Community Partnership Clinics
Through sustained collaborative agreements between our community-based partner clinics, our division, and Stanford Health Care our faculty serve as a community-academic bridge.
Ravenswood Family Health Network
Ravenswood Family Health Network, a federally qualified health center based in East Palo Alto, was formed through the merger of Ravenswood Clinic and Mayview Clinics. Both have long-standing collaborations with Stanford’s Primary Care Division and host several clinical faculty members. Ravenswood’s mission is to improve community health by providing culturally sensitive, comprehensive primary and preventive care to all, regardless of ability to pay or immigration status, while working with community partners to address social determinants of health.
Roots Community Health Center
Founded in Oakland, California, the mission of Roots Community Health Center is to uplift those impacted by systemic inequities and poverty. They accomplish this through medical and behavioral health care, health navigation, workforce enterprises, housing, outreach, and advocacy. The Roots-Stanford PCPH partnership began in 2019 and has grown to include multiple collaborations, including with Stanford’s Department of Psychiatry to pilot expansion of integrated behavioral health.
PHC Clinic at the Opportunity Center
Peninsula Healthcare Connection is a medical clinic co-located with the Opportunity Center which provides social services combatting homelessness. Located across the street from Stanford campus, in central Palo Alto, PHC was founded in 2005 and is the only medical facility providing free, direct healthcare services to homeless and low-income residents of North Santa Clara County. Stanford faculty Dr. Donald Barr and Lars Osterberg were among its founders; since 2018 our division has proudly partnered with PHC to ensure ongoing staffing of primary care, and expansion of substance use disorder care.
Samaritan House
Samaritan House operates two sites in Redwood City and San Mateo, offering case management, emergency shelters, health clinics, and food and financial empowerment programs for San Mateo County residents. In 2021, it partnered with Stanford’s Arbor Free Clinic, and by 2022, worked with Stanford’s PCPH to recruit new medical leadership for its clinics. Its mission is to preserve dignity, promote self-sufficiency, and provide hope and compassion to all members of the community.
Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley
The Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley (IHC) was created to serve American Indian and Alaska Native families relocated to San Jose in the 1950s. Originating as a small referral service in 1975, it became a nonprofit health center in 1977 and later achieved Urban Indian Health Program and Federally Qualified Health Center status. Today, IHC provides comprehensive, culturally competent medical, dental, behavioral, and women’s health services to all patients, regardless of background or ability to pay.
RotaCare Bay Area
RotaCare Bay Area relies on volunteers and financial support to provide free medical care to uninsured individuals. Founded in 1989 by Dr. Mark Campbell and the Campbell Rotary Club, RotaCare has grown to 10 clinics across the Bay Area, with strong involvement from Rotary members. Rotary International, a global network of 1.2 million members, has long been dedicated to creating lasting, positive change through projects that address literacy, peace, water, health, and other essential needs worldwide.
St. Anthony's
St. Anthony’s Medical Clinic, a Federally Qualified Health Center in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, provides primary and specialty care to about 2,500 individuals and families through more than 11,000 annual visits. Guided by the values of compassion and justice inspired by Francis and Clare of Assisi, its mission is to feed, heal, and uplift those in need. The clinic emphasizes patient-centered primary care that promotes access and dignity, offering services such as pediatrics, podiatry, and behavioral health.