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Raul Bastaracchea, MD, FTOS

Raul Bastaracchea, MD, FTOS

Raul A. Bastarrachea, MD, FTSO, is a physician-scientist recently recruited to SDRI as a Senior Research Scientist. He has served as a faculty member of the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas for the last 18 years and will continue to maintain...
Kristin Castorino, DO

Kristin Castorino, DO

Born in the California Central Valley, Kristin Castorino, DO, obtained her medical degree from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in the California bay area after graduating with a degree in Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology at University of California,...
Mei Mei Church, FNP-BC, CDCES

Mei Mei Church, FNP-BC, CDCES

Mei Mei Church started with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and worked in Environmental Consulting, then switched careers and received her second Bachelor’s degree in Nursing. After working as a registered nurse and diabetes resource nurse for a few years at UCSF...
Jamie Creason, RD, MPH, CDCES

Jamie Creason, RD, MPH, CDCES

Jamie joined SDRI in 2017. She left her first career as a Marine Biologist after realizing that her passion truly lies in preventive healthcare. Her father’s diagnosis of type 2 diabetes opened her eyes to the pitfalls of the typical Western diet, demonstrating the...