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    Last Updated: 10/30/2025

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    MediFind found 42 doctor with experience in Empyema near Santa Barbara, CA. Of these, 37 are Experienced and 5 are Advanced.

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    42 providers found
      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine
      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine

      Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics

      915 N. Milpas St., 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (0.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Craig Miller is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Miller is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, Xanthoma, Cirrhosis, and Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy Type 1 (HSN1).

      Angela Pap
      Advanced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine
      Advanced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine

      Sansum Clinic Pueblo Multi-Specialty Clinic

      317 West Pueblo Street, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (1.5 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Angela Pap is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Pap is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Familial Hypertension, Hypertension, and Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism.

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      Experienced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine
      Experienced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine

      The MedCenter

      2954 State St., 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (2.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      William Meller is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Meller is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Bronchitis, Parinaud Oculoglandular Syndrome, Lymphangitis, and Cellulitis.

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      Experienced in Empyema
      Experienced in Empyema

      Foothill Surgery Center At Sansum Clinic

      4151 Foothill Road, Building A, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Benjamin Wisner is an Urologist in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Wisner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, and Ureteroscopy.

      Advanced in Empyema
      Advanced in Empyema

      Riviera Ent, P.C.

      1819 State St, Suite A, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (1.0 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Stephanie Culver is an Otolaryngologist in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Culver is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Familial Deafness, Infant Hearing Loss, Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), and Tinnitus.

      Advanced in Empyema
      Otolaryngology
      Advanced in Empyema
      Otolaryngology

      Santa Barbara Ent

      2420 Castillo St, Suite 200, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (1.7 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Rebecca Golgert is an Otolaryngologist in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Golgert is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, Jones Syndrome, DFNB1, and Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP).

      Ron Golan
      Experienced in Empyema
      Experienced in Empyema

      Sansum Clinic Foothill Medical & Surgical Center

      4151 Foothill Road, Building A & B, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (6.4 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Ron Golan is an Urologist in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Golan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Enlarged Prostate (BPH), Ureteroscopy, and Lithotripsy.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine
      Experienced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine

      Family Practice Medical Group

      27 W Micheltorena St, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (0.7 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Matthew Payne is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Payne is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Insomnia, Empyema, Charles Bonnet Syndrome, and Sinusitis.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine
      Experienced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine

      Family Practice Medical Group

      27 W Micheltorena St, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (0.7 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Fen Liang is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Liang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Insomnia, High Cholesterol, Hypertension, and Familial Hypertension.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine
      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine
      101 W Arrellaga St, Suite B, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (0.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      John Kunz is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Kunz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are High Cholesterol, Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, and Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Otolaryngology | Allergy and Immunology
      Experienced in Empyema
      Otolaryngology | Allergy and Immunology
      515 E Micheltorena St, Suite G, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (0.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Bruce May is an Otolaryngologist and an Allergy and Immunologist in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. May is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Tongue Cancer, Empyema, Sinusitis, and Ruptured Eardrum.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine
      Experienced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine

      Palliative Care Consultants Of Santa Barbara

      515 E Micheltorena St, Suite C, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (0.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Michael Bordofsky is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Bordofsky is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, High Cholesterol, Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion (SIADH), and Primary Mediastinal B-Cell Lymphoma (PMBCL).

      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine
      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine
      515 E Micheltorena St, Suite A, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (0.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Melony Parent is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Parent is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Diffuse Panbronchiolitis, Costochondritis, Tietz Syndrome, and Insomnia.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine
      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine

      Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics

      628 W Micheltorena St, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (1.0 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Steven Busselen is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Busselen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Hypertension, and Intrauterine Device Insertion.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Pediatric Otolaryngology | Otolaryngology
      Experienced in Empyema
      Pediatric Otolaryngology | Otolaryngology

      Riviera Ent, P.C.

      1819 State St, Suite A, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (1.0 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Dale Tylor is a Pediatric Otolaryngologist and an Otolaryngologist in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Tylor is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Tongue Tie, Short Philtrum, Van Der Woude Syndrome, and Laryngomalacia.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine
      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine
      1900 State St, Suite G, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (1.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Susan Lawton is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Lawton is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Familial Hypertension, and Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine
      Experienced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine

      Santa Barbara Doctors PC

      229 W Pueblo St, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (1.5 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Barbara Hrach is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Hrach is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Sitosterolemia, Cerebral Palsy, High Cholesterol, and Postmenopausal Osteoporosis.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine
      Experienced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine
      2323 De La Vina St, Suite 303, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (1.5 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Robert Byers is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Byers is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Gallbladder Disease, Eunuchoidism Familial Hypogonadotropic, Male Pseudohermaphroditism with Gynecomastia, Vertebroplasty, and Bone Graft.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine
      Experienced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine
      320 W Pueblo St, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (1.6 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Angelina Dukesherer is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Dukesherer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Necrosis, Lung Cancer, Sepsis, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Pulmonary Medicine
      Experienced in Empyema
      Pulmonary Medicine
      2403 Castillo St, Suite 206, 
      Santa Barbara, CA 
       (1.6 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Richard Belkin is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Belkin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Bronchiectasis, Pleurisy, Cystic Fibrosis, and Pleural Effusion.

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      Last Updated: 10/30/2025

      What is the definition of Empyema?

      Empyema is a collection of pus in the space between the lung and the inner surface of the chest wall (pleural space).

      When should I see an Empyema doctor near Santa Barbara, CA?

      There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

      • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
      • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
      • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
      • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
      • You want a second opinion.  

      What should I consider when choosing an Empyema doctor near Santa Barbara, CA?

      It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

      How does MediFind rank Empyema doctors near Santa Barbara, CA?

      MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

      What types of insurance are accepted by Empyema doctors near Santa Barbara, CA?

      Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

      How can I book an appointment online with an Empyema doctor near Santa Barbara, CA?

      MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Empyema doctor search results page. 

      Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Empyema doctor?

      Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

      How can I prepare for my appointment with an Empyema doctor near Santa Barbara, CA?

      Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

      • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
      • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
      • Family history of disease 
      • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
      • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
      • List of questions and concerns 
      • Your insurance card 

      You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

      What questions should I ask my Empyema doctor?

      Here are some sample questions: 

      • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
      • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
      • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
      • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
      • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

      How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Empyema doctor may know about?

      MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

      MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

      Can I filter my search to show male or female Empyema doctors near Santa Barbara, CA?

      Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Empyema doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

      Can I filter my search to find an Empyema doctor that offers video calls?

      Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Empyema doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

      Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

      By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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