Sabina R. Wallach, MD, FRACP, FACP, an Oncologist with Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas & Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
Get to know Oncologist Dr. Sabina R. Wallach, who serves patients in Encinitas and La Jolla, California.
A triple board-certified oncologist, Dr. Wallach has been practicing medicine since 1974. She is affiliated with Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas & Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, offering services such as infusion therapy, cancer treatment, and treatment of blood disorders.
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas has served North County’s coastal communities since 1978. It shares a campus with many physician offices and medical buildings, including Scripps Clinic Encinitas and an outpatient imaging center. It is home to notable specialty programs including a 24-hour emergency room, accredited stroke care, physical rehabilitation services (including a brain injury day treatment program), a Baby Friendly birthing pavilion, and a Level II neonatal intensive care unit.
Located just off I-5 on Genesee Avenue, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla has served the greater San Diego community since 1924. It shares a campus with many physician offices and medical buildings, including the Barbey Family Emergency and Trauma Center, the renowned Prebys Cardiovascular Institute, and Scripps Clinic’s John R. Anderson V Medical Pavilion. It is also home to notable specialty programs, including cancer care, heart surgery, orthopedic surgery, labor and delivery services (including a Level III neonatal intensive care unit), and a nationally designated Comprehensive Stroke Center.
Regarding her educational background, Dr. Wallach graduated with her medical degree from the University of Sydney in 1974. She served her internship and residency, specializing in internal medicine, at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and specialized in hematology at The Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney and then the University of California, San Diego where she completed her fellowship in hematology and medical oncology. After 11 years in Boston, where she was affiliated with Harvard Medical School at the New England Deaconess and Baptist Hospital, she returned to practice in La Jolla.
With over five decades of experience, the doctor is board-certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and hematology by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.
Maintaining fellowship status, Dr. Wallach is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP).
Additionally, she is a member of the San Diego County Medical Society, the Medical Oncology Association of Southern California, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist. They have special training in diagnosing and treating cancer in adults using chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, biological therapy, and targeted therapy.
On a more personal note, Dr. Wallach is fluent in both English and French.
Learn more about Dr. Sabina R. Wallach:
Through her findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/82739568-Sabina-Wallach-Oncologist or through Scripps Health, https://www.scripps.org/physicians/5585-sabina-wallach?tab=overview
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