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Community innovation and clinical practice.

The residency will work to achieve its mission through four important pillars: “It is our hope that the RUSH-Esperanza Family Medicine Residency will inspire a new generation of dedicated physicians with a desire to be leaders in social justice and a commitment to providing optimal care for all patients, particularly those who are most vulnerable.” “We have all witnessed how a global pandemic has highlighted the inadequacies of our tiered health care system and how fragile the infrastructure of our health care system is, particularly for people without access to primary care,” said Deborah Edberg, MD, director of GME development for the Department of Family Medicine. Esperanza is a nationally recognized Federally Qualified Health Center on the Southwest Side.

The RUSH-Esperanza Family Medicine Residency, created in partnership with Esperanza Health Centers, will focus on equipping family medicine physicians with the skills needed to care for patients from historically marginalized communities affected most by health inequities.

Newswise - Rush University is launching a new residency program aimed at curbing health inequities across the West and Southwest sides of Chicago.