Dr. Darlene Joan Elias, MD

Started Practice: 1988 Joined Scripps Clinic Medical Group: 1988Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital Leadership Roles: -Medical Director, Anticoagulation Service, Scripps Clinic and Scripps Green Hospital -Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, 1991 2007 -Head, Division of Chest and Critical Care Medicine, 1992 2002 -Chair, Thoracic Oncology Tumor Board, Ida and Cecil Green Cancer Center, 1991 2002 -Assistant Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Scripps Clinic, 1990 2002 -Values in Action Nominee, Scripps Green Hospital, 2002 Teaching Roles: -Attending, Internal Medicine Service, Scripps Green Hospital, 1988 2007 -Preceptor, Introduction to Clinical Medicine, UCSD, 1992 2007 -Preceptor, Objective Structured Clinical Exam, ICM, UCSD, 2006 Professional Societies: -American Thoracic Society -American College of Chest Physicians Honors & Awards: -Skaggs Clinical Scholar 1999 2007 -Values in Action Nominee, Scripps Green Hospital, 2002 -California Scholarship Federation, 1969 -Outstanding Contribution to Medical Education, Scripps Clinic, 1995 Research Focus: -Risk factors for venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, mechanisms of blood clotting, actions of anticoagulant medications such as warfarin, oral antithrombin, and heparin agents Clinical Interests Within Specialty: -Thrombosis -Pulmonary embolism -Anticoagulation -Pulmonary hypertension