Dr. Riekers graduated from the (former) Essex Community College Physician Assistant Program in 1998. After that, she began her clinical practice as a Physician Assistant in gynecologic oncology, later becoming the lead PA for the medical hospitalist service at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Dr. Riekers led twelve PA colleagues caring for inpatient medical and surgical patients. Before joining the NDMU PA Studies Program as its Clinical Director, she worked as part of a PA inpatient neurosurgical team at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr.