On February 26, 2015, the Board appointed Ms. Patricia McSorley as the Executive Director of both the Arizona Medical Board and the Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants.

Ms. McSorley has been employed by the Arizona Medical Board since 2005. For more than eight years, she managed the Medical Board’s Investigations Department. Prior to her appointment as Executive Director, she had been asked by the Board, on two separate occasions, to serve as the Acting Interim Executive Director during transition periods.

Ms. McSorley is an attorney and holds a Juris Doctorate from Brooklyn Law School. Previously, she served as the Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of Investigations and Trials with the New York City Fire Department.