Stuart B. Kipper, MD

"After growing up in Los Angeles and attending UCLA as an undergraduate majoring in Microbiology, Dr. Kipper spent the next five years in the Ph.D. program in Immunology at UC San Francisco.

Prior to his entering graduate school, Dr. Kipper participated in the early days that helped define and elucidate the basic understanding of the immune system. While an undergraduate,  he worked on the earliest studies that discovered and helped explain the existence and role of T Cells – important participants in the Immune System’s defense arsenal.

While at UCSF, he worked on the role of T Cells – their maturation and importance – in autoimmune diseases like Lupus.

After his Ph.D. work, he matriculated to UCLA Medical School, just as his two older brothers had done before him. After medical school, he settled in San Diego where he completed his residency program in Internal Medicine, in which he became Board Certified.

After residency, Dr. Kipper founded Medical Group of North County in 1990. Over the years, MGNC grew to be one of the largest independent and private medical practices in San Diego’s North County, and eventually became a part of the UCSD Healthcare System In 2010, Dr. Kipper left the practice to pursue his efforts in maintaining committed relationships with his patients by opening his own private concierge practice in Encinitas, Ca. He has been in solo practice there ever since.

Those who know him appreciate Dr. Kipper’s love of the outdoors, respect for nature and everything in it, his love of photography, his spirituality, and his dedication to family which includes his loving partner, April, their beautiful daughter Mia, and his four wonderful sons Ben, Erik, Noah, and Harrison.

He remains dedicated to and continues to enjoy his concierge practice, which allows him to know his patients as unique individuals deserving of personal care. Dr Kipper’s approach defines the true art of excellent medical care."

"Simply stated, Concierge Medicine is a relationship between you and me. A personal one between doctor and patient, you and your healthcare advocate, and a reliable and accessible connection that is designed to elevate your health and well being unique to your needs and particular concerns.

The practice of Medicine has changed over the years and I, like you, have seen it first hand. Waiting, hurried visits with the doctor (or, all too often, his/her assistant), unanswered questions and the anxiety and lack of confidence that comes from quick decision making and treatment plans without your input or the the time needed to answers your questions, are the current norm in today’s healthcare environment. Overwhelmed physicians and frustrated patients has led to everyone’s lowered expectations. Sadly, the system is flawed and depersonalizing, for physician and patient alike.

Currently (and for many years now) most practices must adhere to the narrow and restrictive needs of insurance companies, HMO bureaucracies, pharmacy restrictions, and other third party factions, all of whom have destroyed the basis of what makes excellent medical care excellent-the time and energy necessary to treat each patient as an individual.

My experience, over the last 30 years, has mimicked yours and so, for nearly 15 years, I have fought the trends by establishing Stuart B. Kipper, M. D. and Associates- a Concierge Medical Practice where the Doctor-Patient relationship is paramount. 

My Concierge Medical practice is focused on you and your healthcare needs. It is a partnership between you and me. A commitment to provide the medical care you deserve."