Cottage Health, in partnership with physicians Christopher Birch, Erin Haggerty, Michael Kenly, Asher Kupperman, Eli Kupperman, Amit Nathani and Amy Wickman has announceed plans for a new ambulatory surgery center in northern Santa Barbara County.
The new surgery center, which is co-owned by the independent community physicians and Cottage Health, will increase access to convenient, high-quality orthopedic surgical services and pain management, Cottage Health said.
The center will serve as a point of care for patients throughout the region from Solvang to Paso Robles. The state-of-the-art, 12,000-square-foot facility also will be licensed to expand its scope to additional specialties.
Partner physicians in the joint venture are members of ALTA Orthopaedics, an independent medical practice comprised of fellowship-trained surgeons and pain-management physicians providing musculoskeletal care to the Santa Barbara community for some 30 years.
ALTA surgeons provide surgical expertise in spine, sports medicine, joint replacement, hand, foot and ankle surgery, as well as pain management, with a focus on non-opioid care.
ALTA providers currently see patients throughout southern California and the Central Coast, with locations in Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Solvang and Oxnard.
“We are excited to partner for this new surgery center to fill a need for the northern Santa Barbara County area to have convenient options for outpatient surgical care that meet our standard for excellence,” said Dr. Christopher Birch..
“Healthy communities need to have access to specialists, and sometimes traveling for a surgery far from home can be a barrier for seeking care or achieving optimal patient outcomes,” he said.
The not-for-profit Cottage Health provides advanced medical care to the Central Coast region.