MemorialCare Family Medicine Residency – Long Beach

MemorialCare Family Medicine Residency - Long Beach is a medical clinic in Long Beach, CA. It operates as a 16,700-square-foot outpatient center located on the campus of MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center within the Buffum Medical Pavilion. The facility serves as the base for continuity patient care, where residents and faculty share one practice and treat patients side-by-side in 32 exam rooms. The clinic handles approximately 30,000 patient visits yearly. In addition to routine office-based care, the team provides outpatient procedures including video colposcopy, gynecologic procedures such as IUD insertion and biopsies, minor surgical and dermatologic procedures, bedside ultrasound, casting and splinting, spirometry, arthrocentesis, paracentesis, and joint injections. Specialized clinics on site include a gynecology clinic, a family planning clinic, an LGBTQ clinic, and a primary care sports medicine clinic. Residents are supervised by full-time faculty members, with volunteer faculty contributing as well. Consultation is available from psychologist Dr. Wendy Linderholm and an on-site social worker. The clinic maintains office hours Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, with lab hours from 8:30 am to 4:45 pm. Patients can reach a Telephone Advice Nurse 24/7/365 at (877) 696-3622. An LGBTQ clinic operates on Mondays and Fridays from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm, and a Coumadin Clinic meets on alternate Tuesdays from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm and every Wednesday from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm.

The location sits on East Spring Street, about a tenth of a mile from Long Beach Boulevard and roughly two-tenths of a mile from Long Beach Memorial Hospital. Atlantic Avenue is also located about two-tenths of a mile away.

The Family Medicine Residency Program has been training physicians since 1977, contributing to the tradition of family medicine education in Southern California. The clinic offers services in LGBTQ+ medicine, reproductive health, sports medicine, family medicine, and family planning. A provider, Lauren A Barnes, MD, is listed for family medicine and primary care at this location.

MemorialCare Family Medicine Residency - Long Beach stands as a long-standing training and care hub in Long Beach, combining resident education with broad outpatient services for the local community.

Services:

• Family Medicine Residency Training
• LGBTQ Clinic Services
• Outpatient Patient Care
• Specialized Outpatient Procedures
• Telephone Advice Nursing