Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
NAME: Michael Mattingly
Expected Graduation Year: 2016
Age: 27
Hometown: Midlothian, Texas
What made you decide that medicine is the career for you?
It represents a perfect balance between my educational interests and goal of improving the health of the community I live in.
Where do you see yourself five years after completing your residency program?
I see myself working with a group practice in a suburban area.
Favorite thing to do in El Paso:
Going to Scenic Drive at sunset.
What do you do in your downtime?
I enjoy time with my wife and daughter, read fiction novels, and watch Game of Thrones
Three words that describe you:
Motivated, caring, and friendly.
Something about you that not many people may know:
Technically, I have lived in 46 states. When I was in the fifth grade my family sold our house, bought a R.V., and traveled the continental United States for a year.
Name: Arianna Nassiri
Expected Graduation Year: 2016
Age: 29
Hometown: Houston, TX
What made you decide that medicine is the career for you?
A series of experiences in life led me to medicine.
Where do you see yourself five years after completing your residency graduation?
Five years after residency: fresh out of a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship working in a peds ER somewhere.
Favorite thing to do in El Paso:
Hiking the Franklin mountains on my day off.
What do you do in your downtime?
Hang out with my dog Calvin.
Three words that describe you:
Passionate, determined, and silly.
Something about you that not many people may know:
I can sing a mean melody line.
