Honorary APAOG Members

Barb Clark

Barbara Clark is a graduate of the University of Iowa Physician Assistant Program and the University of Nebraska Masters Program.  She has practiced in women’s health and family practice for over 30 years and recently retired from clinical practice at Knox OB/GYN, Ltd. in Galesburg, Illinois. Barbara currently serves as adjunct faculty at St. Ambrose PA Program in Iowa.

She is past president of the Association of PA’s in OB-GYN and the Illinois Academy of Physician Assistants.  She served the American Academy of Physician Assistants as liaison to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and served as the first PA on the Board of Directors of the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP). She is the recipient of the 2009 AAPA PAragon Publishing Award for the article “Menstrual Migraine” in ADVANCE magazine, Jan, 2008.  

Rebecca A. Lehman

Rebecca A. Lehman founded and served as the first president of the Association of Physician Assistants in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  She taught PA students at Marquette University in Milwaukee and at Nova Southeastern University in Naples, Florida. Her professional experience includes 26 years of group obstetric and gynecologic practice in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Ms. Lehman earned her BS cum laude and her Physician Assistant Certification at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. After graduating, she pursued her studies in the Master of Physician Assistants Program at the University of Nebraska in Omaha.

Ms. Lehman is a past president and recipient of the Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants Physician Assistant of the Year Award.  She served as the first liaison from the American Academy of Physician Assistants to the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology where she also served on several committees, including the Editorial Committee for Guidelines for Women’s Health Care: A Resource Manual, Third Edition.