Dr. Ralph Brown Dilley, MD

Started Practice: 1970

Joined Scripps Clinic Medical Group: 1978Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital Leadership Roles:
-Division Head, Vascular Surgery
-Chief of Staff, Green Hospital
-Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, Scripps Clinic Medical Group
-Surgeon-in-Chief, Scripps Green Hospital Teaching Roles:
-Established Vascular Fellowship, 1982
-Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSD Professional Societies:
-American College of Surgeons
-President, Society of General Surgery, San Diego
-President, American College of Surgeons, San Diego Chapter
-Society of University Surgeons
-Regional Counselor, Pacific Coast Surgical Association
-Society of Thoracic Surgery
-President, Western Vascular Society
-Distinguished Fellow, Society for Vascular Surgery
-International Society for Vascular Surgery
-President, Southern California Vascular Surgery Society Honors & Awards:
-Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Medical Society
-Cecile Lehman Research Award
-Best …Doctors, San Diego Magazine (3 years)
-Research Career Development Award, NIH Research Focus:
-Angiogenesis for critical limb ischemia
-Mechanisms of collateral circulation development
-Pulmonary reflexes in response to embolic disease Clinical Interests Within Specialty:
-Endovascular repair of abdominal and thoracic aneurysms
-Carotid artery disease
-Critical limb ischemia
-Dissecting aneurysms
-Visceral artery obstructions
-Carotid body tumors
-Vascular injuries in professional sports
-Pulmonary malignancies
-Inflammatory lung disease
-Hyperhidrosis
-Esophageal disorders