Cottage Health is opening of a new location for its Cottage Heart & Vascular Center, designed to bring together several of its specialized cardiac practices in one location.
The new site is at 221 W. Pueblo St., near Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. The building houses a range of services, including cardiology, cardiovascular diagnostics, cardiothoracic surgery and women’s heart care.
The new location features the following specialized clinics:
Cottage Cardiology Clinic – Provides comprehensive cardiology care, including evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and disease management. Cardiology specialists at this clinic include Bina Ahmed, MD; Vishal Goyal, MD; Alexander Hardwick, MD; Sanjay Kumar, MD; and Holly Romine, NP.
Cottage Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Clinic – Offers specialized surgical interventions for heart, lungs, esophagus, trachea and other parts of the chest, using the latest minimally invasive techniques and state-of-the-art surgical technology.
The cardiothoracic clinic team includes Peter Baay, MD; Dominic Tedesco, MD; Michael Paulsen, MD; Martha Serrato, NP; and Noah Guinto, PA-C.
Cottage Women’s Heart Clinic – Offers expert consultation to women, providing accessible, personalized care focusing on sex-specific risk assessment and optimization for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. The clinic is led by Dr. Bina Ahmed.
Cottage Cardiovascular Diagnostics – Offers a full range of in-depth diagnostic procedures that help doctors evaluate heart function and pinpoint health risks.
Cottage Heart & Vascular Center also includes the Cottage Structural Heart Clinic, specializing in treating structural heart conditions and offers advanced and minimally invasive procedures. The clinic is on the fourth floor of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, 400 W. Pueblo St. Specialists at the clinic are Joseph Aragon, MD; Michael Shenoda, MD; and Kara Jones, NP.
Cottage Heart & Vascular Center is recognized as a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care by Blue Shield of California. It is also a STEMI Receiving Center, providing potentially lifesaving angioplasty within 90 minutes, 24/7.
For more about the new Cottage Heart & Vascular Center, visit cottagehealth.org/heart.