LA Net Advisory
Council Members

John A Kotick, JD (Chairman)
Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles

Mohsen Bazargan, Ph.D.
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

Condessa Curley, MD
Eisner Pediatrics and Family Medical Center

Ignacio DeArtola , MD
Cleaver Family Wellness Center

Grace Floutsis, MD
Clinica Msr. Oscar A. Romero

Lillian Gelberg, MD, MSPH
University of California, Los Angeles

Ricardo G. Hahn, MD
University of Southern California

Sally Hur, Pharm. D.
QueensCare, Echo Park

Sarah Ingersoll, MSN, MBA, RN
American Medical Informatics Association
University of Southern California

Cristina Jose Kampher, PhD
AltaMed

June Levine. RN, MSN
Access to Care Collaborative

Carmela Lomonaco, PhD

Imelda Meza, MA
The Children’s Clinic

Kiki Nocella, PhD
University of California, Riverside

Felix Nuñez, MD, MPH
Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County

Elise Pomerance, MD
East Valley Community Health Center

Jehni Robinson, MD
The Los Angeles Free Clinic

Michael A. Rodríguez, MD, MPH
University of California, Los Angeles

Richard Seidman, MD, MPH
LA Care

Maureen Strohm, MD
California Hospital Medical Center

Ava Lenda Waldman
AIDS Research Alliance

University Hospital

The Family Practice Center at USC University Hospital is the central location for the Department of Family Medicine's faculty and residents. It also serves as the primary location for the Student Health program for the USC Health Science campus.

San Gabriel Family Practice Center

The Family Practice Center at San Gabriel is one of three residency programs for USC's Department of Family Medicine. This practice has developed an occupational injury assessment and treatment program that is recognized by many of the community's businesses. The practice was also awarded a contract from the Veteran's Administration that calls for providing primary care to the San Gabriel Valley veteran population.

USC/California Hospital Family Medicine Program (USC/CH)

USC/CH is located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. Its mission is to meet the needs of the multicultural, multilingual, underserved residents in the inner city community and has specifically targeted the needs of young families. The practice serves the needs of a largely Latino population as well as provides care for nearly 15,000 patient visits and delivers an average of 300 babies per year. This practice is also striving to increase the family physician's opportunity to advocate for their patient population and will begin to reach out to aging African Americans within the community.

Clinica Msr. Oscar A. Romero

Clinica Oscar Romero is a state licensed, FQHC that provides basic health care and serves uninsured multi-ethnic/racial populations. However, a majority of the Clinica's patient population includes many communities from Southern Mexico and Central America, including indigenous communities. The Clinica provides care for roughly 40,000 patients per year with roughly 90% having no public or private insurance and the average income (family of four) is less than $16,000 a year. In addition, 1 out of 4 of their patients are illiterate and a majority are working poor. The clinica also offers special clinics for day laborers and housekeepers (domesticas).

South Central Family Health Center

South Central Family Health Center is focused on providing affordable health care for the poor populations of Los Angeles. The practice provides care for approximately 20,000 patient visits per year and is expanding. The services range from treatment of chronic health care (such as diabetes, hypertension), well child visits and immunizations to teen peer counseling and patient advocacy.

Mercy Family Health Center

Mercy Family Health Center is an affiliated center in the Sacramento area. Much like our Los Angeles practice sites, Mercy has developed a clinic that provides a full range of services to an ethnically and culturally diverse population with a broad spectrum of ages and clinical programs from prenatal care to geriatrics. They serve both South East Asian and Asian Pacific Islanders populations within the region.

East Valley Community Health Center

The East Valley Community Health Center, Inc. (EVCHC) , established in 1970, is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) community clinic and certified as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Fees for our services are on a sliding scale, but no one is turned away because of inability to pay. Out of our two facilities in West Covina and Pomona, EVCHC provides annually over 65,000 patient visits to approximately 22,000 unduplicated clients. Services include family practice medicine for children, teens and adults; OBGYN care including prenatal care, family planning, GYN services including services for menopausal women and breast cancer prevention for women over 40 years of age; HIV services ranging from testing to outpatient care; mental health; case management services and nutrition counseling services. Case management, nutrition, and health education are an integral part of our medical services. EVCHC professional staff is composed of physicians (internists, family practitioners, pediatricians, gynecologists), midlevel providers (nurse practitioners, physicians assistants), nurses, health educators, case managers, and a nutritionist. Services are provided in English and Spanish.

Cleaver Family Wellness Clinic

The Cleaver Clinic was established to specifically address the critical needs of a community that is especially vulnerable. More than 95% of our patients have incomes below the federal poverty guidelines. The Clinic complements Our Saviour Center's efforts to provide multiple services on one convenient neighborhood site.

Preventative health care and wellness are the hallmarks of the Cleaver Family Wellness Clinic. In 2000-2001, the Cleaver Family Wellness Clinic had provided over 10,000 clinical and health education encounters.

Eisner Pediatric and Family Medical Center

Eisner Pediatric and Family Medical Center is a private, non-profit health center dedicated to providing high quality medical and dental services, day care and early intervention programs that are affordable to all families. Eisner serves a diverse population with a wide range of programs within Los Angeles.

St. John's Well Child & Family Center

St. John's Well Child & Family Center operate five sites in downtown, south central and east Los Angeles and have developed a School Readiness Child and Family Resource and Development Center in one of L.A.'s poorest communities, offering childcare and early childhood education and development services, resources and community linkages for parents and children in need of social services, parent education classes and job training, environmental health case management and care and a large community health center.

Los Angeles Free Clinic

The Los Angeles Free Clinic is a community of caring and committed individuals, made up of staff, volunteers, donors, and community supporters, who have come together to provide health and human services to thousands of men, women and children in need.

QueensCare, Echo Park

QueensCare has six clinics with approximately 130,000 patient visits per year for 30,000 patients. Each clinic does primary care, pediatrics, dentistry and two sites have ophthalmologists/metrists. QueensCare has a parish program that provides 18 parish nurses to 30 churches and senior center sites. QueensCare serves the residents of various low-income areas in Los Angeles County.

Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles- Bell Gardens and Hawaiian Gardens

Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles have two clinics, Bell Gardens Family Medical Center, and the Hawaiian Gardens Health Center, both within the Los Angeles County Service Provider Area (SPA) 7. Forty-nine (49) full-time employees provide the health care services. FHCCGLA's mission devotes the agency to enhancing the quality of life for men, women , and children in Greater Los Angeles area through the provision of high quality, accessible, and affordable health care services.

The Children's Clinic

For over 67 years, The Children's Clinic, Serving Children and Their Families has been dedicated to providing comprehensive health care in a culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate manner to medically underserved, low-income and high-risk populations in Long Beach and the South Bay. The Clinic is a true medical home for the greater Long Beach area and surrounding communities providing medical care and counseling for well-child visits; acute and chronic care; adult clinic; teen services; community outreach and education; immunizations; laboratory testing; prescribed medications; linkage to community resources; and evening and Saturday hours in clinics.

Comprehensive Community Health Centers

Comprehensive Community Health Centers offers pediatric, family practice, women's health and dental services. CCHC participates in most health insurance programs, including CHDP, Healthy Families and Medi-Cal. There is an eligibility worker at each site.The mission of CCHC is to ensure the health and wellness of each individual so every person may reach their fullest human potential within a caring environment.

Watts Healthcare Corporation

Watts Healthcare Corporation (WHCC) is a large community health center with 300 employees serving the community for 37 years with approximately 100,000 patients/clients located in the South Los Angeles community of Watts. WHCC provides comprehensive health care services to Watts and the surrounding communities of South Los Angeles.