Principal Faculty

Dr. Nelson is the Director of Pre-Clerkship Education and is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care. She completed her PA education in the Stanford/Foothill College Primary Care Associate Program and received a Master of Medical Science Degree from St. Francis University. She has been practicing clinically and working in PA education since 2015. She is passionate about justice and health equity and is a founding member and Co-Chair of the diversity, equity and inclusion committee of the MSPA program, called BE HEARD (Belonging, Empathy, Health Equity, Anti-Racism, and Diversity). Her clinical experience includes cardiac critical care medicine, trauma and acute care surgery, and urgent care medicine. When not working with the MSPA program, she works in the Stanford Express Care Clinic.

Dr. Wijesinghe is the Associate Director of Clerkship Education and the Director of Career Development, and is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care. He is also the Clinical Site Director for the Central Valley California region. He completed his PA education at Union College where he received a Master's in PA Studies. He also has a Master's in Management Information Systems from the University of Nebraska, and a Doctor of Health Science degree with an emphasis in Global Health from A.T. Still University. Dr. Wijesinghe completed an HIV and AIDS Clinical Fellowship at UCSF Fresno; he has been a HIV/AIDS specialist 6 years and has worked in primary care medicine for over ten years, primarily in under-served communities. He has been involved in medical education for 7 years. His clinical interests include primary care medicine, HIV medicine, and global health.