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Dr. Richard Pan is very much at home in Sacramento’s med center neighborhood on Stockton Boulevard. It’s where he worked as a pediatrician at UC Davis Health and it’s also not far from the county health clinic where he volunteers, helping patients who are uninsured or on Medi-Cal.
“I was recruited here and was actually practicing and teaching here for 12 years before I ran and got elected to the legislature,” Pan said on a rainy day last month, speaking at Cancer Survivors Park across from his former pediatrics office.
After moving from the East Coast to Sacramento 25 years ago, Pan said he’s thrived both personally and professionally. He got married here, is raising two teenage boys in the community and has helped a generation of Sacramentans grow and improve their health.