Physician Assistant Program
Faculty and Staff

John Laird, N.D.

laird@chatham.edu
Associate Professor, Admissions Coordinator

Hometown : Pittsburgh, PA
Joined Chatham : 1996

Academic Areas of Interest

Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Nutrition, Human Anatomy

Personal Areas of Interest

Yoga

Education

• N.D., John Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine (Seattle, WA), 1984

Publications

• The Effect of Novice vs. Experienced Problem-Based Learning Facilitators on Student Outcomes. Journal of Physician Assistant Education. 2007;18(4):63-68. Hawkins S, Hertweck M, Laird J, Sekhon L, Kortyna D.
• Wellness in a Physician Assistant Curriculum: An Experiential Model. Journal of Physician Assistant Education. 2006;17(4):5-11. Laird J, Hawkins S, Hertweck M, Biearman B.

Presentations

• Laird J. "Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Clinical Pearls". Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants Annual Conference (Harrisburg, PA), October 2006
• Laird J. "Dietary Supplements: Adjunctive Cancer Treatment". Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants Annual Conference (Philadelphia, PA), October 2005.
• Laird J. "Update on Drug-Dietary Supplement Interactions". Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants Annual Conference (Pittsburgh, PA), October 2003
• Kortyna D, Laird J, Borsch D. "Conventional and Complementary Approaches to the Treatment of Migraine Headaches". American Association of Physician Assistants 29th Annual Conference, May 2001.