AF names physician assistant training program candidates Published April 20, 2015 By Shelly Petruska Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- Nearly 40 total force Airmen have been selected for the Interservice Physician Assistant Program with phase one of training beginning in August at Fort Sam Houston. "The 29-month program is open to all enlisted, officers and academy and reserve officer training corps cadets," said Kevin Smith, Air Force Personnel Center biomedical sciences corps education manager. The program includes 16 months of academic training followed by 13 months of "clerkship" at a military medical facility, Smith said. Once enlisted members complete the program, they will be commissioned as first lieutenants. Senior airmen selected for IPAP will be promoted to staff sergeant the day before they depart for the course and technical sergeants and above selected for promotion will pin on before their program entry date. The total force Airmen selected for this year's program are comprised of six officer and 32 enlisted active duty members including one National guardsman. The names below are listed by grade then alphabetical order for each class start date. August 2015 IPAP students include: 1st Lt. Adriane Bergmann 1st Lt. Lauren Brendel 1st Lt. Matthew Hamrick 2nd Lt. Danielle Griffith 2nd Lt. Kelley Katrein 2nd Lt. Erin Obrien December 2015 IPAP students include: Master Sgt. Peter Davey Jr. Tech Sgt. Brenda Ayala Tech Sgt. Courtney Enos (Guard) Tech Sgt. Andrew Glidewell Tech Sgt. Wesley Parker Staff Sgt. Charles Billig Staff Sgt. Eric Huff Staff Sgt. Dennis Johns Staff Sgt. Patrick Jones Staff Sgt. Erin Moore Staff Sgt. Jamie Morrison Staff Sgt. Miguel Serrano Staff Sgt. Nicholas Trudo Senior Airman Shelby Smile April 2016 IPAP students include: Tech Sgt. Kristopher Dolehanty Tech Sgt. Jessie Huynh Toor Tech Sgt. Shawn Miranda Tech Sgt. Michael Vadovsky Staff Sgt. Julian Florina Staff Sgt. Stephen Gilbert Staff Sgt. Bradley Larsen Staff Sgt. Mandy McLuckie Staff Sgt. Michael Palmer Staff Sgt. Dana Sanchez Staff Sgt. Ronald Smith Staff Sgt. Jason Turner August 2016 IPAP students include: Staff Sgt. Charles Davis Staff Sgt. Brian Fox Staff Sgt. Shazreena Furlough Senior Airman Jakob Ham Senior Airman Brian Loomis Senior Airman Kendra Staflin For more information about Air Force medical commissioning opportunities and other medical field information, visit the medical knowledge exchange site at https://kx.afms.mil. For more information about Air Force personnel programs go to myPers at https://mypers.af.mil. Individuals who do not have a myPers account can request one at www.retirees.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-120510-068.pdf.