For those passionate about medicine within the frameworks of health equity, social justice, safety-net populations and immigrant health, South LA offers unparalleled opportunities to make a profound impact on healthcare and drive meaningful change in the community.
For decades, South LA has suffered from racial, ethnic and socio-economic marginalization, that resulting in some of the worst health outcomes in the state. Learn about what MLK Community Healthcare is doing to change things for the better.
South LA is a majority-Medicaid community in a state with the 48th-worst provider reimbursement rate in the nation. At MLKCH, we’ve innovated to challenge and rebalance the payment model, attracting top medical professionals and ensuring that our community has access to high-quality care.
The most prevalent chronic conditions in South LA include COPD, congestive heart failure, high blood pressure and diabetes. A long-standing lack of access to care in this community has fostered a life expectancy that is ten years shorter and made diabetic amputation a top procedure at MLKCH.
Read this LA Times story about the effect of lack of access to care.
There is a need for a more diverse workforce that will treat Black and Brown people with the respect and compassion they deserve.
Dr. Jason Prasso, Director of MLKCH Internal Medicine Residency Program
Historically African American, South LA is now home to a majority working-class Latinx population.
See a snapshot of our population.
Decades without access to quality healthcare fostered a patient population with significant pre-existing conditions that made South LA an epicenter of Covid-19.
Despite the obstacles, South LA is home to a rising movement of artists, entrepreneurs, advocates and social leaders with inspiring stories to tell.
Internal Medicine resident Casey Charlton returned to serve the community that raised him. He was raised in Inglewood, attended medical school in Arizona and is now back in South LA at MLKCH to make a difference
in the community he knows so well.
