Medical Doctors

Roy Avalos, MD, PhD John Backman, MD, FACC Maurice Buchbinder, MD, FACC Martin L. Charlat, MD, FACC Pingfeng Du, MD, PhD Marc K. Effron, MD, FACC Ali R. Hamzei, MD, PhD Jan Kulhanek, MD, FACC, FSCAI Matthew Lucks, MD, FACC Antone Salel, MD, FACC, FACP, FACCP, FAHA

Nurse Practitioners & Physician Assistants

Annie Burns, RN, MS, ACNP, CS Lisa Leonard, NP Laurie Raher, RN, MSN, FNP Robin Whitman, RN, MSN, ACNP Stefanie Rafes, PA Maria Campbell, RN, MSN, CCRN, ACNP

Stefanie Rafes, PA

Stefanie Rafes has been in practice as a Physician Assistant since 2003. She is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, in Rochester, New York. She is board certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. She is also a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

She began her career in critical care medicine in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Rochester General Hospital. She relocated to San Diego in 2007 and joined San Diego Cardiovascular Associates. Stefanie works in SDCVA's clinic as well as Scripps Memorial Encinitas with the cardiology team.

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San Diego Cardiovascular Associates has composed a team of nine top board-certified cardiologists to provide the best possible cardiovascular care to San Diego, La Jolla, Encinitas and other Southern California cities. We specialize in an expansive range of cardiovascular diagnostics and interventions, including echocardiology, pacemaker evaluation, lipid profiling and nuclear cardiology.