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12605 East 16th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045

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39.74430, -104.83870

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PA Postgraduate Program at a Glance

  • Specialty: Surgery
  • Location: Aurora, CO
  • Accreditation: Not ARC-PA Accredited
  • Program length: 12 months
  • Positions per year: 6 per year (3 per cohort, two cohorts annually)
  • Stipend / salary: $77,174 for the 12-month program — SHARED figure. Published once as “A salary of $77,174 will be provided to all fellows over the course of the 12-month program” on the single page covering BOTH the Surgery and Surgical Critical Care tracks; Hospital Medicine and Medical Critical Care publish the identical figure independently on their own pages. Not track-specific.
  • Benefits: 21 days vacation; 50+ CME hours
  • Credential awarded: Check program website
  • Eligibility: “The program is designed for both Physician Assistants and Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioners who are interested in a career in general surgery or a surgical subspecialty.” “All applicants must have graduated from a Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program.”
  • Application deadline: September 30 for the spring cohort and March 31 for the fall cohort (fall-cohort applications open February 1). Recurring annual windows.
  • How to apply: Direct application
  • Start date: April 1 (spring cohort) and September 1 (fall cohort)
  • Setting & rotations: General surgery and surgical subspecialties, UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (Aurora) plus Medical Center of the Rockies (Loveland). This is the only UCHealth APP track with operative experience.

Not ARC-PA accredited — which is normal for PA postgraduate programs and is not a mark against this one. This specific program is not separately listed in APPAP’s member directory; verify current status with the program.

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