About

Dr. Farnaz Pirayesh is a board-certified family medicine physician. She is an Iranian native who grew up in Zambia and has called California home for over 20 years. She completed her undergraduate degree at La Sierra University in Riverside, CA with a BS in Biochemistry. She then completed her PhD in Biochemistry at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, CA and went to medical school at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, CA. She moved to the Central Coast to train in Family Medicine and completed her residency at Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, CA. She is also certified in integrative medicine and is a certified life coach. She met her husband on the Central Coast and has two children.