Meet the Hospitalists

Michael C. Sepulveda, MD, Medical Director, Hospitalist Service
Education: BA, Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz 1990
Medical school: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Internship and residency: University of California, San Francisco-Mount Zion Medical Center, Internal Medicine Program. This residency program designed the Hospitalist Model used by most hospitals today.
Board certification: American Board of Internal Medicine
Organization affiliations: Society of Hospital Medicine
Languages spoken: English, Spanish, working knowledge of Tagalog
Hospitalist since 1999, at SVMHS since 2004
Personal: Born in Salinas, raised in Watsonville, married with two children, enjoys cycling and aquariums.

Hirofumi Hashimoto, MD
Education: BS, Summa Cum Laude honors, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana; National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Research Scholar, Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Medical school: Stanford University School of Medicine; National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Training Grant recipient
Internship and residency: Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Chief Medical Resident, West Roxbury, VA Hospital
Fellowships: Clinical Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco
Board certification: American Board of Internal Medicine
Research interest: National Institutes of Health, Research Scholar, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology; Stanford University Medical Center, Research Fellow, Division of Nephrology; University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Research Assistant, Department of Neuroscience.
Hospitalist at SVMHS since 2005
Personal: Enjoys golf, music, travel, writing studio art, carpentry and outdoor activities.

John M. Massaro, DO
Education: BS, Saint John’s University, Jamaica, NY
Medical school: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY
Internship and residency: Internal Medicine at Nassau County Medical Center, Affiliate of State University of New York at Stony Brook, East Meadow, NY
Board certifications: American Board of Internal Medicine and the Osteopathic Medical Board
Organization affiliations: Associate of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Osteopathic Association
Hospitalist at SVMHS since 2003.

Dawn Mudge, MD
Education: University of Michigan
Medical school: University of Michigan Medical School
Internship: Internal Medicine, University of California Medical Center, San Diego