Dr. Beth Lester-Medado, DMSc, PA-C, is an Assistant Professor and Director of Data and Assessment in the Physician Assistant Studies Program at Lawrence Technological University. She is a nationally certified Physician Assistant with 18 years of clinical experience in critical care medicine, and prior experience in emergency medicine.

She earned both her BA in Biology (2005) and MS in Physician Assistant Studies (2008) from Wayne State University. She received a Doctor of Medical Science in Leadership from the University of Lynchburg (2024). She also completed a Data Analytics Fellowship through the Association for Institutional Research (2025). Her academic work focuses on data-driven systems that drive continuous quality improvement initiatives that improve program and faculty effectiveness.

The ARC-PA has granted Accreditation-Provisional status to the Lawrence Technological University Physician Assistant Program sponsored by Lawrence Technological University. Accreditation-Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding Accreditation-Provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students. Accreditation-Provisional does not ensure any subsequent accreditation status. It is limited to no more than five years from matriculation of the first class.

The program’s accreditation history can be viewed on the ARC-PA website at www.arc-pa.org/accreditation-history-lawrence-technological-university.