Dr. Roger Lane
Dr. Roger Lane of the Cottage Primary Care — Santa Ynez Valley has been practicing in the valley since 1998 and, before that, was chief of internal medicine at Vandenberg Air Force Base. (Cottage Health photo)

Santa Ynez Valley Medical Associates in Solvang has joined Cottage Health, which welcomes Dr. Roger Lane and Physician Assistant Pablo Rojas. The practice will be renamed Cottage Primary Care — Santa Ynez Valley.

Cottage Primary Care — Santa Ynez Valley has been providing high-quality medical care to patients in the Santa Ynez Valley and the surrounding area since 1999. The practice focuses on providing primary care to adults.

Board certified in internal medicine, Lane has been practicing in the Santa Ynez Valley since 1998. Prior to his move to the valley, he held the rank of major in the U.S. Air Force at Vandenberg Air Force Base, and served as the chief of internal medicine from 1994-1998.

Lane received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from California State University, Fresno and attended the USC School of Medicine through the Air Force Health Professions Scholarship Program. He completed his internal medicine residency at David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield.

Rojas earned a bachelor’s in science degree at California State University, Northridge, and his master’s degree from A.T. Still University of Health Science at the Arizona School of Health Sciences.

Cottage Primary Care — Santa Ynez Valley, located at 2030 Viborg Road in Solvang, is open from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Appointments can be scheduled by calling 805.688.2600.