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Physician's assistant Brett Feldman does a checkup on his patient Gary Dela Cruz on the side of the road near his encampment in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 2022. Feldman is the director and co-founder of Street Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.Photo by Larry Valenzuela for CalMatters

More Street Medicine Teams Tackle California’s Homeless Healthcare Crisis

Although they are eligible for full medical coverage under Medi-Cal, the program was not necessarily designed for the homeless. For example, Medi-Cal will pay for transportation to and from a doctor’s appointment, but it requires the patient to provide a fixed address and give the driver several weeks’ notice, which most homeless people don’t. are …

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USF Morsani College of Medicine thrives with Water Street, Tampa General Partnership location

USF Morsani College of Medicine thrives with Water Street, Tampa General Partnership location

The incoming class of 2021 at the University of South Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine was the highest performing in college history. They had the highest median score of any class on the Medical College Admissions Test and the highest cumulative grade point average, 3.89. The 2022 students, who started classes in July, are another …

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Bronzeville district street named for black pioneer William Finlayson

The Milwaukee road between West Capitol Drive and West Walnut Street — formerly North 5th Street — will now be known as Dr. William Finlayson Street. Finlayson, a beloved obstetrician and gynecologist who has practiced for nearly 40 years, has welcomed thousands of infants worldwide. The Florida-born doctor became the first black OB-GYN to work …

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