Jose C. Mercado, PA-C
José C. Mercado is a Physician Assistant with Dr. Scott Goldberg and South Florida ENT Associates in Miami, Florida since 2001.
After serving in the U.S. Army as a medical specialist and flight medic for eight years, he went on to complete the Physician Assistant Program at Miami-Dade College’s Medical Center (MDC) and earned a Master of Medical Science degree from Nova Southeastern University (NSU).
In addition to his training in family medicine, he completed an internship in Adult ENT/Head & Neck Surgery at the Veterans Affair’s Medical Center in Miami, as well as a Preceptorship in Pediatric ENT at Miami Children’s Hospital.
Currently, he serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor and Clinical Preceptor in Miami-Dade College’s Physician Assistant Program, and at Barry University School of Graduate Medical Sciences, Physician Assistant Program. He is a guest Lecturer at Nova Southeastern University’s Physician Assistant Program.
He is a Fellow of the Society of Physician Assistants in Otorhinolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery and serves as their Webmaster, Scholarship Chairperson and President-Elect.
He is on the Speaker’s Panel for Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceuticals and Alcon Laboratories. His special interests include sleep medicine and physician assistant education. His hobbies include competitive saber fencing and traveling.
Reprinted with permission of the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, copyright © 2007. All rights reserved.