1‍8‍0‍0 Dr. Shaila S. Serpas, MD

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About

Family physician Shaila S. Serpas, MD maintains a practice in College Area at 4474 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92115, on the medical-office corridor west of SDSU. Board-certified in family practice, Dr. Serpas earned her medical degree from Stony Brook University's Renaissance School of Medicine in 1991, completed her residency at Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, and holds a Master of Public Health from UC Berkeley. She has provided care in federally qualified health centers since 1994, working alongside community clinics such as San Ysidro Health Community Heights Family Medicine that serve the same El Cajon Blvd population. That dual MD-MPH background drives clinical interests in adolescent health, obstetrics, maternal-child medicine, childhood obesity prevention, and lactation support, areas she has researched in published studies in the Journal of School Health and the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. Dr. Serpas is affiliated with both Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego and Sharp Grossmont Hospital. She speaks English and Spanish, matching the bilingual patient base along this section of College Area. The 92115 ZIP places the practice within walking distance of SDSU, where her focus on adolescent health connects to the student population's need for primary care providers who understand contraception counseling, sports physicals, and mental health screening. Campus health referrals from SDSU Student Health Services route students needing off-campus continuity of care to community family physicians in this corridor. Her role as associate director of the Scripps Family Medicine Residency Program means the practice trains resident physicians under direct faculty supervision.