Chair's Welcome Message
Interim Chair and Vice-Chair of Research
On behalf of my colleagues, welcome to UC Davis Family and Community Medicine!
The School of Medicine was established in 1968 with a strong primary care mission, and our department is proud to have played a central role in making UC Davis one of the most highly ranked primary care schools in the nation.
- Our vision is broad and aspirational: a healthier and more equitable world.
- Our purpose is to advance the field of family medicine through innovative education, person-centered care, research, community engagement, and advocacy, to improve population health and equity.
Our clinical work spans the full spectrum of family medicine. Many of our patients are seen at community-based federally qualified health centers. Our talented and diverse faculty have expertise in operative and high-risk obstetrics, psychiatry and substance misuse, geriatrics, musculoskeletal care, reproductive health, and acute and inpatient care.
Through our educational mission, we inculcate in learners the joy of serving as family physicians across this broad clinical spectrum. We are proud that our residency graduates serve across the state and the nation, very often serving disadvantaged urban or rural communities. Our medical students rotate with affiliated family physicians across Northern and Central California.
Our department also carries forward a rich tradition of impactful primary care and public health research and scholarship, and we engage as advocates to advance humane and evidence-based health policies rooted in primary care principles.
I invite you to explore our department’s efforts across these domains and hope you are inspired as I am by our vision and accomplishments.
Sincerely yours,
Joshua Fenton, M.D., M.P.H.
Interim Chair and Vice-Chair of Research