• Interventional Pulmonology Services
• Pulmonary and Critical Care Services
• Lung Cancer Services

• American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine [Internal Medicine]
• American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine - General
• American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease [Internal Medicine] (Archived)

• English
• Spanish

Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine

University of Miami/Jackson Memorial HospitalInternal Medicine

University of Alabama at BirminghamInterventional Pulmonary
University of South Florida MorsaniPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Dr. Elsa C. Santillana is a board-certified UCI Health interventional pulmonologist who specializes in pulmonary diseases and disorders, including lung cancer. .

Her clinical interests include bronchoscopy, adult and pediatric pulmonology, lung neoplasms, interventional pulmonology and robot-assisted surgery.

She earned her medical degree at Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital, followed by a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa. Next, she completed a fellowship in interventional pulmonology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Santillana, who also speaks Spanish, sees patients in Orange.