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Dr. Lee P Ralph MD
Family Practitioner
4010 Sorrento Valley Blvd Suite 300 San Diego CA, 92121About
Dr. Lee Ralph joined San Diego Sports Medicine & Family Health Center in 1997 after serving as a family physician at the Family Practice and Preventive Medicine Department of the University of California, San Diego. He graduated from Amherst College and the University of Virginia School of Medicine before completing his residency and fellowship training at UCSD. Dr. Ralph is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCSD School of Medicine and is board certified in family practice with added qualifications in sports medicine. He was a former president of the San Diego Academy of Family Physicians and is on the board of directors of the California Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Ralph has been voted among San Diego’s “Top Doctors” in family medicine and sports medicine by his peers through the San Diego County Medical Society. Dr. Ralph was just inducted as the president of the California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP), a coveted and honorable position for family practitioners in the state of California. CAFP has a membership of over 10,000 physicians in California, and is the largest chapter of the AAFP, the national organization. The CAFP is dedicated to improving the quality of family practice by educating physicians as well as to working with the government to optimize legislation.
Education and Training
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA MD 1988
Amherst College, Amherst, MA BA 1983
Board Certification
American Board of Family Medicine
Sports Medicine (Family Medicine)
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of MedicineAreas of expertise and specialization
Treatments
- Moles
- High Cholesterol
- Obesity
- Warts
- Actinic Keratosis
- Birthmark
- Pain
- Seborrheic Keratosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
- Vascular Disease
Professional Memberships
- California Academy of Family Physicians
- San Diego Academy of Family Physicians
- American Academy of Family Physicians
Fellowships
- UCSD Primary Care Sports Medicine 1992
Dr. Lee P Ralph MD's Practice location
San Diego Sports Medicine & Family Health Center
6699 Alvarado Rd Suite 2100 -San Diego, CA 92120Get Direction
San Diego Sports Medicine & Family Health Center
4010 Sorrento Valley Blvd Suite 300 -San Diego, CA 92121Get Direction
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Nearby Providers
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- Dr. Jeffrey P Anthony DO4010 Sorrento Valley Blvd San Diego CA 92121
- Dr. Adrienne Stewart N.D.10505 Sorrento Valley Rd San Diego CA 92121
- Dr. Michael Kurisu D.O9333 Genesee Avenue San Diego CA 92121
- Dr. Daniel Michaels M.D.4520 EXECUTIVE DR STE 105 SAN DIEGO CA 92121
- Patricia H Brady M.D.9333 Genesee Ave San Diego CA 92121
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5555 GROSSMONT CENTER DRIVE BOX 58 LA MESA CA 91942KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGOl
4647 ZION AVE SAN DIEGO CA 92120ALVARADO HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTERl
6655 ALVARADO ROAD SAN DIEGO CA 92120SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITALl
7901 FROST ST SAN DIEGO CA 92123SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LA JOLLAl
9888 GENESEE AVENUE LA JOLLA CA 92037SCRIPPS GREEN HOSPITALl
10666 NORTH TORREY PINES ROAD LA JOLLA CA 92037UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO MEDICAL CENTERl
200 WEST ARBOR DRIVE SAN DIEGO CA 92103SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITALl
4077 5TH AVE SAN DIEGO CA 92103