V Tartar, MD

Started Practice: 1991

Joined Scripps Clinic Medical Group: 1994

Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital Leadership Roles:

• Scripps Clinic Delegate, Scripps Physician Leadership Academy, 2005
• Head, Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), 2004-2006
• Director, Advanced Breast Imaging, 2004-present

Teaching Roles:

• Invited speaker-“CTA vs. MRA: New horizons in vascular imaging,” Scripps Green Hospital Vascular Surgery Grand Rounds, September 20, 2004
• Invited speaker-“The POWER of PET,” Scripps Green Hospital Grand Rounds; La Jolla, CA; January 12, 2005
• Invited speaker-“New Horizons in Vascular Imaging: CTA vs. MRA,” Scripps Green Hospital Grand Rounds; La Jolla, CA; April 6, 2005
• Invited speaker-“New Horizons in Vascular Imaging: CTA vs. MRA,” Scripps Green Hospital Neurology Conference; La Jolla, CA; June 13, 2005
• Invited speaker-“Breast Imaging Update 2005,” Scripps Green Hospital Grand Rounds; La Jolla, CA; September 7, 2005
• Invited speaker-“Diagnostic Imaging and Oncology,” Scripps Cancer Center Oncology Nursing Advanced Practice meeting; Coronado, CA; April 1, 2006
• Invited speaker-“ Diagnostic Imaging and Oncology: Update 2006,” Scripps Green Hospital Grand Rounds; La Jolla, CA; September 20, 2006

Professional Societies:

• San Diego Radiologic Society, 1997-2001

Honors & Awards:

• Physician Winner, William H. and Ruth Black Employee Achievement Award, 2005

Clinical Interests Within Specialty:

• Oncologic breast and cardiac imaging
• Cross-sectional and metabolic imaging

Clinical Interests Outside Specialty:

• Breast cancer