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Joanna Poceta
Swedish Family Medicine - First Hill
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1401 Madison Street Suite 100 Seattle, WA 98104
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Joanna Poceta

"I grew up eating burritos on the beach in Encinitas, California, and despite many years on the East Coast my vocabulary still veers heavily toward Southern California surfer slang. I went to college at Brown University in Rhode Island, where I volunteered as a case manager for low-income families at a pediatric hospital, facilitated a community sexual health seminar, and hosted a show on the campus radio station. I ended up majoring in Philosophy, and though I loved the rigor of working through a challenging text, I knew I needed a career that was rooted firmly in the world around me and could be immediately and concretely applied to the inequities I was seeing daily. I stayed in Providence after college to work with one of my public health mentors developing community programs throughout the country to reduce racial disparities in the HIV and HCV care cascades. I had my first experiences in community organizing through longitudinal work in Jackson, Mississippi, helping to mobilize faith-based organizations in the effort to decrease HIV-related stigma. I found community work unbelievably energizing, and was inspired by the leadership of the activists and organizers that were so crucial in these efforts. When I decided to apply to medical school, I did so with the goal of becoming a physician with a strong community presence that would facilitate access to care for the most marginalized. After a year in San Francisco working as an HIV clinical research assistant and volunteering with a syringe access program, I moved to Washington, D.C. to start medical school at George Washington University. In medical school I was involved in family planning education and advocacy through Medical Students for Choice and continued working as an HIV test counselor in the city. Despite my school not having a department of Family Medicine, I met several family physicians in D.C. who were doing the kind of community-engaged work with underserved communities that I aspired to. They became my mentors as I worked alongside them at shelters and correctional facilities around D.C. and continued to learn how geography, racism and structural inequity impact health outcomes. I wanted the broadest training possible in Family Medicine so that I will be able to provide healthcare to anyone, anywhere. I’m so excited to have found this kind of full-spectrum training at Swedish First Hill and to become a part of this group of physician-leaders here dedicated to social justice, advocacy and community. I hope to develop my interests in family planning and reproductive justice, obstetrics, addiction medicine and HIV/HCV care throughout my time here. Having experiences outside of medicine has always been important to me – I’ve loved working at restaurants from fine dining spots to Dairy Queen, and at an independent bookstore during an angsty year off from undergrad. Before medical school I spent two months riding my bike through Colombia and have done several shorter bike tours since – my secret dream is to be a family doctor traveling the country on two wheels with my medicine bag in tow. I’m stoked for the outdoor opportunities in the Pacific Northwest and can’t wait to load my camping gear onto my bike for a night or two of sleeping outside whenever I can! I also love SCUBA diving, speaking Spanish, doing karaoke, reading fiction, finding the best dive bars and engaging in an excessive amount of pop culture analysis and reminiscence with my best friends from high school on an absurdly active group text thread."
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1401 Madison Street Suite 100, Seattle, WA 98104
Services Joanna Poceta offers family practice services in Seattle, WA. A family doctor is typically a general practitioner who treats most family members from children to adults.

Joanna Poceta in Seattle, WA may treat physical symptoms, prescribe medications, diagnose conditions and much more.

Please call Swedish Family Medicine - First Hill at (206) 386-6111 to schedule an appointment in Seattle, WA or to get more information.
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