Sam Paik, PA-C graduated from South University in 2013 and has been working in the Emergency Room since graduation. He worked initially with Genesis Health Systems in Illinois for two years and then spent eight months in Baja, California working with migrant farm workers. There he ran a small clinic and provided medical education to the community, as well as health
classes to 5th and 6th graders. He then moved to the sunny paradise of southern California and has been working in lower income areas in LA county to a large Spanish speaking patient population. Cross cultural medical missions have always been important, as well taking him to countries all over the world, including Central and South America, Kenya, and Eastern Asia. Sam Paik is now Assistant Professor at Charles Drew University teaching Emergency medicine along with responsibilities as clinical coordinator and admissions chair.