Michael Huckabee

PhD, PA-C

Dr. Huckabee is an experienced leadership & career coach supporting others in discovering the path to rewarding career advancement.

GURU / $$$

Michael Huckabee

PhD, PA-C

Dr. Huckabee is an experienced leadership & career coach supporting others in discovering the
path to rewarding career advancement.

Guru / $$$

More about Michael

If taking your career to the next level is your goal, Dr. Huckabee can help. As a PA for 40+ years,
his practice spans patient care in rural family medicine, emergency medicine and pediatrics.
He’ll explore your personal career growth compared to his own experience building an academic
career alongside patient care as an educator across four PA programs and director at three.

Over his academic career (reaching the pinnacle recently as founding director of the Mayo Clinic
PA Program), he’s advised dozens of PAs entering and advancing in academia and guided
hundreds of early career PAs in their best career trajectories. Dr. Huckabee’s expertise is
recognized by his award-winning text, “Clinical Leadership for Physician Assistants and Nurse
Practitioners,” and being honored with the Leadership Development Award from the Physician
Assistant Education Association in 2018. He would enjoy the opportunity to discover with you a
meaningful path to move your career forward.

Certifications: 

  • PhD in Humanities: Leadership Studies
  • ​NCCPA Certification
  • ​PA Licensure: Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa
  • ​Certificate of Appreciation for two terms as Editor of the Abstract & Brief Reports section of the Journal of PA Education
  • ​Certificate of Exemplary Service – Inaugural Program Director, Master of Health Sciences in PA Studies, Mayo Clinic

CLINICAL SPECIALTIES

Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Rural Emergency Medicine

NON-CLINICAL SPECIALTIES

Education, Program Administration, Academic Leadership, Leadership Crisis Management, Publishing (peer-reviewed articles, self-/subsidy publishing, textbooks)

- 30-Minute Q&A
- Resume Review
- Job Search Strategy
- LinkedIn Profiles
- Networking Strategy
- Cover Letter Review
- Interview Coaching
- Negotiation Coaching
- What's My Next Career Move?
- Ultimate Job Search Coaching
- Leadership Coaching
- New Manager Coaching