Dr. Garcia is a Los Angeles, CA native who moved to Arizona in 1984. He has been living in Tucson since 1991 upon beginning studies at the University of Arizona. He completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition with a formal minor in Chemistry and also a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology with a formal minor in Sociology. He went on to earn his Medical Degree and complete Family Medicine residency also at the University of Arizona. More recently Dr. Garcia has attained his certification as a Metabolic Health Practitioner and became a diplomate with the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.

Dr. Garcia has been practicing medicine since 2007 and his clinical practice exhibits strengths in preventive and metabolic health having personally lost 60 pounds through nutrition and exercise. He also has special interests in sports medicine, adolescent and adult health issues, and individualized medical consultation. He believes in clear and effective communication as many health conditions and their management can be difficult to understand. He is a voracious reader usually in the middle of 3-4 books at once. He believes in the dictum of “first do no harm”.

Dr. Garcia has been married 26 years to his lovely wife Elizabeth (Lisa) and is a very competent doggy daddy of usually 3-4 mixed breed rescue pups. He spends most of his free time, golfing, reading, watching good movies and TV, and partaking in most sports. He also enjoys downtime relaxing and recovering from exercise and the generalized soreness from that. He is bilingual and fluent in Spanish.