Dr. Sarah McMurray, DO, FACOI, Dip ALBM

Expert Publications

• Deregulated cell cycle control in lens epithelial cells by expression of inhibitors of tumor suppressor function.
• Stability and magnetically induced heating behavior of lipid-coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles.
• Using Ex Vivo Upright Droplet Cultures of Whole Fetal Organs to Study Developmental Processes during Mouse Organogenesis.
• Origin and Differentiation of Androgen-Producing Cells in the Gonads.
• Role of the testis interstitial compartment in spermatogonial stem cell function.
• Extragonadal oocytes residing in the mouse ovarian hilum contribute to fertility.

Media Releases

Get to know Hospitalist Dr. Sarah McMurray, who serves patients in Encinitas, California.

Dr. McMurray is a board certified hospitalist on staff at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, a 138-bed medical facility located in Encinitas, California. 

Since 1978, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas has delivered quality clinical and surgical services to San Diego’s North County. The hospital is best known for its Primary Stroke Center- the first of its kind in North County. It also provides 24-hour emergency services, OB-GYN, maternal health and infant health services, and a regionally recognized brain injury program.

Back in the early days of her academic career, Dr. McMurray graduated with her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree from the Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences – College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2006. Thereafter, she performed her residency in internal medicine at Des Peres Hospital in 2009.

Years later, in 2020, Dr. McMurray attained board certification in hospital medicine through the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine (AOBIM). The AOBIM is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine who specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease in adults.

Signifying her esteemed recognition within the osteopathic medical community for her expertise and contributions to the field of internal medicine, Dr. McMurray is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists (FACOI).

Hospital medicine is a medical specialty that exists in some countries as a branch of family medicine or internal medicine, dealing with the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients. Physicians whose primary professional focus is caring for hospitalized patients only while they are in the hospital are called hospitalists.

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