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

Antone Salel, MD, FACC, FACP, FACCP, FAHA

Dr. Salel graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Boston City Hospital.

After a two-year in trauma and tropical medicine with the US Army, he completed a two-year fellowship in Bio-Engineering at the University of Washington, followed by a fellowship in clinical cardiology at UC Davis.

He was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at UC Davis in charge of the cardiology and physiology laboratory.

Dr. Salel has been practicing cardiology in Encinitas since 1976.

Medical Education

Georgetown University School of Medicine

Internship & Residency

Boston City Hospital

Fellowship

Bioengineering - University of Washington
Clinical Cardiology - UC Davis

Board Certification

Internal Medicine
Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Medicine

Clinical Interests

Non-Invasive Diagnostic Cardiology
Invasive Diagnostic Cardiology
Adult Congenital Cardiology