While the Latinx population is the fastest-growing population in California, we have a shortfall of almost 55,000 Latinx physicians to serve this population.
At the current Latinx rate of medical school graduation, it will take about 500 years to close that gap (UCLA, 2015).
We must build a physician workforce that meets these needs and provides culturally and linguistically appropriate levels of healthcare to California’s Latinx population.
At the University of California, San Francisco, Latinx Center of Excellence (LCOE), our goal is to increase the number of Latinx physicians, as well as physicians from other under-represented minority (URM) communities, through programs that support students and physicians at every stage of their careers.
Leadership
LCOE Director, Alicia Fernandez, received awards from the Mission Economic Development Agency and the American Board of Internal Medicine for her health equity work.
Community Engagement
The LCOE Street Team partnered with the Latino Task Force to provide COVID-19 health education, resources, and PPE to those waiting in food distribution line in SF’s Mission District.
The LCOE is supported, in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the UCSF School of Medicine, the UCSF Office of Diversity and Outreach, and private philanthropy. The contents of this website are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.