about me

In 2020 Dr. Nina Chaya was elected to the Tri-City Healthcare District Board. During her tenure as Director, she has been dedicated to optimizing patient care and has utilized her administrative position to advocate for patient safety and wellness.

Since 2013, Dr. Chaya has been a Physician Anesthesiologist, leader, and patient advocate at Tri-City Medical Center (TCMC).  Dr. Chaya has served as Chairperson of both the Anesthesiology Department and the Blood Utilization Committee, as well as represented the Anesthesia Department on the TCMC Quality Review Committee. 

During her tenure on the Tri-City Board of Directors, Dr. Chaya helped solidify funding for the Emergency Room remodel, oversaw the building of the Psychiatric Health Facility, managed the COVID response and vaccine clinic, and is on the Ad-hoc committee designated to search for a viable partner and healthcare stewards.

Dr. Chaya is engaged with a variety of philanthropic work locally and abroad. She spends her spare time volunteering for a local animal rescue group called The Rescued Dog and is an active foster and fundraiser for animals in need.  She also volunteers and serves on the fundraising committee with Mercy Outreach Surgical Team, and she has participated in 8 pediatric surgical missions to different towns in Mexico.  Dr. Chaya is active in local community causes like the Champions for Health, Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation and San Diego Humane Society.   She has been heavily involved in fundraising for TCMC, whether it’s making sure her physician colleagues provided gala sponsorships, chairing the gala in 2021, or  walking in the Fashion that Heals fundraisers raising money for life-saving equipment. 

Dr.Chaya  has been honored by here peers by being nominated Top Doctor in 2019, 2021, and 2022. 

Dr. Chaya is a native of San Diego and the daughter of Lebanese immigrants.  Having undergone a spine fusion as a teenager, Dr. Chaya developed an acute appreciation for medicine and medical caregivers at an early age, and she committed to medicine as her vocation of choice even before entering Rancho Bernardo High School.  Dr. Chaya attended the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), where she graduated with a pre-med degree in Biology. During her time at UCSD, Dr. Chaya volunteered in the Student Clinic, served as secretary of Alpha Epsilon Delta Medical Fraternity, and completed clinical research on protein C deficiencies at Scripps Research.  Dr. Chaya went on to attend medical school at New York Medical College where she specialized in the practice of Anesthesia.  Following her internship year in internal medicine in Long Island, NY, Dr. Chaya completed her Anesthesiology training in Brooklyn, NY, at Maimonides Medical Center.   Dr. Chaya moved back to her hometown of San Diego after completing residency in order to be closer to her family, and she currently resides in Carlsbad with her husband and 5 rescue pets.