Jorge Garcia, M.D.

Dr. Garcia is a board-certified physician, who graduated from the University of California, San Francisco in 1983. He completed his Family Practice Residency at Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, WA in 1986. He completed a Faculty Development Fellowship at the University of Washington in 1995. He teaches at both Family Medicine Residencies on the Swedish/First Hill and Swedish/Cherry Hill campuses. His responsibilities include enhancing the cooperation of these two large programs. He is involved in teaching obstetric sonography and other procedures such as flexible sigmoidoscopy. Dr. Garcia’s medical interests include adolescent health care, cross-cultural medicine, OB ultrasound, and international health. He believes patient care should be based on respect for cultural differences and individual needs. A member of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Dr. Garcia is involved in community clinics as well as volunteering at a homeless youth clinic. Dr. Garcia recently took a leave from teaching to do an international medical consulting job in Asia and Latin America. He lives in Seattle with his wife, who is also a family physician, and two children. They enjoy music and spending time in the mountains.

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