Dr. Vejas Skripkus Joins Cottage Primary Care–Santa Barbara–Bath St.
Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician Now Seeing New Patients in Santa Barbara
Dr. Vejas Skripkus, a board-certified physician specializing in family medicine, has joined Cottage Primary Care – Santa Barbara – Bath St., where he practices alongside Dr. Barry Statner, Dr. Nastassia Sylvestre, Dr. Brett Trzcinski and Dr. Jane Varner.
He brings expertise in the full breadth of primary care, with a strong emphasis on health care delivery to the college age population and healthcare leadership. He focuses on providing comprehensive, patient-centered care and promoting wellness through preventive medicine. 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. He provides long-acting reversible contraception options for his patients and performs minor procedures in the office as well.
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, where he served as chief resident. He also earned a Master of Health Administration from the University of Southern California 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 the University of Southern California.
Prior to joining Cottage, he most recently served as the Executive Director of Student Health Services and the Campus Physician at UCSB. He has a strong interest in improving healthcare systems to better serve all patients, with an emphasis in infection control and epidemiology as it relates to patient care.
