Dr. Lucia Huffman Joins Physicians' Primary Care of Southwest Florida

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Aug. 29, 2016 - PRLog -- Dr. Lucia Huffman has joined Physicians' Primary Care of Southwest Florida as a family medicine physician.

Dr. Huffman will see patients at the Cape Coral Family Medicine office at 1304 S.E. 8^th Terrace, where she will provide preventative care and adult physicals as well as treatment of chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension.

She is a graduate of the University of California in Santa Cruz, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in molecular, cellular and developmental biology.

Dr. Huffman earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Medicine and Health Sciences in the West Indies and St. Matthews University in Grand Cayman.  She also earned a Master of Business Administration in Health Care Management from Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Her residency was completed at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers under the Florida State University residency program.

Dr. Huffman participated in several research projects in robotics for Intuitive Surgical, Inc., in Sunnyvale, Calif., as well as research for Align Technology in Santa Clara, Calif., and Tyco Healthccare in Pleasanton, Calif.

She also has volunteered her skills in mission work in Nicaragua, volunteered with the Cayman Heart Fund and has performed sports physicals for Fort Myers High School athletes.

Dr. Huffman enjoys scuba diving, fishing, traveling and raising a Russian Tortoise and African Sulcata that is estimated to grow 100 pounds in the next several years.  She also is fluent in Korean.

Physicians' Primary Care of Southwest Florida, a physician-owned and operated medical practice, was formed in 1996 by many long practicing local physicians and has grown to become the largest independent multi-specialty primary care practice in Southwest Florida.

Medical specialties include pediatrics, internal medicine, family practice, obstetrics and gynecology.  Offices are conveniently located in Fort Myers, Cape Coral, and Lehigh Acres.  For more information, visit www.ppcswfl.com.