I have worked in a variety of practice environments, including family practice, emergency medicine, military medicine, occupational medicine, cardiology, and clinical research. Academically I have taught in the classroom, online, and hybrid courses. I enjoy the intellectual challenge of academia and the personal interactions with the students. 

Dr. Folusho Ogunfiditimi, is a PA who has amassed over 21 years of administrative and clinical knowledge as a healthcare administrator and a former practicing Physician Assistant in Urological Surgery. Folusho currently serves as the Administrator of Practice Management for Florida Health Care Plans (FHCP). He graduated from Howard University with a BSc. in PA Studies, obtained a Master’s in Public Health from the Medical College of Ohio and earned a Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership in 2013. His experience in healthcare administration spans both inpatient hospital administration to outpatient clinical practice management, all the while providing senior leadership opportunities to PAs, NPs and Physicians. Dr. Folusho is Well-versed in managing complex projects, planning, creating, and developing strategies in outpatient, ambulatory and inpatient healthcare settings while maintaining compliance with regulatory agencies. He is recognized as an empowering administrator with daily physician engagement and encounters, substantial knowledge in healthcare trends, Outpatient and Inpatient care management systems, physician compensation, incentives, alternative payment models as well as new and emerging technologies.

Ms. Pagel is the Executive Director of PA Services at the Cleveland Clinic Health System, and is responsible for the oversight, compliance, utilization and productivity of all physician assistants, ensuring they practice within a team-based model to promote and enhance patient access and care. She is a member of the Cleveland Clinic Physicians Health Committee, CRO/APP Optimization task force, and the BOG Practice Innovations & professional Fulfillment Council. She serves as Clinical Associate Faculty to the PA Program at the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and Butler University’s Doctorate of PA studies program. She is a member of the USAO Task Force on Heroin & Opioid Action Planning.Ms. Pagel is a Past President of the AAPA. She has held multiple appointed and elected positions within the organization and is a Distinguished Fellow of AAPA. She has served as a member of the AAPA finance committee, External affairs, Executive Committee, and the Collaboration for REMs Education team, which involves primary care, addiction medicine, and pain and hospice-palliative care specialty perspectives. She is the Director of Governmental Affairs and the Chair of the pharmacology CME committee for the Ohio Association of Physician Assistants and represents OAPA as a delegate to the HOD. She has served on the AAPA CEO Search committee, the Title change advisory Council, Nominating Workgroup and the Governing Commission Task Force.She has received multiple awards for her work within the PA profession. In 2018 Ms. Pagel was the inaugural recipient of Case Western Reserve’s “Josanne Pagel PA Advocacy Award”, an award recognizing all of her work advocating for the PA profession. The award is named in her honor. In 2017 she accepted the Partnership Award from PA Education Association for all of the work Cleveland Clinic’s PA Services has done to promote clinical training of PA students. In spring of 2014 she was inducted into the Pi Alpha Honor Society for Physician Assistants. She is a two time recipient of the OAPA Charles Hudson award for outstanding service. She has received multiple commendations for her volunteer work in the profession.As Executive Director of PA Services for The Cleveland Clinic Health System she accepted the inaugural Employer of Excellence award from AAPA’s Center of Health care leadership. She accepted the Employer of Excellence award again in 2020.Pagel began her PA career 42 years ago as a Peace Corps volunteer, working with communities in the Philippines. Returning to the U.S., she has worked in various medical disciplines, including CT surgery, family practice, psychiatry and addiction medicine. She presently volunteers with the county free clinic, providing much needed health care to members of the community.With more than 40 years of clinical experience and more than 30 years of executive administrative experience, Ms. Pagel has broad expertise in facilitating groups in organizational management, team building. Inter-professional work relations and engagement and executive leadership. She frequently gives talks on APP Reimbursement and practice models. As a former elected city council member of North Ridgeville, Ohio, Pagel represented her community on safety, building and lands, and administrative committees. She also ran for the Ohio House of Representatives. She is a champion of PA practice in Ohio and in the U.S. and continues to advocate for enhanced PA practice laws through legislation and lobbying.Pagel is a graduate of the Cuyahoga Community College Surgical PA program. She obtained her bachelor’s degree from Baldwin Wallace University and her master’s in PA studies, psychiatry and addiction medicine from the University of Nebraska. She is an Ordained Minister with a Masters in Divinity and is presently finishing her studies for a doctorate in divinity and metaphysical sciences. She is an avid gardener, and speaks to community groups on herbal gardening.