Venice Family Clinic

Venice Family Clinic

Venice Family Clinic is a free medical clinic based in Venice, Los Angeles, California.

Founded in 1970 by Philip Rossman, MD, and co-founder Mayer B. Davidson, MD, it has grown from a single small storefront to seven sites in Venice, Santa Monica, Mar Vista and Culver City.

With the help of 1,894 volunteers, including 427 physicians, the clinic served 21,538 patients in 116,574 visits in its fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.cite web | url = http://venicefamilyclinic.org/pdf/fact_sheet_1_9_08.pdf | format = PDF | title = Fact Sheet | publisher = Venice Family Clinic | date = 2008-01-09]

Patients

The clinic serves low-income men, women, children, teens, and seniors who lack private health insurance. Its patients live primarily on the Westside of Los Angeles as well as other areas throughout Los Angeles County.
* 78% are minority group members
* 74% have no health insurance
* 68% live below poverty
* 25% are children
* 16% are homeless

Services

Its services include a wide range of normal medication, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up care and laboratory services, health insurance enrollment and dental care, as well as specialty care provided by volunteer physicians in such areas as cardiology, dermatology, ear/nose/throat, endocrinology, neurology, gastroenterology, optometry, ophthalmology and podiatry.

Awards

Venice Family Clinic has received national accolades, including the 2005 "Foster G. McGaw Prize" for Excellence in Community Service, sponsored by The Baxter International Foundation [cite web | url = http://www.baxter.com/about_baxter/foundation/news/2006/01_17_06-mcgaw_award.html | accessdate=2008-09-04|title= California's Venice Family Clinic Wins Prestigious Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service
publisher = Baxter International | date = 2006-01-17] [cite web | url = http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag_app/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=HHNMAG/PubsNewsArticle/data/2006April/0604HHN_FEA_McGawAw&domain=HHNMAG| accessdate=2008-09-04
title= 2005 Foster G. McGaw Prize|publisher = Health Forum Inc.| date = April 2006] , the Cardinal Health Foundation and the American Hospital Association; the President's Volunteer Action Award, and the Pew Primary Care Achievement Award.

References

External Links

* [http://www.venicefamilyclinic.org Official Venice Family Clinic Website]
* cite web | url = http://www.twcsocalnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=731&Itemid=63
accessdate = 2008-09-04 | title = Venice Family Clinic | publisher = Time Warner Cable (SoCal news)


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