Shaila Serpas, MD, has a passion for obstetrics and adolescent health, working to continually enhance residency curriculum as associate director of Scripps Family Medicine Residency Program. She was instrumental in establishing and maintaining three school-based adolescent clinics as core residency teaching sites. Since 1994, she has provided care in federally qualified health centers. Dr. Serpas completed her Master of Public Health through the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health.

Dr. Serpas partners with Scripps residents to implement community-based research projects, school-based programs and advocacy activities. Her clinical interests include reducing health disparities in the areas of childhood obesity, lactation, migrant health and improving access to healthy environments.