Lauri Paolinetti, MPAS, PA-C has been a Physician Assistant since 1987. She completed the Stanford University PA program and obtained a Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree in 2002 from the University of Nebraska.

Lauri worked as an Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant at Highland Hospital, Alameda County’s Level 1 Trauma Center in Oakland, for 30 years until her retirement in March 2019. She has been principal faculty at the Samuel Merritt University Physician Assistant Program in Oakland since 2001. She is the Instructor of Record for the Radiology and Emergency Medicine courses and contributes to several other courses throughout the curriculum. She has also taught Radiology and Emergency Medicine at the Stanford, Touro and Dominican
University PA Programs. She has been a clinical instructor and preceptor in Emergency Medicine since 1995. Lauri learned and used POCUS in the Emergency Department on a daily basis while working at Highland and maintains a strong interest in medical education, simulation and teaching ultrasound to health care providers everywhere. A California native, Lauri has lived in Oakland since 1980 and enjoys having more time in retirement for family, friends, travel, cooking, vegetable gardening, sports, hiking and enjoying the beautiful Bay Area.