Julia Huo, PA-C

Julia (Yujia) Huo was born in China. She became a Texas resident in 2006 after moving with her parents in 2006. After getting a B.S in molecular biology from UT Austin in 2008, she worked in Houston as a Research assistant at MD Anderson, where she became exceedingly interested in the practical side of Medicine. Julia entered UTMB-Galveston PA program in 2011 and graduated in 2013. The love of central Texas and her life brought her back to Austin. She has been working in Family Medicine in Kyle, Texas since 2014. Her interest is in nutrition, preventive medicine and psychiatric disorder.

Julia currently lives in San Marcos with her husband. 

Julia Forsberg, PA-C

Julia Forsberg is a board-certified physician assistant (PA) and educator focused on patient education and empowerment. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas and then completed her Master of Physician Assistant Studies at The University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, Texas.  

She began her career as a PA in orthopedic surgery at Texas Orthopedics in Austin, Texas. She worked in both the clinical and operating room settings, specializing in total joint replacement. Due to the flexible nature of the PA profession, she then transitioned to outpatient psychiatry, at Roots Behavioral Health in Austin, Texas. In this role, she honed a different set of skills to bring quality mental health care to patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic. She focused on medication management but also provided progressive treatment options such as ketamine therapy.

Most recently, Julia joined the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences to build and teach at one of the first PA programs in Austin. She is excited to lay the groundwork for what will become an innovative, high-quality PA program in the

heart of Texas.

Julia remains an active member of the Texas Academy of Physician Assistants(TAPA) and American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA). Outside of work, she enjoys game nights with friends, traveling, hiking and rock climbing.

Gabriel Petty, PA-C

Gabriel Petty is a native Texas and has been in clinical practice as a physician assistant, specializing in orthopedics and sports medicine since 2009. He graduated from Austin College in Sherman, Texas with his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry prior to earning his Masters of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) from the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth.

Mr. Petty is an active member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the Texas Academy of Physician Assistants, the Central Texas PA Society, and the Society of Physician Assistants in Orthopedic Surgery.

Gabriel enjoys working with patients of all ages and activity levels. He has a special interest in patient education. He enjoys spending time with each patient, so that they truly understand their condition, and how to prevent future injury, if possible. He is also well versed in conservative therapeutic treatment options for your orthopedic condition. Gabriel enjoys spending time with this family, hiking, skiing, and traveling outside of treating patients.

Rachel White, PA-C

Rachel White is a Physician Assistant at Hamilton Vascular in Round Rock, TX. She completed her Bachelors of Science degree in Biology from Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA. Upon completion of her Bachelors degree, Rachel earned her Masters of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from Mercer University in Atlanta. After completing her training, she moved from Atlanta, GA to Austin, TX. Prior to joining Hamilton Vascular, she worked in orthopedic surgery for almost 5 years. Outside of work, she loves being outdoors, working out, hanging out with her 2 cats, and traveling as much as possible! 

Valerie Dezarae Cavazos, PA-C

Valerie Cavazos PA-C, MPAS, is a bilingual Physician Assistant that has specialized in Orthopedics after graduating from The University of Texas Health Science Center in 2016. She has worked in Orthopedic Trauma, Spine, Sports and Total Joints over the last eight years and currently is practicing in Orthopedic Trauma and Total Joints at Ascension Seton North West. 

She is also the Founder of The Burnout Project for which she has a lot of passion and initiative to help prevent and resolve burnout in healthcare, education and the tech industry.  She currently works with individuals and small business as a consultant in Burnout Prevention and Coaching.  Her current focus is on community events and engagement to bring light to the ever existent mental health crisis burnout can evolve into. 

She was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley and has great pride and appreciation for her Mexican culture and heritage.  Her passion outside of work includes spending time her family and friends, traveling, enjoying Austin's live music scene, dancing and recent discovery of scuba diving. She has a chocolate lab named, Torpedo that she loves and cares for dearly. They both enjoy camping,  hikes and paddle boarding at the lake.

Valerie coordinates educational dinners for CTPAS and is the marketing agent for our society. She directly works with sponsors and donors to focus on educational outreach and society expansion.  She was able to maintain CTPAS community engagement and sponsorships through the 2020 COVID Pandemic via virtual dinners and zoom presentations.  It has been a great achievement to see our CTPAS community grow and be engaged throughout the years of hardship we have faced in healthcare and are always grateful for CTPAS donors, partners and sponsors.

Reach out to Valerie Cavazos PA-C to discuss how to be get involved! 

Blaine French, PA-C, MPAS 

Blaine graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in December of 2009 with a MPAS and returned to his home state of Texas to work at Scott and White practicing Orthopedics.  During his tenure at S&W he was actively involved in the Advanced Practice Professionals council who met first hand with the CMO and lobbied for equal benefits for PAs to match the already generous benefits that had been awarded to CRNAs and NPs.  Additional projects included identifying different practice models and RVU production to determine what model would work best within the system.  He also worked extensively on insurance reimbursement, identifying reasons for non-payment for service, and implementing processes to prevent future non-payment. He got to witness the transition to lean health care and the subsequent merger with Baylor. In 2014, he transitioned to part-time practice and full-time insurance consulting.  In December of 2016, He became the CEO of Summit Review Services which represented a panel of physicians offering consulting for a variety of areas to include peer reviews, utilization management, and early compensability assessments.  He sold this company in 2019 and transitioned to PA education beginning in January 2020  as an Assistant Professor with the University of Mary Hardin Baylor's Physician Assistant program where he serves as the course director for Clinical Disease and Prevention.