Dr. Mason received a Bachelor of Science degree from Duke University in 1986 and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Medical College of Virginia in 1990.  She completed a Pediatric Residency at Portsmouth Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia.  She was appointed to the teaching staff of the residency program after graduation.  She then was transferred to Naples, Italy where she was the Department Head of Pediatrics at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Naples, Italy. 

 During her years in the military, she also chaired the Family Advocacy Committee and continues her commitment to advocating for child victims of abuse and neglect.  She has been working with other local professionals to help establish the mid-shore’s first Children’s Advocacy Center here in Talbot County and serves as its Medical Director.

 Dr. Mason is Board Certified in Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  She also maintains membership in The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. 

 Dr. Mason lives in Trappe with her husband, Dr. Richard Mason, a local Orthopaedic Surgeon.  They have three young children – Michael, Julianne, and Teresa.