| Graduation Year | Class of 1959 |
| Date of Birth | Jan 10, 1941 |
| Date of Passing | Nov 06, 2019 |
| About | The culmination of an extraordinary life of service and adventure, Joan graduated from Pompano Beach Senior High School in Pompano Bch, Fl. as Salutatorian. She earned an M.D. from Stanford University and a Masters in Public Health from Harvard. She specialized in addiction medicine, and even studied acupuncture and Oriental medicine for a year in China. Most of Joan's distinguished Medical career was spent in Palm Beach County, where she took leading roles in improving access to medical care for under served populations, including indigent, low-income, and elderly patients, as well as those suffering from HIV/AIDS, and alcohol and drug addiction. She was influential in getting addiction classified as an illness so that people seeking treatment could be covered by health insurance. She advocated for incorporation of alternative and holistic medicine alongside Western methods, especially in the treatment of chronic pain, which she suffered from herself for much of her life. |
