I'm not a physician, so sorry for posting on the "physician only" page--
I think it depends on what you mean by a "physician assistant position." If you mean going by the title, "physician assistant," and working legally as a PA (meaning insurance issues, liability, etc) you have to be a graduate of a PA school and have passed PA national exams--being a doctor will not let you practice as a PA, and I think many PA schools will not give you advanced standing for being a doctor (which is stupid in my opinion, but that's the way it is). However, I do know of a doctor who has been out of practice for many years and is trying to work in the same capacity as a PA with her MD (she doesn't really want to work independently since she's been out of practice for so long). I think it's a matter of finding someone to hire you, although I can't say how this would work with insurance, etc. You would be working legally though as a doctor (not as a PA) if you did it this way, even if the job was essentially a PA job.
Edited by snowflake (02/05/10 11:50 PM)