2027 Women with Heart Honoree
Grace Diez-Hoeck, MD
Baptist Health Internal Medicine
Grace Diez-Hoeck is a native of Bogota, Colombia and works as a Board-Certified Internal Medicine specialist. She has practiced in Jacksonville, Florida, for the past thirty years. During this time she has been Chair of Women in Medicine for the Baptist Health System, and organization that promotes women physicians into positions of leadership.
She has also served a a preceptor for numerous third year medical students in their medical rotations at her practice to fulfill their academic requirements prior to graduation from medical school. Sharing her knowledge and practical wisdom and passing it on to the next generation of physicians is a privilege and an honor.
As a devout Catholic, she is a minister of the Eucharist at daily Mass and also brings holy communion to the homebound and to the sick of her church. She is currently involved in a three-year program to become an Apostle of Mercy which involves a discernment of a project of service to the community.
Most importantly she finds joy in the company of her husband, Kenneth, and sons Matthew and William, whose diverse interests in theology, social justice, and the conservation of the environment, which keep her inspired to use her talents in the service of the Lord and community.
Giving dignity to others in their times of need is at the core of her life.
