Scripps Coastal Medical Center physician Elena Dolgonos, MD provides board-certified family medicine in Encinitas at the North Coast Health Center on El Camino Real, with clinical interests in women's health, preventive medicine, and geriatric care. Her preventive approach emphasizes nutritional counseling and lifestyle modification strategies that align with integrative philosophies practiced at naturopathic clinics such as Dr. Kim Kelly, ND, MPH in the same community. She earned her MD from Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy in 1997 and completed family medicine residency at the Fort Wayne Medical Education Program in 2003 before joining the Scripps Coastal Medical Group. Bilingual consultations in English and Russian serve North County's international patient base, and her chronic disease management protocols — particularly for COPD and vitamin-deficiency syndromes — integrate with complementary care pathways available through providers such as Be Well Acupuncture Encinitas. Affiliated with Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, and Scripps Green Hospital, the practice maintains tri-campus surgical and inpatient referral access across the Scripps Health network.