<p>I know of two programs in the Syracuse area (northeast, right?): Lemoyne College, a small Jesuit school in suburban Syracuse that’s had a PA program for almost 15 years; and Upstate Medical University, a SUNY med/nursing/other health professions school, which started its PA program a year ago. Each school recently received federal grant money to expand.strengthen the program: [Feds</a> give more than $4 million to Syracuse physician assistant training programs | syracuse.com](<a href=“http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/feds_give_more_than_4_million.html]Feds”>Feds give more than $4 million to Syracuse physician assistant training programs - syracuse.com)</p>