Scripps Clinic Santee physician Joyce Ildesa, MD delivers family medicine from Suite 105 at 278 Town Center Parkway in Santee's Town Center commercial hub near Santee Trolley Square. Family medicine's cradle-to-geriatric scope means coordinating with pediatric specialists such as Children's Primary Care Medical Group Santee on Cuyamaca Street for adolescent transitions and complex developmental cases. Dr. Ildesa graduated from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University in 1998 and completed residency at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson, earning board certification in family practice. The Scripps Clinic Santee location houses multiple family medicine physicians and physician assistants, and acute after-hours needs route to walk-in facilities including AFC Urgent Care Santee on Mission Gorge Road. Dr. Ildesa holds affiliations with Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Green Hospital, and Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego, providing inpatient admission pathways across three acute-care campuses totaling over 1,200 licensed beds.