-institutional free clinic
for the homeless in Central Phoenix, working with a
transitional facility providing substance abuse rehabilitation
for the homeless of Phoenix and providing free school
physicals at Title I schools in Mesa, AZ. Michelle joined the nccPA Health Foundation Board of Directors in 2022 and participated in the nccPA Health Foundation’s PArtners in Mental Health Summit in 2021.

Department

Medical Education (Phoenix)

Position

Professor

Articles

  • Journal of Physician Assistant Education
    Coplan, Bettie PhD, PA-C, Miller, Anthony MEd, DMSc (Hon), PA-C; Ritsema, Tamara PhD, MPH, PA-C; Bonnin, Kirsten DMSc, PA-C; Luck, Morgan EdD, PA-C; McDaniel, Jane MS, MLS(ASCP)SC; Bay, Curt PhD; Kiselyk, Angela EdD, PA-C; Kilstrom, Jonathan MPAS, PA-C; DiBaise, Michelle DHSc, PA-C, DFAAPA Graduate Record Examination Removal From Admissions and Physician Assistant/Associate Student Diversity, p. 1-8 2025
  • Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, 12th Edition
    Tarleton, S, DiBaise, M Clinical manifestations of nutrient deficiencies and toxicities, p. 795-820 2025

Publications

  • DiBaise, M, Bay, C., Bonnin, K., Coplan, B., Kilstrom, J., Kiselyk, A., Luck, M., McDaniel, M.J., Miller, A., Ritsema, T Poster: Association Between GRE Removal and PA Student Diversity. NCCPA REPRESENT! Summit, Atlanta, GA. 2024