Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD
Athena Tsimikas, MD
Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD was named Corporate Vice President for the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, La Jolla, CA in May of 2008. Prior to that time, she led the institute and subsidiary corporation, The Whittier Institute, as the Executive Director and Chief Medical Officer since 2004. Dr. Philis-Tsimikas served as a clinical endocrinologist on the staff of the Scripps Clinic Medical Group for 7 years in the Division of Endocrinology from 1994 to 2001. She has also served as an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Diego for the past 14 years in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism. Dr. Tsimikas received her medical degree from the University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece in 1988 and later completed research and clinical fellowships in Diabetes and Endocrinology from the University of California, San Diego, and Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation.
