Mary Kalafut, MD

Started Practice: 1999

Joined Scripps Clinic Medical Group: 1999

Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital Leadership Roles:

  • Co-director, Scripps Clinic Vascular Laboratory
  • Medical Director, Stroke Center, Green Hospital
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute

Teaching Role:

  • Member, Cardiovascular Training Advisory Committee, Grossmont College

Professional Societies:

  • American Stroke Association
  • American Academy of Neurology
  • Fellow, American Heart Association

Honors & Awards:

  • Skaggs Scholar, The Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in the Development of Symptomatic Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis

Research Focus:

  • Stroke
  • Carotid artery atherosclerosis

Clinical Interests Within Specialty:

  • Vascular neurology, including stroke
  • Neuro-ophthalmology

Specialties

  • Neurology

Areas of Expertise

  • Neurology
  • Vascular Neurology

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology, 1999

Medical Education

  • Wayne State University School of Medicine, MD, 1993

Internships

  • University of California at Irvine College of Medicine, Internship, Internal Medicine, 1994

Residencies

  • University of California, Los Angeles, Residency, Neurology, 1997

Fellowships

  • University of California, Los Angeles, Fellowship, Stroke & Vascular Neurology, 1999
  • University of California, Los Angeles, Fellowship, Neuro Ophthalmology & Orbital Disease, 1998