Administrative Medical Assisting

About Barbara DahlCarol D. TamparoCarol TamparoCindy CorreaJulie MorrisMarilyn PoolerWilburta Lindh

Ms. Lindh CMA (AAMA) is Professor Emerita at Highline College in Des Moines Washington where she served as Program Director and a consultant to the Medical Assistant Program and received the Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year award for reshaping the program. The co-author of several textbooks on medical assisting Ms. Lindh conducted workshops and lectured at events across the country during her tenure and remains an active member of both the SeaTac Chapter of the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) and the National American Association of Medical Assistants. Marilyn S. Pooler RN MEd RMA(AMT) is a Professor in the Medical Assisting Department at Springfield Technical Community College Springfield Massachusetts. Marilyn has taught at Springfield for twenty years and previously served as chair of the Medical Assisting Department. She is on the certifying board of the AAMA task force for test construction and is a member of the executive board of the New England Association of Allied Health Educators. She is also a site surveyor for AAMA reviewing medical assisting programs at schools and colleges seeking accreditation. Dr. Tamparo Ph.D. CMA-A (AAMA) is the former Dean of Business and Allied Health at the Lake Washington Institute of Technology in Kirkland Washington and founder of the Medical Assistant Program at Highline College. The author and co-author of four texts for allied health professionals she is also a member of the SeaTac American Association of Medical Assistants and the National American Association of Medical Assistants. Ms. Dahl CMA (AAMA) CPC served as a tenured faculty member and coordinator for the Medical Assisting Program at Whatcom Community College in Bellingham Washington for more than 20 years. A credentialed CMA and CPC she actively participated in the Whatcom County Chapter of Medical Assistants Washington State Society of Medical Assistants American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) Washington State Medical Assisting Educators and American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). Ms. Dahl is currently consulting to organizations on medical management personnel issues curriculum development and program accreditation and as a medical assistant advocate. Ms. Morris RN BSN CCMA CMAA CBCS has been involved in health care for more than four decades. After earning her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Jacksonville State University she went on to a career that included Director-level roles in case management home infusion care clinical education and clinic management. Over the last ten years Ms. Morris has honored her passion for education by instructing adults in allied health eventually serving as Program Director Externship Coordinator and Director of Career Services. Currently Ms. Morris devotes her career to curriculum development integrating active learning in the classroom and student engagement and success strategies. She is an active member of the Cobb Chapter of the American Association of Medical Assistants in Georgia.