Biography
Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD, is a specialist in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism. She is the corporate vice president of the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute at Scripps Health and the director of community engagement for the Clinical Translational Science Award, housed at Scripps Research Translational Institute in San Diego.
Dr. Philis-Tsimikas is a leader of the innovative Project Dulce and Dulce Digital program which cares for under-resourced populations with diabetes. Dr. Philis-Tsimikas and Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute are actively promoting participation of health centers in community-based clinical research with a focus on integrating digital technologies to improve diabetes care in the ambulatory and hospital setting. She is also Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSD’s Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Dr. Philis-Tsimikas’ contributions to science include development of alternative, team-based care management programs for diverse patient populations; evaluation of telemedicine approaches to care and self-management education; creation and oversight of the Diabetes Medicines Clinical Trials program for Scripps Health; establishment of a systemwide glucose management program for a large community-based integrated health-care system; and assessment of health-care impact on costs in the diabetes population.