Making theRight
CALLS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT CONNECTS WITH HOMETOWN PATIENTS BY JO ANN KIRBY
From his office at Sutter Gould in Stockton, Dr. Peter Garbeff, M.D., can look out and spot his elementary school in the Parkwoods neighborhood where he grew up after moving here with his family from the Midwest as a young boy. Some of those Midwestern traits of altruism, a strong work ethic and modest integrity stuck with him and are evident in the way the urologist cares for his patients. “I think his best quality is his sense of patient care,” Dr. Kurt Roemer, who has been in practice with Dr. Garbeff for more than several decades. “He’s the only person I know who still takes two or three hours a day to make patient calls. Because of that, of course, his patients love him. I think he’s a very compassionate, giving person and that really that speaks volumes in his relationships with all his patients.” Growing up in Stockton, Dr. Garbeff attended Lincoln High School where he excelled in academics. Dr. Roemer recalls being at a Lincoln High basketball function for the team his son coaches and seeing an old yearbook photo of Dr. Garbeff on display. “I took a picture and shared it with him. >>
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SAN JOAQUIN PHYSICIAN
WINTER 2021
