Dale J. Bingham, PA-C, MPH

Dale J. Bingham is a physician assistant.

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Conditions and diseases

Reading faces behind masks left me repeatedly surprised

Dale J. Bingham, PA-C, MPH

September 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

For generations, we've heard the saying, "The eyes give you away." The phrase suggests that the eyes reveal who we are, that they communicate our personality, emotions, and even our identity. More importantly, that one could not lie, or we'd…

For generations, we’ve heard the saying, “The eyes give you away.” The phrase suggests that the eyes reveal who we are, that they communicate our personality, emotions, and even our identity. More importantly, that one could not lie, or we’d see it in their eyes.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, however, I found myself questioning that assumption. Like countless clinicians, I spent months (years?) interacting with patients whose faces were largely hidden …

Conditions and diseases

When protocol kills: a tragic lesson from the ER

Dale J. Bingham, PA-C, MPH

March 11, 2025Mar 11, 2025

My wife once told me, "It was like everyone was your friend." And she may be right. I connect well with others and take an honest interest in them. In practice, I always ask where they are from. I find…

My wife once told me, “It was like everyone was your friend.” And she may be right. I connect well with others and take an honest interest in them. In practice, I always ask where they are from. I find that a great opener, and even Alzheimer’s patients and the elderly can often answer that one. I have done that since my paramedic days.

Don’t get me wrong, though, as I …

Conditions and diseases

Why superheroes never get sick: the mask connection

Dale J. Bingham, PA-C, MPH

January 25, 2025Jan 25, 20252

A daily dose of sarcasm to trigger some thought, and to ask some serious questions we all should be able to discuss peacefully. These are not necessarily my personal beliefs, lest I need to be attacked at some point by…

But let’s start here: I’ve never known Batman, or Robin, for that case, to ever get ill. And I am old enough to remember racing home to catch …

Conditions and diseases

How one ER’s choice changed my son’s life forever

Dale J. Bingham, PA-C, MPH

December 3, 2024Dec 3, 20242

The emergency room is my domain. As a paramedic and a PA, I have spent much of my life in and out of emergency rooms—maybe more time in ERs than at home over 40 years in this business. Yet, let…

The emergency room is my domain. As a paramedic and a PA, I have spent much of my life in and out of emergency rooms—maybe more time in ERs than at home over 40 years in this business. Yet, let me say I am not a fan of ERs for many reasons, mainly due to the providers who seem to staff them. Beyond the nurses’ and the providers’ jabs of …

Health policy

What’s the future of the physician assistant?

Dale J. Bingham, PA-C, MPH

March 7, 2020Mar 7, 202030

Currently, in America, there are only three legal groups of prescribers, the physicians (which include MDs, DOs, DPMs), the nurse practitioner (NPs), and the physician assistant (PAs). The first class of physician assistants, in 1965, was also the year of…

Currently, in America, there are only three legal groups of prescribers, the physicians (which include MDs, DOs, DPMs), the nurse practitioner (NPs), and the physician assistant (PAs).

The first class of physician assistants, in 1965, was also the year of the first class of nurse practitioners. Today there are nearly 300,000 NPs In America and 123,000 PAs.

PAs are outnumbered almost three to one, and the trend, with the rapid rise, and …