Azzah I. Arikat, MD - Sharp Rees-Stealy Santee

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About

Azzah I. Arikat, MD delivers board-certified internal medicine at Sharp Rees-Stealy in Santee from the second floor of 8701 Cuyamaca Street, focusing on chronic disease management and preventive health strategies for adult patients. Diagnostic workups for complex presentations draw on the on-site imaging suite at Sharp Rees-Stealy Santee Radiology one floor below, reducing turnaround on chest films and abdominal ultrasounds to same-day results. Dr. Arikat earned her medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and completed residency training in internal medicine at Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. She speaks both English and Arabic and holds an advanced management credential from Carnegie Mellon University, adding operational expertise to her clinical background. Behavioral health referrals for patients presenting with anxiety or mood disorders alongside chronic medical conditions route to Cuyamaca Street providers including CalTMS, which offers transcranial magnetic stimulation protocols in the same 92071 ZIP. Metabolic panel interpretation integrates hemoglobin A1c trending, fasting lipid stratification, and hepatic function markers to guide pharmacologic and lifestyle intervention sequencing for patients with concurrent diabetes and dyslipidemia.