Paula Stuart

Stuart is a course instructor for History and Physical Examination in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies and serves as faculty facilitator for problem-based learning. She earned her B.S. in Food, Nutrition and Food Service Management at the UNC Greensboro in 1997 and completed the Dietetic Internship Program at UNCG in 1998. She worked as a registered dietitian in the hospital setting for six years, assessing patients in critical care and the burn unit for nutrition support, and counseling patients with eating disorders. She graduated from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program. Stuart has experience in family medicine, emergency medicine, urgent care and outpatient gastroenterology. For the past 17 years, she worked in outpatient gastroenterology at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, where she focused primarily on patients with esophageal motility disorders and gastroparesis. She also was involved in gastroparesis research with the National Institutes of Health for the past 17 years. She is currently studying to complete her Master of Public Health Leadership at UNC Chapel Hill, with a projected graduation date in May 2025.