Scripps Health family medicine physician Stephen Lee, MD sees adult primary care patients from the sixth floor of the 501 Washington Street medical tower, covering Hillcrest and the surrounding 92103 corridor. His clinic operates inside Scripps Coastal Medical Center Hillcrest, which houses primary care, imaging, and lab services on adjacent floors of the same Fifth Avenue tower. The practice manages routine physicals, adult chronic disease programs for hypertension and type 2 diabetes, and referrals into the broader Scripps Health specialty network. Acute issues like upper respiratory infections, minor sprains, or urgent medication questions that surface between scheduled visits route over to Scripps HealthExpress Hillcrest, the walk-in arm of the Scripps primary care model housed in the same medical complex. Complex internal medicine cases requiring inpatient admission transfer directly to Scripps Mercy San Diego two blocks away, where attending physicians continue continuity care on the acute medical floors.