Cottage Primary Care — Santa Ynez Valley welcomes new physicians

Cottage Primary Care – Santa Ynez Valley providers, from left, Roger I. Lane, MD, FACP; Janina Meissner-Frisk, DO; Nicole Sheikholeslami, MD; Kathryn Brewer, MD and Pablo Rojas, PA-C. Courtesy photo.

SOLVANG — Cottage Primary Care is pleased to share that providers Roger I. Lane, MD, FACP and Pablo Rojas, PA-C, have moved offices to Cottage Primary Care—Santa Ynez Valley, located at 1992 Old Mission Dr., Suite 140, in Solvang (in the New Frontiers shopping center). In addition, the practice welcomes Nicole Sheikholeslami, MD, to the team.

This move will bring the entire Cottage Primary Care—Santa Ynez Valley medical team together in one convenient location, providing more space and updated facilities. Dr. Lane, Pablo Rojas, PA-C and the practice’s newest physician Dr. Sheikholeslami, join Kathryn Brewer, MD and Janina Meissner-Frisk, DO, in offering comprehensive primary care services to patients at this office.

Dr. Nicole Sheikholeslami comes to Cottage Primary Care after serving as Chief Resident in Family Medicine at Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, CA, where she was honored with the BEE — Being Exceptional Everyday — Award for delivering excellent patient care. She earned her MD from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, a Masters of Science in Medical Sciences from Boston University and a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from UCLA and has authored numerous papers for national medical journals.

Cottage Primary Care—Santa Ynez Valley is located at 1992 Old Mission Dr., Suite 140, in Solvang. It is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Appointments with the Cottage Primary Care – Santa Ynez Valley team can be scheduled by calling 805-686-3200 or visiting cottagehealth.org/primary-care/appointments.

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The not-for-profit Cottage Health provides advanced medical care to the Central Coast region. In the past year, Cottage Health hospitals in Goleta, Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez Valley provided care for 19,213 inpatient admissions and 85,711 emergency department visits and helped deliver 1,886 newborns. Comprised of more than 700 physicians, many with subspecialties typically found only at university medical centers, Cottage Health’s comprehensive range of specialized services includes the Cottage Children’s Medical Center, Level 1 Trauma Center, Neuroscience Institute, Heart & Vascular Center, Center for Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Hospital. Beyond hospital settings, Cottage Health offers primary care and specialty clinics, Cottage Urgent Care Centers throughout the tri-counties, and 24-hour access to providers via Cottage Virtual Care (English and Spanish), an online service for common conditions.