Shirley Otis, MD

Started Practice: 1970

Joined Scripps Clinic Medical Group: 1974

Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital Leadership Roles:

• Head, Division of Neurology, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Clinic, 1980-1991
• Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California San Diego Medical School, 1972-present
• Medical Director, Vascular Laboratory, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Clinic, 1976-present
• Clinical Director, Brain and Stroke Research and Treatment Center, Scripps Clinic, 1991-present
• President-Elect, Medical Staff, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Clinic, 1991-1992
• President, Medical Staff, Green Hospital, Scripps Clinic, 1992-1994
• Chairman, Department of Medicine, Scripps Clinic, 1995-2001
• Medical Director, Torrey Pines Primary Care, 1995-2001

Teaching Roles:

• Sr. Consultant, Neurology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California
• Associate Clinical Professor, Neurology, University Hospital, San Diego, California
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Neuropharmacology, TSRI, La Jolla, California

Professional Societies:

• American Academy of Neurology
• Massachusetts Medical Society
• Boston Neurologic and Psychiatric Association
• American Heart Association, Fellow, Stroke Council
• Physicians for Social Responsibility, IPPNW
• Distinguished Member, International Pavlovian Society
• American Society of Neuroimaging
• Honorary Member, Society of Noninvasive Technologists

Board Membership:

• Grossmont College Cardiovascular Advisory Board
• Board of Directors, American Medical Imaging Company

Honors & Awards:

• Phi Beta Kappa, University of Connecticut, 1957
• Magna Cum Laude, University of Connecticut, 1958
• Phi Kappa Phi, University of Connecticut, 1958
• Outstanding Internship Award, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, 1963
• Outstanding Teacher Award, Tufts University Medical School, 1967
• Teaching Award, San Diego County Mental Health Services, 1972
• Christian Doppler Society, 1988
• Honorary Membership, Lifetime Achievement, Society of Vascular Technology, 1994
• Freedman Teaching Award, Graduate Medical Education, 2001
• Fellow, American Heart Association (FAHA), 2004

Research Focus:

• Vascular disease
• Vascular ultrasound
• Neuroimaging in Neurologic disease

Clinical Interests Within Specialty:

• Stroke
• Neuroimaging

Clinical Interests Outside Specialty:

• Vascular disease