Each year the staff at Cottage is asked to submit nominations for Physician of the Year. The criteria for eligibility include the following:
• Exemplary performance in dedication to the profession and patients
• Respect and courtesy (professionalism)
• Collaborative practice and the efficient use of resources
Here are the Physicians of the Year from each of the Cottage hospitals:
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (2 physicians honored)
C. Eric Schroeder, MD
• Specialty: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
• Joined SBCH medical staff in 2009
• Native of Kansas City, MO
• Education:
o Undergraduate degree and medical education at University of Missouri
o Internship at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center in Denver, CO
o Residency in internal medicine at UC, Los Angeles Kern Medical Center
o Pulmonary and critical care fellowship at University of Kansas College of Health Sciences
Stephen Kaminski, MD
• Specialty: Surgery and Critical Care Medicine
• Joined SBCH medical staff in 2011
• Native of Allentown, PA
• Education:
o Undergraduate degree from Boston College and medical school at Drexel University
o Internship, residency and gastrointestinal surgery fellowship at Stanford University Hospital
o Trauma/critical care fellowship at University of Maryland
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital
Christopher Lambert, MD
• Specialty: Emergency Medicine
• Joined GVCH medical staff in 1976
• Native of San Francisco, CA
• Education:
o Undergraduate degree from UC, Santa Barbara and medical school at University of Hawaii School of Medicine
o Internship at The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, HI
o Residency in general surgery at University of Hawaii School of Medicine
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital
Kiran Mariwalla, MD
• Specialty: Internal Medicine
• Joined SYVCH in 2007
• Native of London, England
• Education:
o Undergraduate degree from Adelphi University in Garden City, NY and medical school at St. George’s University School of Medicine, Bay Shore, NY
o Internship and residency in internal medicine at St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, NJ
o Residency in pediatrics at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, NJ