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Professional Goal: Enhancing health care access and improving the health and well-being of all Nevadans through education.
In 2015, Dr. Lauf joined the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, as the Founding Program Director of the developing Physician Assistant (PA) Studies Program. Brian is a 1997 graduate of the charter class at Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon. After graduation and returning to Nevada, Brian was fortunate to practice several years in a rural clinic alongside a seasoned rural physician. In 2000, Brian earned a Master of Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Nebraska. He completed his Doctor of Medical Science at the University of Lynchburg in 2020.
Throughout his career, Brian has continuously pursued the evolution of PAs in clinical medicine, leadership, health information technology, and as an entrepreneur in the business of health care.
Brian has held several local and national PA leadership roles, including President (2001, 2020) of the Nevada Academy of PAs (NAPA) and Delegate/Chief Delegate to the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) House of Delegates (HOD). He’s advocated for the PA profession in Nevada and Washington, D.C. He currently serves as NAPA’s Government Affairs Committee Chair and its Delegate to the AAPA HOD.
In his free time, he enjoys being a husband of an amazing wife and father of two beautiful children. Outside of his current all-consuming passion for PA education, he enjoys traveling, the outdoors (hiking, skiing), and basketball.
