Cassandra L. Weigert, FNP

Dr. Takhtovich is a Family Medicine physician at the Highland Primary Care office. Born in Moscow, Russia, he moved to Brooklyn, New York at age 9. After graduating from Stuyvesant High School in New York City, he studied civil engineering and mathematics at Rutgers University. After college, he served as a combat engineer officer in the U.S. Army from 2007 to 2012. His assignments included deploying to Baghdad, Iraq as a platoon leader, serving in Bamberg, Germany as a battalion training officer, and deploying to Afghanistan as a battalion operations officer. In 2009, he was awarded the Combat Action Badge and the Bronze Star Medal. After leaving the military in 2012, Dr. Takhtovich worked as a civil engineer in New York City for 18 months prior to starting medical school. He graduated from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, New Jersey in 2018. He then completed residency training at Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, New York in 2021. Dr. Takhtovich finished the SUNY Downstate acupuncture program in 2021.

Dr. Barry Goldman has more than three decades of experience. He has beenξboard certified since 1986. He chose family medicine because he cherishes caring for his patients from childhood into adulthood, and becauseξhe feels honoredξto take care of a patient, their child and their grandchild. In his free time, he enjoys going to the gym, spending time with family and taking long walks with his grand-dogs.

Skylar VanSteemburg (she/her/hers & they/them/theirs) has dedicated her life towards equity in reproductive, sexual, gender-related, and perinatal healthcare for all people. They value the tenets of full-scope midwifery care and believe that all reproductive experiences, from contraception to abortion, fertility to family planning, pregnancy to postpartum, miscarriage to menopause, are not siloed medical events; each is a part of the rich tapestry of moments, woven together and weathered through time, that make each of us unique. They have a particular passion for gender-affirming care, caring for LGBTQIA+ people, working with teens, destigmatizing sexual health, and family planning. She holds a Master of Nursing and dual degree as a Certified Nurse Midwife and a Board-Certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner from Yale School of Nursing, and a BA from St. Lawrence University. They grew up in Albany and are thrilled to have returned to the magical Hudson Valley.