Dr. Rita Susan Koshinski DO, passed away peacefully at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula on June 27th. Rita is survived by her husband David Uchida, her dog Tucker, brother John Koshinski, sister Deborah Koshinski-Urban, and brother-in-law John Urban.
She grew up in Old Forge Pennsylvania and was valedictorian of her class of 1978 at Seton Catholic High School. Rita graduated from the University of Scranton in 1982. She completed her medical degree at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, followed by a fellowship in internal medicine at St. Joseph's Hospital, and a fellowship in infectious diseases at Hahnemann University.
Rita moved to the Monterey Peninsula in 2008 where she worked for CHOMP as an infectious disease specialist. She opened her own primary care practice in 2017, where she took great pride in treating her patients with love and compassion.
Rita was not only a doctor, she was also your friend.