Pacific Neuroscience Institute, Providence Saint John's Health Center
Santa Monica, California, United States
Emmaline Mauritson, MPAP, PA-C, practices in the field of neuro-oncology at Pacific Neuroscience Institute as part of Providence Saint John’s Health Center. She completed her physician assistant training at the Keck School of Medicine of USC in 2022. She is dedicated to providing patients and their loved ones with compassionate, whole-person care.
She completed her undergraduate studies at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 2017 with a major in nutrition science and a minor in biology. Prior to her physician assistant training, she became a certified EMT and phlebotomist. She provided home-based mobile wound care services throughout Los Angeles and Orange County. She also worked as a medical scribe for several oncology and primary care practices. When she was a physician assistant student, she completed an additional clinical rotation in oncology at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. These experiences were critical in shaping her passion for the field of oncology, as well as her desire to foster lasting partnerships with patients and their families.
She is involved in all aspects of patient care from initial diagnosis and throughout treatment, including consultations and follow up visits, lab test and imaging review, managing treatment side effects, and patient and family support. She serves as sub-investigator to several clinical trials. Her interests include palliative care, symptom management, and education. She helped create and continues to lead monthly support group sessions for patients with brain tumors and their loved ones. She is inspired by the resiliency her patients and their families demonstrate, and with the collaborative efforts of the team at Pacific Neuroscience Institute, hopes to contribute to breakthrough treatments for brain tumors.
