Central Neighborhood Health Foundation Central Avenue South Los Angeles Clinic Program

Program Identity & Fit

CNCH's Family Medicine Residency is an FQHC-based, faith-driven, community health program built around outpatient primary care delivery to medically underserved, ethnically diverse populations across Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties. Curriculum is organized around community medicine in every training year, with themed rotations in behavioral health, vulnerable populations, medical outreach, HIV testing/education, practice management, and advocacy, reflecting a mission oriented toward social justice and health equity rather than subspecialty procedural depth. Hospital partnerships (Centinela, PIH Good Samaritan, St. Francis) supply inpatient, OB, surgery, and emergency exposure, while PGY-3 offers elective/research time and health systems management, but the program's identity centers on safety-net primary care rather than academic or fellowship pipelines. The program explicitly seeks residents whose personal mission aligns with its faith-based, service-oriented, health-equity culture rather than prioritizing research output or subspecialization.