San Diego Cardiovascular Associates

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Ten-physician cardiology group at 9850 Genesee Ave, Suite 780, La Jolla, CA 92037, on the seventh floor of the XIMED Building on the Scripps Memorial campus. Suite 780 anchors the XIMED Building's largest single-specialty cardiology presence alongside solo practitioner Rapeport Medical Corporation (Suite 940B) — two independent cardiology practices in the same building, the group offering ten-doctor breadth and the solo office offering single-physician continuity. Founded in 1994 by Dr. Martin Charlat (University of Manitoba, 1981; Baylor College of Medicine fellowship), a perennial San Diego Top Doctor in Cardiology from 2004 through 2025. Subspecialties span general, interventional, and nuclear cardiology plus electrophysiology (Dr. Ali Hamzei — Washington University MD, Purdue PhD in Electrical Engineering, Cedars-Sinai EP fellowship). Services include echocardiography, pacemaker evaluation, lipid profiling, nuclear stress testing, cardiac catheterization, coronary stenting, and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Second office at 320 Santa Fe Dr in Encinitas. Scripps Memorial Hospital privileges. Open Monday through Friday 9 am–5 pm. Primary care physicians in the XIMED complex — including Perlman Clinic (Suite 320) and Ryan Dominguez, MD (Suite 810) — refer cardiac patients upstairs without the patient leaving the building.