Celebrating Advanced Practice Provider Week: Getting to Know Elizabeth Terwelp, PA-C

Some­times, the path to a career in health­care starts with a big moment. For Eliz­a­beth ​“Liz” Ter­welp, PA‑C, it was more of a feeling.

“I don’t think I had any spe­cif­ic big events that inspired me, but I knew I want­ed to use my pas­sion for well­ness to help oth­ers do the same,” she says.

That pas­sion has tak­en Liz through sev­er­al areas of med­i­cine and ulti­mate­ly to our Pri­ma­ry Care team at Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG), where she con­tin­ues to build on what she’s learned through­out her career.

“I have loved being able to pur­sue var­i­ous areas of med­i­cine fur­ther, as I have worked in sev­er­al dif­fer­ent areas gain­ing knowl­edge from those expe­ri­ences and I hope allow­ing me to bet­ter serve patients every day,” Liz said.

Her work also brought her back to the com­mu­ni­ty she has always called home. Liz grew up in Quin­cy, attend­ed Quin­cy Notre Dame and John Wood Com­mu­ni­ty Col­lege, and returned after Physi­cian Assis­tant school to raise her fam­i­ly and care for patients in her hometown.

When she’s away from the office, Liz is usu­al­ly spend­ing time with her fam­i­ly or stay­ing active. She enjoys dai­ly exer­cise and has even trained and com­pet­ed in HYROX.

For Liz, stay­ing active isn’t just some­thing she enjoys. It’s some­thing she encour­ages her patients to make part of their lives, too.

“Move­ment is med­i­cine!” she said. 

A walk out­side, a bike ride with the kids or sim­ply plan­ning some phys­i­cal activ­i­ty into the week can all make a dif­fer­ence. ​“These things can have such a pos­i­tive impact on both your phys­i­cal and men­tal health.”

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