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    Pacific Beach and surrounding areas.

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Tamara Scalise, MD

Tamara Scalise, MD

EDUCATION:

  • State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 8/92-5/96
  • School of Medicine, M.D.
  • Duke University, Durham, NC, 8/88-12/91
  • Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, B. S. in Zoology

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & EXPERIENCE:

  • Naval Medical Center, Dermatology Residency, San Diego, CA, 7/03-6/06
  • Naval Operational Medical Institute, Flight Surgeon Training, Pensacola FL, 8/97-1/98
  • National Naval Medical Center, Transitional Internship,Bethesda, MD, 6/96-7/97

CIVILIAN EXPERIENCE AND MILITARY ASSIGNMENT HISTORY

  • Job title: Staff Dermatologist from 7/11 – Current
    Location: Boughton Dermatology La Jolla, CA.
  • Job title: Staff Dermatologist, 5/10-6/11
    Location: La Jolla, CA

 

  • Job Title: Staff Dermatologist, 7/06-7/09
    Duty Location: Naval Medical Center, San Diego
    Leadership: Head of Outpatient Clinic, Transitional Year Intern Assistant Program Director
    Collateral Duties: Customer Service Representative, Consult Reviewer, Quality Assurance – Record Review, Dermatology Residency Academic Calendar, MyEvaluations coordinator, GME interviewer

 

  • Job Title: Flight Surgeon, Code 26, 11/02-6/03
    Duty Location: Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, Pensacola, FL

 

  • Job Title: Flight Surgeon, 9/00-11/02
    Duty Location: Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, Pensacola, FL

 

  • Job Title: Senior Flight Surgeon, 3/00-9/00
    Duty Location: Training Wing TWO, Kingsville, TX

 

  • Job Title: Senior Flight Surgeon, 2/98-3/00
    Duty Location: Air Wing FIVE, Atsugi, Japan

HONORS AND RECOGNITION
Military: Navy Commendation Medals (12/99 and 11/02), Nominated by CVW-5 for the Richard E. Luehrs Memorial Award for the Operational Flight Surgeon of the Year 2000
Medical School: Alpha Omega Alpha, Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation

LICENSURE AND SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION
California Unrestricted State License
Diplomate American Board of Dermatology: Board-certified Dermatologist

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Academy of Dermatology
Blue Angels Association

PUBLICATIONS
Schnurr (Scalise) TK, Talhouk AS.  Traumatic splenic rupture in infectious mononucleosis, The European Journal of Emergency Surgery and Intensive Care, 1997.
Tabor CA, Scalise TK, Satter EK.  Slowly enlarging nodule on a finger, Arch Dermatol. 2009 Oct;145(10):1183-8.

RESEARCH
Evaluation of the Candela Variable Pulse1064nm Nd:YAG For Treatment of Facial and Neck Laxity. Ross EV, Scalise TK, Wu JC, 2006.

PRESENTATIONS
Various topics in dermatology and flight surgery from July 2003 – June 2009:
Dermatological Grand Rounds (8), Archives Journal Review (28), Book/Board Review (14), Clinicopathological Conference (1), Kodachromes (16), San Diego Dermatological Society (1), Tri-Services Dermatology Meeting (1), Dermatology for Internal Medicine and Primary Care (6), American Board of Internal Medicine Dermatology Review (4), Flight Surgery (12)

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
Duke University Alumni Admissions Program – applicant interviewer
Marion Carl Aviation and Aerospace Educational Center – guest speaker

PERSONAL
Hobbies:  reading, the arts, food, travel, ballet, kung fu/tai chi and physical fitness