The host · About
I’m a fourth-year student doctor at California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine, in the class of 2027. Before medical school I earned my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology at CSU Bakersfield.
Since 2021 I’ve been a research associate at the Valley Fever Institute at Kern Medical, and at CHSU I work on environmental surveillance for Coccidioides immitis, the fungus behind Valley Fever, in Fresno-area soil and dust.
Alongside medical school, I build software for medicine. See what I’m building →
Arabic (native) · English (native) · Spanish (beginner)
The strip · Training
Where I trained
Degrees
2016 – 2020
Bachelor of Science, Biology (Biotechnology)
California State University, Bakersfield · Magna cum laude · Hawk Honors Program
2020 – 2023
Master of Science, Biology
California State University, Bakersfield · Thesis advisor: Amber Stokes, Ph.D.
2023 – 2027
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
California Health Sciences University, College of Osteopathic Medicine · Expected May 2027
Clinical training highlights
Jul 2026
Internal medicine sub-internship
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Jul 2026
Adult congenital heart disease observership
Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center
Sep – Oct 2026
Pediatric hematology/oncology
Loma Linda University
Feb – Mar 2027
Infectious diseases
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Mar 2027
Wilderness medicine
University of Utah
The hall · Teaching and service
What I’ve given back
Teaching
- Teaching assistant, clinical skills and osteopathic manipulative medicine labs
CHSU-COM
- Instructor of record, Human Physiology Laboratory
CSU Bakersfield
Service and leadership
- Chief Justice, ASI Judicial Council
CSU Bakersfield. Two consecutive terms.
- Research Committee, Student Government
CHSU-COM. Planned the college's annual Research Day.
- Sports physicals volunteer
CHSU-COM. Pre-participation exams for more than 200 middle-school athletes.
The fixtures · Honors and research funding
What I’ve been given
Honors and research funding
- Coccidioidomycosis Study Group Trainee Registration Award
- Magna cum laude, CSU Bakersfield
- Alpha Chi National College Honor Society
- Valley Fever Americas Foundation grant
- CHSU research grant
- CSUB Title V-b graduate student–faculty collaborative research grant
- CSUB Student Research Scholars grant
The night · Outside medicine
Outside medicine
Opera and live performance
I sing opera.
Flying
FAA student pilot certificate. About ten hours of dual instruction in light aircraft, private-pilot ground school completed, and fifteen years of simulation work in charts and instrument navigation.
Show and lighting design
I've designed and programmed DMX-sequenced light and water shows synchronized to music.
Health policy and insurance design
Individual-market insurance reform; I've drafted a market stabilization framework.
