Yale School of Medicine
Education - Medical Education (small parent)
Physician Associate Program

Physician Associate Program
Harkness Office Building
Second Floor
367 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06510-3222
Tel: 203.785.2860
Fax: 203.785.3601
pa.program@yale.edu

Alexandria Garino, PA-C, MS

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine

Garino, Alexandria

Academic and
Professional Highlights

  • Develop and coordinate the didactic curriculum
  • Maintain accreditation standards for didactic curriculum
  • Lecture in general medicine, history taking, physical exam topics
  • Academic advisement of students
  • Clinical practice with Francine Foss, MD, lymphoma service at the Yale Cancer Center

Research Interests

  • Developing clinical skills in PA students
  • Quality of life assessment
  • Survey and exam validation

Courses taught, committee participation and professional activities

  • Course Director, History Taking and Physical Diagnosis
  • Instructor, Physical exam skills for medical and PA students
  • Chair, Education Programming and Curriculum Committee (EPCC)
  • Member, PA Program Admissions Committee
  • Member, Self Assessment Committee
  • Member, Progress Committee
  • Faculty Advisor, Jack Cole Society
  • Member, HAVEN Free Clinic Advisory Board
  • Member, ConnAPA Physician Assistant Foundation Board of Directors

Presentations and Publications

"MythBusters: The Science Behind Student Assessment," James Van Rhee.  Spotlight lecture presented at the 2009 PAEA Annual Education Forum. 
“Test Item Analysis: The Key to great exams,” James Van Rhee. Spotlight lecture presented at 2008 PAEA Annual Education Forum.
“Improving Observational Skill in Physician Assistant Students,” Garino A. Journal of Physician Assistant Education, 2008 19(1):47-52.
“Improving clinical anatomy recall and spatial relationship reasoning in PA students,” Faculty Presentation, Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) national conference, November 2007.
“Anticipation in families with Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in their pedigree,” Alexandrescu DT, Garino A, Brown-Balen KA, Wiernik PH. Leukemia & Lymphoma, 2006 (c5 47(10): 2115-2127.
“How to Interpret the Medical Literature,” Presented at New York State Society of Physician Assistants Spring CME Conference, March 2006.
“Instructor and Course Evaluations: Why, How, When,” with JoAnn Deasy. Presented at the Association of Physician Assistant Programs Conference, November 2004.
“Active chemotherapy for sarcomatoid and rapidly progressing renal cell carcinoma,” D Nanus, A Garino, M Larkin, JP Dutcher. Cancer, 2004 Oct 1; 101(7): 1545-51.
“Oncologic Emergencies,” New York State Society of Physician Assistants Spring CME Conference, April 12, 2002 and again at St. John’s University Physician Assistant Symposium: Oncology Update, December 12, 2001.

Contact

Office

(203) 785-2860

Email

alexandria.garino@yale.edu

Education

  • MS Biostatistics/Clinical Research Methods, Columbia University, 2004
  • Physician Assistant Certification, Catholic Medical Center PA Program, 1999
  • BA English Literature, St. John’s University, 1994

Awards

  • 2006, PAEA Research Institute Grant
    Improving Clinical Anatomy Recall and Spatial Relationship Reasoning in Physician Assistant Students