In observance of National Health Center Week, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) toured the Edward R. Roybal Comprehensive Health Center on Fetterly Avenue and received an overview of the center’s medical, dental, pediatric, and diabetes clinics. 

Named after the congresswoman’s late father who once represented the area in Congress, the public, not-for-profit health center is one of three comprehensive health centers operated by the LAC+USC Healthcare Network.  The center provides approximately 79,000 visits annually. 

A longtime supporter of the clinic, the congresswoman secured federal funding for needed improvements at the facility, including equipment upgrades in the center’s radiology department.

Elected to Congress in 1992, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard is a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, the Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Health Task Force, and the Co-Chair of the Congressional Study Group on Public Health. 

Pictured in the photo from left to right: Chris Arevalo,  Chief Clinic Administrator; Joseph Allevato, M.D., Associate Medical Director; Pete Delgado, CEO, LAC+USC Healthcare Network; G. Michael Roybal, M.D., Medical Director; Congresswoman Roybal-Allard; Amy Luftig Viste, Senior Health Deputy for Supervisor Gloria Molina; Harry Furuya, Administrator; Rosa Saca, Network Director of Public Relations; Debra Duran, Nursing Director; and Gerardo Pinedo, Director, Government Relations and Policy.