Elisa Willems is a board certified physician assistant at the Neurological Surgery Clinic at UW Medical Center and a teaching associate at the UW School of Medicine.  She graduated with a B.Sc. from Clemson University before obtaining a Masters in Medical Science at the University of Kentucky.  She completed her Masters in Physician Assistant Studies at South University in Savannah, Georgia,  then joined the UW Neurological Surgery team in 2019. Elisa enjoys educating and supporting her patients through the operative process, and has an interest in movement and spinal disorders.