Coastal Cardiology - Templeton
Dignity Health’s Coastal Cardiology team of board-certified physicians has been serving the Central Coast’s cardiovascular needs for more than forty years. Our mission, providing the best cardiac care possible to each and every patient, has stayed the same since 1986. Two accredited on site labs — echocardiography and nuclear cardiology — are available for the convenience of our patients and referring physicians.
We have offices in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo and Templeton. The San Luis Obispo office is also where our Diagnostic Center is located.
Meet our Expert Team
Andrew Dennish, MD, FACC
Dr. Dennish grew up in San Diego as the son of a cardiologist. He attended college at UCLA, where he received his B.S. in marine biology in 1996. He then attended medical school at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, receiving his M.D. in 2001. He trained in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, from 2001 through 2007.
Dr. Dennish is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Nuclear Cardiology. He is the Chief of Staff at Templeton’s Twin Cities Community Hospital. His professional interests include preventive cardiology, non-invasive cardiac imaging and the management of chronic cardiac conditions such as coronary disease, heart failure, and arrhythmias. During his training, he participated in designing and supporting hospital-based programs for the rapid triage and assessment of chest pain, as well as a statewide network to rapidly treat heart attack victims.
In his spare time, Dr. Dennish enjoys spending time with his family, playing golf, and following sports.
Michael Wiechmann, MD, FACC
Dr. Wiechmann has been in practice in San Luis Obispo County since 1991 and joined Coastal Cardiology in 1995. His undergraduate degree was obtained at Purdue University and his M.D. from Indiana University in 1985. Internship and residency training were at the University of California at Irvine. Cardiovascular Fellowship was completed in 1991 at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. His medical interests include therapeutic coronary interventions, echocardiography and cardiac rehabilitation/risk factor modification. He enjoys basketball, hiking and gardening. Dr. Wiechmann is board-certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Internal Medicine.
Sandra Rowell-Connors, AG-ACNP-BC
Sandra Rowell-Connors, AG-ACNP-BC, received her undergraduate degree in nursing from Mount Saint Mary’s College in Los Angeles. Her passion was the critically ill, so her career took her directly into the Intensive Care Unit following graduation. She also served as a Critical Care educator for new graduates as well as an Assistant Director of an Intensive Care Unit.
After working in Critical Care for over twenty years she pursued her MS degree from Georgetown University, acquiring her Acute Care Nurse Practitioner- Adult Gerontology certification. Following completion of her Nurse Practitioner program she has worked as a Level 1 Trauma NP and a hospitalist.
Sandra and her family enjoy hiking, playing sports and cooking.
Coastal Cardiology - Templeton
There is ample free parking.
Directions
From the North
From southbound Highway 101, exit at Las Tablas and continue right onto Las Tablas for roughly ¼ mile. After passing Twin Cities Community Hospital, turn left onto Posada Lane. Our office is the third building on the left. Once in the parking lot, signs will direct you to Suite A at the front, left side of the building.
From the South
From northbound Highway 101, exit at Las Tablas and continue left onto Las Tablas for roughly ¼ mile. After passing Twin Cities Community Hospital, turn left onto Posada Lane. Our office is the third building on the left. Once in the parking lot, signs will direct you to Suite A at the front, left side of the building.
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial fibrillation/flutter
- Aortic Stenosis
- Arrhythmias, acquired and inherited
- Bradycardia, sick sinus syndrome and heart block
- Cardiomyopathy, acquired and inherited
- Chest pain and angina
- Congenital heart disease
- Coronary heart disease
- Heart attacks
- Heart failure
- Heart Transplantation
- High blood cholesterol and triglycerides
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic and restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Long QT syndrome
- Pacemakers and defibrillators
- Pericarditis
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Preventive cardiology and risk factor management
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Stable angina
- Supraventricular tachycardia
- Syncope and vasovagal episodes
- Ventricular assist devices
- Valvular heart disease
- Ventricular tachycardia
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
- Women's heart disease
Cardioversion
Cardioversion is a procedure that uses electrical energy to correct abnormal rhythms of the heart, such as atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter. It is an outpatient procedure, and is performed at the hospital under sedation.
Pacific Central Coast Health Centers contracts with most health insurance plans, including Medi-Cal, and provides health care services that fit your health plan benefits. If you have questions about the health insurance plans we accept, contact the office where you would like to be seen and our staff would be happy to answer any questions you may have.
- Aetna
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- CenCal
- Cigna
- Coventry – First Health
- Health Net
- Healthsmart – Interplan
- Medi-Cal
- Medicare
- Multiplan – Beech Street
- Networks by Design
- Tricare
- TriWest
- United Healthcare
- Western Growers
What makes our Expert Team at Coastal Cardiology - Templeton stand out?
Coastal Cardiology is the only cardiology practice in San Luis Obispo County with IAC Accredited Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology Labs on site.