Dr. Garcia, a board certified physician,  graduated from the University of California, San Francisco, in 1983.  He completed Family Practice Residency, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, WA, 1986.  He completed a Faculty Development Fellowship, University of Washington, 1995.

Dr. Garcia teaches at both Swedish and Providence Family Practice Residencies.  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, that had him traveling in Asia and Latin America which he found very educational.   He lives in Seattle with his wife (also a family physician) and two children. They enjoy music and spending time in the mountains.