UIC-College of Medicine Students & Community Health

The students at the University of Illinois-College of Medicine, Chicago campus have started a student run free health clinic in conjunction with Community Health. Community Health is a volunteer-based free health clinic that provides basic healthcare to people without health insurance and to people with a family income less than 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. Dr. Serafino Garella and other concerned individuals founded Community Health in 1993.

Community Health is unique in relation to other clinics in Chicago for two major reasons:

(1)	Community Health receives no government funding and its primary work force is volunteers.
(2)	Community Health allows UIC Medical students to run their own clinic. All students, from the M1 to the M4 level are involved.