Castulo de la rocha biography

As President and CEO of AltaMed Health Services Corporation, Cástulo de la Rocha is an enduring trailblazer in community health. Under his visionary leadership, AltaMed has transformed from a storefront barrio clinic in East Los Angeles into the largest Federally Qualified Health Center in California, and among the top five in the nation.

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de la Rocha has always understood that a community’s health is indivisible from its prosperity. In 1977, he saw a need: people in low-income neighborhoods throughout the Southland were significantly underserved by essential health resources.

Castulo De La Rocha, Altamed Health Services Corp: Profile ...

In fact, the Barrio Free Clinic in his neighborhood often had a line of people that wound around the block. AltaMed was born from Mr. de la Rocha's need to meet this fundamental requirement. He changed the face of one community, then another, until AltaMed became one of the area’s largest health care systems. AltaMed has grown to more than 70 medical, dental and PACE sites staffed by more t BIOGRAPHY - AltaMed NUBE