Rupa Subramanian, MD

Rupa Subramanian, MD, is a board-certified oncologist and director of breast cancer services at our Encinitas and Vista locations. She believes in compassionate and personalized patient care and using new advanced therapies to create the optimal healing environment for the mind and body.

Dr. Subramanian has more than 15 years of experience in treating and preventing breast cancer. Her research interests have also been focused on evaluating and advancing treatments for breast cancer.

As an assistant professor, she is involved in training medical students and residents at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Before joining UC San Diego Health, Dr. Subramanian worked in private practice in Orange County and served as an assistant clinical professor at UC Irvine School of Medicine, where she supervised and taught in ambulatory clinics.

Dr. Subramanian completed a hematology/oncology fellowship at UC Irvine School of Medicine. She completed her residency training in internal medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Outside of work, she enjoys being a mother to two kids, practicing yoga, traveling and reading.

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