Dr. Mona Flores graduated from the Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine and then did her General Surgery residency at the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University, University of California, San Diego, and New York Presbyterian Hospital –Columbia Campus. She has also completed a fellowship in Thoracic Surgery at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Flores is a board-certified thoracic and cardiac surgeon based in Sacramento, California and has about 20 years of clinical experience. At present, she is affiliated with the University of California, Davis Medical Center and Regional Medical Center of San Jose. She has also contributed to several research papers.