Sonja Kocan, Family Nurse Practitioner, Joins St. Joseph’s Health Cardiovascular Institute in Watertown and Gouverneur

SYRACUSE, N.Y.— (September 14, 2020) St. Joseph’s Health welcomes Sonja Kocan, FNP-C, to St. Joseph’s Health Cardiovascular Institute in Watertown, New York, and Gouverneur, New York. In this new role, Ms. Kocan joins a diverse team of highly qualified practitioners providing comprehensive cardiology care to the community.

Ms. Kocan is a licensed family nurse practitioner with more than 4 years of experience. Prior to joining St. Joseph’s Health, Ms. Kocan worked as a nurse practitioner at Canton-Potsdam Hospital in Potsdam, New York. Ms. Kocan previously worked as a registered nurse at SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital Emergency Department in Syracuse, NY, and Claxton Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg, New York.

Ms. Kocan earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Columbia College in Syracuse, New York, and a master’s degree in nursing from SUNY Upstate Medical University’s College of Nursing in Syracuse, New York.

Ms. Kocan is certified in basic life support (BLS) and emergency neurological life support (ENLS).

Ms. Kocan started June 1, 2020.

About St. Joseph’s Health

St. Joseph’s Health is a regional non-profit health care system based in Syracuse, NY. St. Joseph’s has been an innovative leader in health care since our founding in 1869 as the first hospital open to the public in the city of Syracuse. Offering primary, specialty and home care, a Magnet-recognized hospital, and collaboration with community partners, St. Joseph's Health advances the well-being of the communities we serve through an expanding range of services to ensure our patients achieve optimum long-term health. St. Joseph’s is ranked by Consumer Reports among the top 15 heart surgery centers in the country, a designated Stroke Center and a U.S. News “Best Regional Hospital.” St. Joseph’s Health is affiliated with Franciscan Companies and St. Joseph’s Physicians, and is a member of Trinity Health. St. Joseph’s Health is celebrating our 150^th Anniversary throughout 2019. For more information on our founding Sisters of St. Francis including Saint Marianne Cope, our legacy and our innovations, visit www.sjhsyr.org/legacy.

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