Bay Area Community Health
Aparna Arun, MD, FAAP, BCMAS, serves as Medical Director and Laboratory Director at Bay Area Community Health since February 2023. Additionally, Aparna holds the position of Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine and is a Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. As a Board Member and Medical Director at MiOra, Aparna contributes to scientific communication. Previous experience includes serving as Medical Director of Medical Affairs at Karius, and various roles in pediatric infectious disease and academic positions at institutions such as SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Maimonides Medical Center, and Rutgers University–New Brunswick. Aparna completed a Doctor of Medicine degree and received training at prestigious medical institutions including Crozer Chester Medical Center and the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences.
Bay Area Community Health
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Mission To deliver exceptional health and social services that improve quality of life for the individuals, families, and communities we serve Vision For everyone in our community to have access to high quality, comprehensive, and affordable health care Values Equality: Everyone deserves to enjoy quality health care, no matter their ability to pay Commitment: We are dedicated to FQHCs, and will seek opportunities to advocate and strengthen this service model Community: By listening to our community with humility, we gain strength, partnership, and purpose Respect: All who enter our doors – patients, staff, community, and partners – are heard with an open mind, valued for their unique strengths, and treated with respect and kindness Excellence: We constantly strive to perform at the highest level while learning new ways to improve our work About Us Bay Area Community Health was formed in 2020 off the strength of southern Alameda County’s Tri-City Health Center and Santa Clara County’s Foothill Community Health Center. Formed during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bay Area Community Health (BACH) brings more than 70 years of combined service to the area that stretched from Union City to Gilroy. Before forming BACH, Tri-City Health Center served the Fremont community for 50 years, becoming a central force for providing health services to all in southern Alameda County. Foothill Community Health Center began servicing low-income families and individuals in East San Jose in 1996 and the greater Santa Clara County region in 2011. Both organizations bring decades of service, relationships, and professional staff to Bay Area Community Health. BACH serves more than 100,000 people, who rely on high-quality healthcare services, regardless of their immigration status, ethnicity, disabilities, or ability to pay,