The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $4,495,698 Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program grant to Altamed Health Services Corporation, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Los Angeles, California. The grant funding will support the expansion of Altamed's family medicine residency program, which launched in 2020. Specifically, the award will provide 24 full-time equivalent (FTE) resident positions over 5 years, including 6 new PGY-1 residents annually, to train primary care physicians to provide healthcare services in underserved and medically underserved communities. The program's training sites include Altamed's community health centers, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and Adventist White Memorial Medical Center.
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