We are proud to have partnered in our training with the following clinical affiliates and healthcare facilities:
Humboldt Park Residency
Emerging from a collaborative partnership between Erie Family Health Centers and Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, the Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency Program at Humboldt Park promoted quality education and patient care through clinical excellence, scholarship, and leadership. The program ran through June 2026.
The program was rooted as an original Teaching Health Center residency, developing family physicians who are leaders in primary care and advocacy for underserved communities. Residents provided care for patients primarily at the Humboldt Park location of Erie Family Health Centers as well as Swedish Hospital which deliver high-quality, culturally sensitive, bilingual healthcare to more than 84,000 medical patients.
Program Graduates
The program produced clinically excellent and culturally competent primary care physicians prepared to be leaders, scholars, and advocates in underserved communities throughout their careers.
Program Mission
Motivated by the belief that healthcare is a human right, the program trained residents to provide high quality, affordable care to support healthier people, families and communities.
Program History
The program was a collaborative partnership between Erie Family Health Centers and Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, and the Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency Program at Humboldt Park (ACGME Code 1201612701).
The program was one of the original 11 federally funded Teaching Health Centers in the United States and the only one in Illinois. The centers are funded through Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) from the Affordable Care Act to produce clinically excellent and culturally competent primary care physicians who continue to work in underserved communities throughout their careers. Visit the HRSA site for more information on Teaching Health Centers.
Program Aims
The Family Medicine Humboldt Park Residency sought to:
- Achieve clinical excellence through evidence-based medicine, cultural humility and quality improvement to equip family medicine residents with tools to meet the needs of diverse and underserved populations.
- Support all residents in their pursuit of scholarship activities, including presenting and publishing with foci on medical education, wellness and resilience, and health equity.
- Train primary care physicians in many facets of leadership including, but not limited to community engagement, advocacy, health policy, and healthcare innovation.
- Recruit and retain residents and faculty dedicated to the achievement of these aims with a focus on representing the community we serve.