UCSF Fresno celebrates Class of 2017

UCSF Fresno recently graduated over 100 physicians to care for patients and teach the next generation. Jessica Mason, MD, a theater student turned emergency medicine doctor is among them.

Dr. Mason completed a fellowship in emergency medicine education and is joining the faculty at UCSF Fresno. Mason now educates physicians across the globe and shares health information via two popular podcasts.

Mohamed Fayed, MD, also graduated. Dr. Fayed completed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care and is staying at UCSF Fresno as faculty. Fayed is part of a high-level medical team at Community Regional Medical Center that uses technology known as ECMO to offer patients with life-threatening respiratory or cardiac failure new hope for life.

Porterville native, Tejal Pandya, MD, completed residency training in general surgery. Dr. Pandya is a second-generation surgeon after her father. She is staying at UCSF Fresno as part-time faculty and will join her mother and father at his practice in Porterville. Congratulations to these outstanding physicians and all 2017 graduates!