ALUMNI AWARDS PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – CARLEEN STRANSKY FREESMEIER, H SCI ‘03, PA ‘05 As a leader in emergency medicine, Carleen Stransky Freesmeier was named the Illinois Academy of Physician Assistants PA of the Year in 2015.
“ Dr. Blackmore continues to push the boundaries of what is currently possible within the field of spinal cord injury research.” Dr. William E. Cullinan
“Dr. Blackmore continues to push the boundaries of what is currently possible within the field of spinal cord injury research, utilizing state-of-the-art scientific approaches,” says Dr. William E. Cullinan, dean of the College of Health Sciences and director of the Integrative Neuroscience Research Center. “The work that he and his research group are doing is both highly creative and innovative, and the reason the National Institutes of Health has invested so much into his research program.”
Since her time at Marquette, Freesmeier, a 2018 member of the Marquette University President’s Society, has worked as a physician assistant in emergency medicine with Infinity HealthCare. She serves as director of advanced practice provider services, leading over 130 PAs and nurse practitioners. Freesmeier enjoys practicing clinical medicine as well as working in leadership. She is the only woman and first physician assistant elected (and reelected) to the board of directors of Infinity HealthCare in Milwaukee. This past year she developed an Advanced Practice Provider Council. Freesmeier also is a clinical assistant professor at Marquette and has precepted PA students from six different PA programs. “It is important we continue to invest in our future providers and partners by participating in their educational journey,” Freesmeier says. “It has been fun to see students who shadowed me during their high school years, rotated with me as PA students and now are practicing PAs.” She also speaks at local schools about careers in emergency medicine and as a PA. Freesmeier earned her Certificate of Added Qualifications in Emergency Medicine from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, which less than 5 percent of practicing emergency medicine PAs have obtained. “I push to advance PAs to the fullest extent of their licensing and training in a health care team. It is our human privilege and obligation to serve others,” she says. Freesmeier attended Marquette for its outstanding academics and because the first time she stepped on campus, it felt like home. She still gets the same feeling every time she visits. Freesmeier has built a home and family with her husband and fellow Marquette graduate, Tom, Arts ’05.
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