Affinia Healthcare Program

Program Identity & Fit

Affinia Healthcare's Family Medicine Residency is a new, community health center-based program built around Federally Qualified Health Center care for underserved North St. Louis populations, with a three-year longitudinal Primary Care and Community Medicine (PCCM) continuity clinic as its curricular spine. Clinical training extends into affiliated hospital settings, including an independently-run adult hospitalist service at Christian Northeast Hospital, exclusive resident access to deliveries at DePaul's Family Birthplace, and pediatric exposure at St. Louis Children's Hospital, giving residents broad full-spectrum exposure despite the program's small, inaugural size. Scholarly activity is present but framed around quality improvement, patient safety, and practice management rather than traditional research output, indicating a clinically- and community-oriented (not research-driven) mission. The program explicitly values applicants with demonstrated commitment to Family Medicine and underserved/community care, and its current resident cohort reflects backgrounds in global health service, social determinants-focused work, and resource-limited clinical experience.