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Bluffdale Pediatrician

Monica Schwarz Josten, M.D.

Monica Shwarz Josten, Pediatrics

About Monica:

Monica grew up in Sandy, Utah, to parents from Indonesia and Switzerland. Growing up a multiracial person with mixed heritage, in Utah, was hugely influential and Monica broadened those experiences during medical training. After residency, she returned home to Utah, to the community she knows and loves.

The things she learned in medical school prepared her for understanding the doctor’s side of the relationship, but after having her two children and experiencing the joyous moments and the sleepless nights, she also understands how parents are feeling.

Community is hugely important to Monica, which is part of what she loves about working with kids and families. Working with kids necessarily means working with parents or caregivers, sometimes even schools and the wider community. She enjoys being able to maintain that relationship from those first moments at the hospital through to adulthood. Monica knows it takes a team to raise a kid and sees her job as being the quarterback, helping your team move the ball the right direction down the field. 

Specialty

Pediatrics

Location(s)

Accepting New Patients

Yes

Education

BS, Tulane University, 2012
M.D., University of Utah School of Medicine, 2017
Residency, Stanford Pediatrics, 2017-2020

Language(s)

English

Parent Feedback

We have been going to Family First Pediatrics since we moved to Utah in 2015! So 10years now! We first seen Dr Cody Crowell for a couple years when we didn’t have any health insurance. It was a bit difficult to get asthma meds from him without office visits and we just couldn’t afford to come in for a refill every single time. We switched to Dr Sherry Vlam who worked with us through and through and went above and beyond for us when we didn’t have insurance. We got health insurance and have been with her ever since!! She is outstanding! I feel like she is a dear friend! We chat in office and I can run ideas by her and she is like my sounding board. There are no silly questions and she is just phenomenal!!! She treats us like human beings and like we have a personal connection! When Sherri can get us in for a same day sick appointment we try to get in with Chris Cook! He is also stellar!!! He listens to mom instinct's, he will brain storm with you, he will tell you what he would do. He is just awesome also! We use FFP for ortho as well and the dentist and we have used the counseling center in the past. We love that you can text the Office, Call the office and we love how many locations they have. We will continue to go here for years to come! Thanks FFP!!!

—Kimberly Christian.

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