About Us
Northeast Community Clinic has been providing primary and preventative healthcare services since 1971 to the low-income, uninsured and underserved residents of Los Angeles County.
Northeast Community Clinic’s mission is to provide comprehensive, quality health care in a culturally sensitive and linguistically competent manner to low-income, underserved and indigent patients in the communities of the Los Angeles Region, regardless of financial status
Board of Directors
Mark Gonzalez
Chair
Irene Huerta
Vice-Chair
Dalia Jaramillo
Treasurer
Monica Guardian
Secretary
Carlos Soto
Director
Octavio Fierros
Director
Ali Tweini
Director
Robert Nakahiro
Director
Ruby Medrano
Director
Reina Carrillo
Director
Executive Team
Christopher Lau, M.D.
Executive Director
Ruben Munoz, M.D., MPH
Medical Director
Andrew Kim, DDS
Dental Director
Bernard Carrillo, MBA,
PA-C
Operations Director
Ann C. Gonzales
Finance Director
Percy Contreras
IT Director
Genevieve De Vera, LVN
Quality Management Director, Compliance Officer
Marina Lopez
Human Resources Director
1971
Northeast Community Clinics was born.
1989
Began providing immunizations to children in the Northeast Los Angeles area.
1994
Designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).
1995
Became a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) program provider for the indigent, uninsured and underinsured populations of Los Angeles County.
1997
With a State Of California Department Of Health Services grant, NECC expanded its medical services by providing mobile medical services to patients without access to primary care clinics.
2002
NECC became a Strategic Partner of L.A. County; the initiative was designed to reduce the County’s operating costs by shifting patients from hospitals to community-based clinics that would provide primary care and disease management services
2003
NECC acquired two additional sites in the South Los Angeles cities of Bell and Huntington Park, bridging the gap in medical services left by Community Health Foundation of East Los Angeles.
2005
Continuing a period of remarkable growth, NECC added five health centers to its network. To help transition St. Mary’s Hospital’s outpatient clinics, two new Wilmington community health centers opened. Three more were acquired from the California Hospital. These locations include the California Family Care (Downtown Los Angeles), Foshay Clinic - a school-based health center (Exposition Park), and Clinica Para Las Mujeres (historic South-Central Los Angeles).
2006
To help meet the overwhelming demand for prenatal care at the Highland Park site, NECC opened the Women’s Health Center (WHC). The WHC’s introduction marked the first time a clinic focused on women’s health needs in Northeast Los Angeles. With the closure of Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital in South Central LA, NECC became the medical home for many displaced patients, stabilizing the highly volatile health system for a large, uninsured population.
2007
NECC opened the Women’s Wellness Center (WWC), operated within California Family Care, to address an observed increase in prenatal patients seeking care in the Downtown LA community. This consolidated care model allowed families to access general medical care, pediatrics, women’s health, and family planning all at one location.
2009
NECC received federal grant support to expand access to care at the Wilmington locations. This important award also granted NECC Section 330 status as a full fledged FQHC. Continuous expansion led NECC to acquire two facilities divested by La Vida Medical Group eventually referred to as NECC Grand in Downtown LA and Northeast Community Clinic – Hawthorne.
2010
NECC initiated a Geriatric Care Program in response to the rapidly growing population of patients in need of a more specialized line of care to improve their outcomes as they grow older.
2011
NECC acquired and opened Northeast Community Clinic in the city of Huntington Park, also known as Elizabeth Health Center (EHC), continuing a successful partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). EHC became the very first LAUSD school-based Wellness Center at Elizabeth Learning Center in Cudahy.
2012
NECC received a generous grant from L.A. Care to integrate Behavioral Mental Health services with comprehensive care at Northeast Community Clinic – Hawthorne. The purpose was to increase NECC capacity to serve seniors, people with disabilities, and adults with complex medical and social needs.
Also in 2012
Another grant awarded by L.A. Care was used to implement a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model. This model is intended to replace episodic care with coordinated, long-term care provided by a personal physician-led healthcare team. The PCMH model ensures that patient’s have open access to all agents who oversee their healthcare needs, which range from their Primary Care Provider (PCP) to a care coordinator.
2013
NECC acquired NECC - Harbor City Health Center, also known as HCHC, from Providence Little Company of Mary, marking its 12th clinic. Furthermore, OB/GYN services were added to the Northeast Community Clinic – Hawthorne site to meet the demand for women’s services.
Also in 2013
NECC opened a second School-Based Wellness Center located on the Gage Middle School campus. By doing so, NECC was able to expand services offered in the Huntington Park community and Gage Middle School students.
2015
NECC received a federal grant to expand the existing sites of Wilmington and Highland Park to meet the needs of the community. Both centers were expanded to incorporate additional exam rooms to accommodate more medical providers and staff. The clinics remained in operation during construction with renovations concluding for Wilmington in 2015, followed by the completion of renovations at Highland Park in 2016.
2016
NECC opened a second clinic, Northeast Community Clinic, adjacent to Harbor City Health Center in order to increase access to care in the South Bay. NECC closed out the year with a new location in the San Fernando Valley, Sun Valley Community Health Center. This allowed the organization to continue to provide general medicine, pediatric, and women’s health centers west of its originating area.
NECC closed out the year with a new location in the San Fernando Valley, Sun Valley Community Health Center. This allows the organization to continue to provide general medicine, pediatric, and women’s health centers west of its originating area.
2017
An oral health grant was awarded to NECC to provide dental services at the Wilmington Family Health Center in an effort to expand scope of services. Additions to the site included an expansion of the layout to maximize the number of dental operatories, new utilities for dental chairs, an expanded sterilization room, and interior aesthetic renovations and updates to the site to match the NECC theme.
2019
After 2 years of successfully providing Endocrinology services in the Downtown LA area, NECC expanded its Hawthorne footprint and opened a second Endocrinology practice. This allowed NECC to provide more services, a part from Medical, to the South Bay area in an effort to better improve the health and well-being of NECC’s patients.
Also in 2019
With renovations beginning 2 years prior, Northeast Community Clinic DTLA Suite 380 was officially complete and ready to serve more patients in the Downtown LA region. Renovations included an expansion of the original site, resulting in an increase of exam rooms and clinic space, and interior design updates to match the NECC theme.
2020
With the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Stay-At-Home Orders, NECC successfully adopted and implemented a Telemedicine model across the organization and continued to provide both quality care and treatments to patients amidst the pandemic.
2021
NECC offered several COVID-19 Vaccination events in the Los Angeles region and its surrounding communities. They continue to do so by providing both the primary vaccine and any necessary boosters. In partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Northeast Community Clinic Mobile Dental Unit (MDU) became fully operational during Summer 2021. A part from serving NECC patients and the Huntington Park community, MDU works to also provide dental screenings to Gage Middle School students.
2022
NECC opened another location within the Downtown Los Angeles cluster, adding a third facility to accommodate the increasing volume of patient needs in the area. NECC has successfully opened its first Optometry Clinic, serving the Hawthorne area and surrounding cities. The addition of Optometry is just a small step closer to providing comprehensive health services to ensure all our patients’ medical needs are cared for. NECC’s goal is to make vision care more accessible and affordable.
Today
With approximately 16 different clinic locations across the Los Angeles area, NECC provides comprehensive primary care to over 45,000 patients annually, regardless of their ability to pay. The range of services include: pediatric, prenatal, family planning, adult general medicine, dental, optometry, endocrinology, and 24-hour emergency coverage through on-call physicians. Patients can also access a myriad of social services including transportation, behavioral health, nutrition, health education, referrals to specialists, and hospital out-patient care. The establishment of these clinics has created a wider sway of influence on the health and well-being of the people NECC serves and has opened more doors of opportunity to meet its goals in its mission towards a healthier population.
The establishment of these clinics has created a wider sway of influence on the health and well-being of the people NECC serves and has opened more doors of opportunity to meet its goals in its mission towards a healthier population.