San Mateo Staff

Dr. Mason has been with Bay Area Pediatric Medical Group-San Mateo since July 2002. He comes to the practice after 5 years in Salinas, CA at Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas, where he worked with the children of migrant farm workers. Before settling in northern California, he worked in a community health clinic in Southeast San Diego, as Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Adolescent medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and as a lecturer and advisor for the State of California Office of Family Planning. He also consulted with Hablando Claro, an educational group focusing on adolescent Latino health issues through the Logan Heights Health Clinic.

Dr. Mason graduated from Howard University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Zoology. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham. He completed an internship/residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, followed by a 2-year clinical fellowship in adolescent medicine at UCSD Medical Center, in San Diego, CA. He concluded his formal education with a 1-year research fellowship in adolescent medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Throughout his career Dr. Mason has taught medical students, interns, residents, fellows, allied health students, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. He enjoys teaching and currently serves as a lecturer and consultant for the California Family Health Council, Inc. and precepts physician assistant students from Samuel Merritt College in Oakland, CA.

He is a member of the Society for Adolescent Medicine and the Quality Improvement Committee for Mills Peninsula Medical Group. He also is a committee member for the California Asthma Sutter Initiative (CASI).

In addition to teaching, Dr. Mason enjoys singing (he’s a featured soloist at Glide Memorial in San Francisco), baking (for friends and family), and working out (when he has time).