Dr. Vejas Skripkus, a board-certified physician specializing in family medicine, has joined Cottage Primary Care – Santa Barbara – Bath St., where he practices alongside Drs. Barry Statner, Nastassia Sylvestre, Brett Trzcinski and Jane Varner.
Dr. Skripkus brings expertise in the full breadth of primary care, with emphasis on health care delivery to the college-age population and healthcare leadership, according to Cottage Health.
He focuses on providing comprehensive, patient-centered care and promoting wellness through preventive medicine, Cottage said.
His clinical interests include care of the whole family, including children, reproductive health, and contraception management for all patients, as well as HIV prevention, including PrEP.
Dr. Skripkus earned his medical degree from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, and completed his family medicine residency at the University of Southern California (USC) where he served as chief resident.
He also earned a Master of Health Administration from USC and completed advanced training in healthcare leadership through the Keck Medical Center of USC and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
Dr. Skripkus spent 15 years caring for patients at USC.
Before joining Cottage, he most recently served as the executive director of Student Health Services and the campus physician at UCSB.
Dr. Skripkus is seeing new patients at Cottage Primary Care – Santa Barbara – Bath St. For more, call 805-569-7227 or visit cottagehealth.org/primarycare.