Elaine Tanaka, MD
Expertise
- Breast Surgery
- General Surgery
Hospital Affiliations
Languages
- Spanish, English
Specialties
- Surgery
Biography
Started Practice: 2002
Joined Scripps Clinic Medical Group: 2002
Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital Leadership Roles:
- Tissue & Procedure Review Committee
- Operating Room Committee
Teaching Role:
- Career Night Volunteer, UCSD School of Medicine
Professional Societies:
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Honors & Awards:
- Association for Academic Surgery Student Research Award
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Golden Key
Research Focus:
- Cancer vaccine for brain tumors
Clinical Interests Within Specialty:
- Colorectal surgery
- Melanoma surgery
- Breast surgery
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery, Surgery, 2004
Medical Education
- University of California, San Diego, MD, 1997
Residencies
- University of California, San Diego, Residency, General Surgery, 2002
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Residency, General Surgery, 1999