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American Board of Family MedicinePatient Rating
4.9 /5( out of 146 reviews )The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers.
The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.
Patient Comments
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December 19, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERhonored my request for a skilled lab person to draw blood for the panel.
November 23, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr. Coachella is very nice and provides an excellent care. She is very professional and responsive to her patients.
November 19, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERVery professional! Easy to talk too!
November 19, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERShe was extremely kind, courteous and helpful. She helped Dr. Engel in a way that was SUPER supportive and you can tell she loves teaching as well as working with her own patients. I would love to see her when Dr. Engel leaves
October 28, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr Cochella is very caring to the patient as a person and easy to talk to. She showed a deep commitment to problem solving and excellent analyst of my concerns
October 25, 2025MADSEN HEALTH CENTERShe seems to care about patients, and understands what is going on. I liked her a lot!
October 24, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr. Cochella has been my PCP almost 15 years. I haven't had a doctor this constant nor caring since my family doc when I was a kid. She respects me and helps me make informed decisions that have improved my life across time.
October 18, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERI am always very well treated by Susan Cochella every time I have been treated by her
September 30, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr Cochella is the best doctor I have ever had, hands down! I trust her with my life!
August 25, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr Cochella is knowlegeable and caring. She always has an upbeat, positive manner.
August 23, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERwell, This is [NAME REMOVED] and Susan knows me and has known me for over a decade I am extremely Happy that she is my PCP
July 13, 2025MADSEN HEALTH CENTERA serious overseer.
July 10, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr. Cochella is amazing!
June 30, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr. Cochella made my son feel empowered because she treated him with respect, listened to him and valued his opinion. Thank you for helping him build a positive outlook towards his health and well-being as well as with his health care provider. Thank you!!
June 06, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERMost the time the dr is always great with me, but the couple of times it has been different some how.
June 04, 2025MADSEN HEALTH CENTERThankyou
May 09, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERSheÕs great
April 10, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERI have always felt her care and knowledge is excellent.
April 02, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr. Cochella listens to my concerns and provides helpful and meaningful information. She is knowledgeable and caring. I feel fortunate that she is my provider!
March 29, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERVery caring and good people skills.
March 22, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERI have been receiving excellent care from Dr Coachella for many years
March 14, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDoctor Susan Cochella is an exceptional human being and a one in a million medical practitioner. She is very efficiently thorough and empathetic in her interaction with patients. She is promptly communicative in her response to test results, advising patients of their health condition and encouraging the continuance of good healthy life habits and also tactfully conveys benefits of her pharmaceutical prescriptions. She is informative of unhealthy life choices and helpful with healthy suggestions. She gives treatment options and suggested referrals in kind and gentle straight forward and plain language. She is genuinely receptive to questions and responds eloquently and clearly. I'm grateful to have her as my primary physician. She's a ten out of ten.
February 19, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERShe has been a pleasure to have to take care of my health and managing my diabetes for 11 years
January 09, 2025SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr. Cochella is a wonderful provider. She listened to my concerns and provided thoughtful answers. I appreciate her genuine desire to improve my health and to work with me to involve me in my treatment plan. She is terrific and I am grateful that she is my physician!
December 19, 2024MADSEN HEALTH CENTERVery nice person
December 19, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERListening and was concerned for my needs
December 18, 2024MADSEN HEALTH CENTEROur contact was very brief.
December 07, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERWonderful MD who really cares on the well being of her patients. Excellent listener who really has a passion to help or assist her patients to the best of her ability and knowledge. Thank you
December 06, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERGreat Physician - caring, compassionate, and knowledgeable.
December 05, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr. Cochella is a listener at heart. She really cares about her patients and their families. She always takes her time with me and my children and makes me feel heard. She touches on multiple important domains and doesn't feel like she is rushing to get to her next patient. I so appreciate her time and expertise.
November 18, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERShe was efficient and proessional
November 16, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERI would tell others about Dr Cochella and then many more.
November 12, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERI have been a patient of Dr. Cochella for a while now and the medical care I receive is excellent! I can't express enough how valuable she has been in guiding me on my journey to improve my health and making good choices with diet and exercise. So glad to have Dr Cochella as my medical provider.
November 11, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr. Cochella is an informed and caring physician, who listens well to her patients and explains carefully the health challenges her patients face and the prescribed treatments. I am grateful to have her as my long time physician.
November 03, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr. Cochella is a caring and very capable Doctor who navigated skillfully the many health problems that I have. She resolved many health issues since 2018, by doing so she gave me a new chance for a longer life.
September 23, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERshe's amazing! very caring.
July 21, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTEROthers would love Dr Cochella cause of the way she is to her patience. She is everything and so much more. I give her 100 thumbs up.
July 17, 2024MADSEN HEALTH CENTERMy interactions with Dr. Cochella were respectful. I was a little taken aback by her suggestion that I start taking blood pressure medication based on a very small number of blood pressure readings (1 or a few?). Other than that test, I am quite healthy with no family history. It seems like recommending lifestyle modifications should come first, given my overall health status, along with providing decent information on those options. She suggested I cut back on alcohol consumption, which is reasonable. However, she didn't broach salt or caffeine consumption. While I am generally a healthy eater, I consume a lot of salt and coffee. We didn't discuss those things. I did my own research and decided to make adjustments there. I suggested regular BP testing at home. She thought that made sense. So, that's what I'm doing. There are no survey items above about the quality of the doctor recommendations. Based on my knowledge and research, I'd rate those as fair or possibly lower.
July 13, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr Susan is amazing have been seeing her for many year's highly recommended her
July 01, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr. Cochella is the best. My wife and I both see her and love having her as our healthcare provider.
June 28, 2024MADSEN HEALTH CENTERVery informative and caring
June 15, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr. Cochella focuses on the highest priorities for my health, which currently are cardio-vascular fitness and weight control. We made a plan together that is realistic and I am committed to making it work. We will follow through in 6 months.
May 22, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERMy kids and I moved to Utah from Cleveland, Ohio right in the middle of the school year. U of U made picking our new PCP easy. Dr.Susan Cochella is absolutely amazing! As a single mother of three I appreciate how the staff and Dr.Cochella take their time to care for my children, and answer any questions or concerns I may have. Visits never feel rushed, so far it's been a pleasant experience!
May 16, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr. Cochella was very thorough and showed great interest in my daughter's well-being. She didn't shy away from difficult topics yet created an overall positive atmosphere. She explained things well to my daughter and treated her with respect.
April 25, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr. Cochella is such a caring and thoughtful practitioner. I really appreciated how many ways she connected with me. She also gave me so really powerful resources.
April 24, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERShe's great. Very knowledgeable and great rapport with patients.
April 13, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERI've been seeing Dr Cochella for 10 years. There's nobody like her. She's kind, caring, attentive and communicates in a way I can understand. She's simply the best.
April 11, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERShe is awesome she really cares
April 06, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERMy Dr Susan Coachella is amazing I known her for a very long time won't change to anyone else
March 28, 2024SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTERDr Cochella is the best provider I have encountered in my life. She is really caring, gets into the historical clinical notes of the patient and provides a details pro-active treatment for her patient. As a patient, she makes me feel comfortable and gives me the re assurance to talk to her about all my health care concerns She is one of a kind in this field. I love her Paul Nkoy 801-450-6824 Mobile
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Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments Family & Preventive Medicine -Professor (Clinical)
Board Certification American Board of Family MedicineEducation history
Fellowship Medical Education - University of Utah Hospital School of Medicine Fellow Graduate Training Public Health - University of Utah School of Medicine M.P.H. Residency Family Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident Professional Medical University of Nevada M.D. Undergraduate Molecular Biology - University of Colorado - Boulder B.S. Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Van Hala S, Cochella S, Jaggi R, Frost CJ, Kiraly B, Pohl S, Gren L (2018). Development and Validation of the Foundational Healthcare Leadership Self-assessment. Fam Med, 50(4), 262-268. (Read full publication)
- Cox N, Tak CR, Cochella SE, Leishman E, Gunning K (2017). Impact of Pharmacist Previsit Input to Providers on Chronic Opioid Prescribing Safety. J Am Board Fam Med, 31(1), 105-112. (Read full publication)
- Cochella S, Liaw W, Binienda J, Hustedde C (2016). CERA: Clerkships Need National Curricula on Care Delivery, Awareness of Their NCC Gaps. Fam Med, 48(6), 439-44. (Read full publication)
- Cochella S, Liaw W, Binienda J, Hustedde C (06/01/2016). CERA: Clerkships Need National Curricula on Care Delivery, Awareness of Their NCC Gaps. Fam Med, 48(6), 439-444.
- Cochella S, Steiner BD, Clinch CR, WinklerPrins V (2014). STFM's National Clerkship Curriculum: CERA reveals impact, clerkship director needs. Fam Med, 46(6), 429-32.
- Cochella S, Steiner BD, Clinch CR, WinklerPrins V (2014). STFM's National Clerkship Curriculum: CERA reveals impact, clerkship director needs. Fam Med, 46(6), 429-32. (Read full publication)
- Webster LR, Cochella S, Dasgupta N, et al (2011). An Analysis of the Root Causes for Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths in the United States. Pain Med, Supplement(12), S26-S35.
- Cochella S, Bateman K (2011). Provider detailing: an intervention to decrease prescription opioid deaths in Utah. Pain Med, 12 Suppl 2, S73-6. (Read full publication)
- Cochella S, Bateman K (2011). Provider Detailing: An Intervention to Decrease Prescription Opioid Deaths in Utah. Pain Med, Suppl(12), S73-S76.
- Cochella S, Johnson C (2006). Cardiac issues in the young athlete. Curr Sports Med Rep, 5(6), 309-14. (Read full publication)
- Hobson WL, Avant-Mier R, Cochella S, Van Hala S, Stanford J, Alder SC, Croskell SE (2005). Caring for the underserved: using patient and physician focus groups to inform curriculum development. Ambul Pediatr, 5(2), 90-5. (Read full publication)
- Prunuske J, Cochella S, Gunning K (2003). Is single-dose levonorgestrel as effective as other emergency contraception regimens? J Fam Pract, 52(4), 268, 271-2. (Read full publication)
- Cochella SE, Pedersen DM (2003). Negotiating a request for nondisclosure. Am Fam Physician, 67(1), 209-11. (Read full publication)
Letter
- Van Hala S, Cochella S, Frost CJ, Gren L (2018). Collaborative Skills Essential to Leadership. [Letter to the editor]. Fam Med, 50(9), 712-713. (Read full publication)
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