NorthBay Health’s Urgent Care Clinic is at 1305 Stratford Ave. in Davis. The clinic is open every day of the year. Photo courtesy of Northbay Health

DIXON, CA (MPG) - NorthBay Health at 1305 Stratford Ave. officially opened its Urgent Care Clinic in Dixon last Nov. 18.

The urgent care center boasts facilities that treat non-lethal conditions that require immediate attention, such as headaches, colds, flus, asthma, rashes, cuts and bruises. According to Dr. Blake H. Cleveland, the facility has already serviced more than a thousand patients in its first three months of operation.

“The Dixon location was identified as a significant community in need based on it being a rural community center in Solano County where we had no presence,” said Cleveland. “As we discovered we would be increasing the ambulatory network of NorthBay, we knew having a location in Dixon is extremely important to managing care in Solano County.” 

Because of the minimal primary and urgent care locations in the area, those who require medical assistance often drove to Vacaville or Fairfield to receive help. NothBay’s mission is to increase access for those within the county and Dixon is only the first step, according to Cleveland.

Cleveland, who has a background in emergency medicine and urgent care, is NorthBay’s medical director of the Urgent Care service line, Current Credential Chairman and has been in the medical field for 11 years. His focus is increasing access for Solano County residents, and the Urgent Care Center has gone from seeing 25 to 30 patients daily to around 150.

“We have plans to open another urgent care in Winters (summer) and Benicia (end of 2025). Rio Vista, we are looking at the first quarter of 2026,” said Cleveland. “The Winters and Rio Vista sites will be hybrid sites like Dixon, having Primary and Urgent Care. Benicia will be Urgent Care only. By the end of our growth, we expect to have 10 Urgent Care facilities in total.”

Through implementing its ambulatory network strategy, NorthBay Health plans to provide shorter wait times, more locations and virtual visits. The goal is also to support patients in transitioning to a primary care provider. To be as flexible as possible with the community’s needs, expanded care is also practiced for patients with primary care needs without primary care access. 

At the Dixon location, personnel on staff includes two primary care providers, Primary Care Medical Director Shanaz Khambatta, D.O. and Kulbir Bajwa, M.D. There are also two medical assistants and, on the Urgent Care side, a doctor on staff from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day of the year. 

“Dixon needed NorthBay and NorthBay needed Dixon,” said Cleveland.