In 2010, the Eisner Pediatric & Family Medical Center celebrated 90 years of providing health care to the medically underserved communities of downtown and South Los Angeles. Founded in 1920, as the Anita M. Baldwin Hospital for Babies, EPFMC, initially, occupied three beds on the campus of California Hospital.
By 1945, they had not only opened the first preschool dental clinic in the western United States but were also overseeing 30 inpatient pediatric beds at their own facility and under a new name: California Babies’ and Children’s Hospital.
By the 1990s, operating as the Pediatric & Family Medical Center, they were providing adult and pediatric dental care; adult medical care; infant, toddler, and preschool day care; mental health services; and a variety of wellness education programs and early intervention services.
They became the Eisner Pediatric & Family Medical Center in 2002, in recognition of a $2.5 million gift from the Eisner Foundation. This gift supported the expansion of their campus on Olive Street by over 30,000 square feet. In 2004, they were awarded a section 330 grant and designation as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). In 2007, they acquired the Women's Health Center and repurposed 4,100 square feet of their Annenberg Medical and Dental Pavilion into a dedicated home.
Today, as one of the providers of free or low-cost primary care in this community, they serve more than 32,000 patients each year.
Mission
Eisner Pediatric & Family Medical Center (EPFMC) is a quality-focused, federally qualified nonprofit community health center dedicated to improving the physical, social, and emotional well-being of people in the communities they serve, regardless of income.
Providing a medical home to over 32,000 patients annually on a budget of close of more than $20 million, EPFMC is one of the few providers of accessible, free or low-cost primary care in downtown and South Los Angeles.
EPFMC's doors are open to everyone who needs help, regardless of their ability to pay. Their integrated medical home model incorporates a range of services, from primary care and childbirth classes to counseling for emotional disorders and periodontal cleanings.
Programs include Adult and Pediatric Medical Clinics; Women's Health Center; round-the-clock in-hospital OB services; Dental Clinic; Mental Health Department; four School-Based Health Centers; a school-based portable dental clinic; supplemental services such as an on-site pharmacy and lab; and community health fairs and screenings.