Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Joel attended Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri where he majored in Biological Chemistry, Environmental Science, and Spanish. After graduation, he worked in Program Monitoring and Evaluation for a non-profit organization focusing on child nutritional interventions, global women's empowerment programming, and disaster/humanitarian responses. He returned to his home state of Ohio for medical school at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. While there, he helped lead the campus community garden and served as a student organizer for Doctors on the Streets (DOTS) providing medical care to those experiencing homelessness.
During his residency at Cahaba Medical Care-University of Alabama Birmingham, he participated in the Global Health, Point of Care Ultrasound, Women's Health, and Osteopathic Recognition tracks. He helped lead community medicine initiatives in his neighborhood of West End, Birmingham including a refugee resettlement medical program and helping to provide care in a community medical respite center for men experiencing homelessness with a high degree of medical need. During his training, he received recognition as an HIV Specialist through the American Academy of HIV Medicine and served as Chief Resident during his last year of his residency.
Dr. Manzi is passionate about providing full-spectrum family medicine care to his patients and his community and looks forward to the opportunity to welcome new patients into his practice. While not at work, you may find him frequenting the public library, various coffee shops around Salt Lake City, and honing his photography skills in the wide variety of landscapes Utah has to offer.
Natasha grew up in the suburbs of Boston. She then attended Washington University in St. Louis, where she studied Biology and Anthropology. Natasha became very interested in public health and community medicine and after college worked in Boston as a health outreach worker doing community medicine for underserved patients with mental health and chronic health conditions who were high utilizers of Boston area emergency departments.
As a medical student, Natasha moved to Chicago and attended Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University. Natasha was very involved in free clinic work, serving on the executive board of the NLVS Free Clinic in Chicago throughout medical school and the executive president for 2020 during the COVID pandemic.
During residency at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Chicago, she continued to hone her skills working with underserved urban populations. Natasha worked as Chief Resident during her final year of residency, participating in quality improvement and curriculum development. Natasha is so excited to move to Salt Lake City and learn from the amazing faculty and patients here!
In her free time, Natasha enjoys rock climbing, hot yoga, trying new restaurants and traveling to new places with her fiancé using her extensive travel itineraries.
Sarah attended the University of Rhode Island where she received her degree in Marine Biology. While there, she not only participated in the Semester at Sea program, which jump-started her passion for public health, but also worked as a volunteer first responder, which inspired her to pursue a career in medicine. After graduating, Sarah worked as an EMT before following her passion for public health to the University of Michigan where she received her MPH in Global Health Epidemiology with a certificate in Public Health Genetics.
As a student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine, Sarah helped develop a peer-to-peer mentorship program, provided care to community members in colonias through the student run clinic, and participated in several research projects including genetics research in a Nepalese population.
During residency at the University of California, Davis, she honed her clinical skills, led wellness initiatives, and helped to pioneer the lifestyle medicine certification program. Sarah is thrilled to serve patients in Salt Lake City and expand her ability to contribute to the health and well-being of the community.
In her free time, Sarah enjoys cooking, rock climbing, crafting (including the occasional DIY project), and traveling.
Originally from Chicago, IL, Zoe attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where she graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology.
As a student at Ross University School of Medicine, she participated in curriculum development and volunteerism. She created a community based service learning course and founded a student volunteer organization during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide volunteer opportunities for medical students within the community. She completed her residency at West Suburban Medical Center, where she served as the chief resident in her third year, participated in curriculum analysis and expansion, and led quality improvement initiatives.
Her research focuses on women's health and healthcare disparities. She has a strong interest in global health and has participated in international volunteerism, most recently to Tanzania while in residency, and established a partnership between her community partners in East Africa and Chicagoland. She plans to further expand this collaboration as her career unfolds.
Her interests include obstetrics, women's health, addiction medicine, global health, behavioral health, and outpatient procedures. She is excited to move to Salt Lake City and serve the patients of this community.
During her free time, she enjoys spending time outdoors, cooking traditional Croatian food, and traveling with her husband.