Media Contacts
Scripps’ marketing and communications department is staffed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Pacific Time) Monday through Friday. For assistance during normal business hours, please contact the appropriate Scripps representative from the list below.
In addition, a public relations professional is on call to assist with media inquiries after business hours and on weekends and holidays. For after-hours media assistance with urgent matters, reporters may contact a Scripps media relations professional by calling 858-678-7118.
Scripps Health Public Relations Team
Janice Collins
Senior Director, Public Relations
Phone: 858-678-7486
Email: collins.janice@scrippshealth.org
- Advocacy / Industry Issues
- Crisis Communications
- Finance Issues
- Legal Issues
- Information Technology
Steve Carpowich
Public Relations Manager
Phone: 858-678-7183
Email: carpowich.stephen@scrippshealth.org
- Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
- Oncology, including Proton Therapy
- Sports Medicine
- Quality / Safety
- Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine
Keith Darce
Public Relations Manager
Phone: 858-678-7121
Email: darce.keith@scrippshealth.org
- Scripps Green Hospital
- Imaging
- Genomics/Translational Science
- Organ Transplant
- Graduate Medical Education (GME)
- Infection Control
Lisa Ohmstede
Public Relations Manager
Phone: 858-626-7142
Email: ohmstede.lisa@scrippshealth.org
- Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
- Cardiology
- Cardiovascular / Stroke
- Disaster Preparedness
- Workforce, including employee wellness
- Chemical Dependency
- Endocrinology (Diabetes)
Nick Pince
Public Relations Specialist
Phone: 858-678-7348
Email: pince.nicholas@scrippshealth.org
- Scripps Clinic and Scripps Coastal Medical Center
- Executive Health / Concierge Medicine
- Women’s Health
- Primary Care / General Internal Medicine, including pediatrics and geriatrics
- Scripps Health Foundation
- Community Benefit programs
- Dermatology / Plastic Surgery
- Marketing/Sponsorships
- Leadership
- Gastroenterology
Kristin Reinhardt
Public Relations Manager
Phone: 619-686-3787
Email: reinhardt.kristin@scrippshealth.org
- Scripps Mercy Hospital (San Diego and Chula Vista campuses)
- Weight Management & Bariatric Surgery
- Behavioral and Mental Health
- Emergency Services, including Trauma
- Rehabilitation
- Neurology
- Orthopedics
Community Relations
Monica Montano
Director, Community Relations
Phone: 619-691-7321
Email: montano.monica@scrippshealth.org
Julie Lee
Director, Community Relations
Phone: 760-846-2178
Email: lee.julie@scrippshealth.org