Demetrio Cardenas

Demetrio Cardenas currently serves as the QA/QI Director and Senior PA-C at Via Care Community Health Center since August 2021. Prior to this role, Cardenas was an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCLA's School of Nursing from March 2018 to August 2021 and worked as a Physician Assistant at St. John's Well Child & Family Center from October 2016 to August 2021, focusing on family practice and serving as a provider onboarding and mentorship lead. Cardenas gained extensive clinical experience through various positions, including roles in family practice, orthopedics, pediatrics, and internal medicine during student placements at multiple healthcare facilities. Cardenas holds a Master's Degree in Physician Assistant and Public Health from Touro University California, as well as a Master's in Financial Engineering from Kent State University and a Bachelor's in Economics with minors in Physics and Mathematics from San Jose State University.