Family Medicine Residency

COMING SOON in 2026

Christ Community Health Services (CCHS) is a faith-based federally qualified health center (FQHC) rooted in the Memphis community for over 25 years. As an FQHC we are a community-based organization that provides comprehensive primary care and preventive care, including medical, oral, and mental health/substance abuse services to persons of all ages, regardless of their ability to pay or health insurance status. CCHS is excited to announce plans to open a teaching health center family medicine residency program matriculating our first residents in July 2026. We received ACGME accreditation October 2024. We are busy planning for our first class and starting recruitment in summer 2025. Email fmresidency@christchs.org to get more information. Also feel free to follow us on Instagram @fmrcchs.

Family Medicine Residency Mission:

To educate and train generations of family physician leaders specializing in underserved care, in the context of distinctively Christian service. Trainees will be equipped to address health system disparities providing integrated, radically compassionate, cross-cultural, high quality care in Jesus name.

Program Letter of Agreements

Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics

Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women

Le Bonheur Outpatient Developmental Peds

Memphis Professional Radiological Corporation

Methodist Adult Medicine

Methodist LeBonheur

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Contact Us:

McCaa Russum, MS, MHA

Area Health Education Center and Family Medical Residency Manager

969 Frayser Blvd., Memphis, TN 38127

Phone: 901-842-3104

Email: mccaa.russum@christchs.org

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Family Medicine Residency

Tracy McDaniel

CEO

Jessica Hughes

Chief Financial Officer

Shannon Walker

Chief Operating Officer

Dr. Reginique Green

Chief Clinical Officer

Dr. Rasone Jones

Chair of Dentistry

Dr. Kristina Murphy

Chair of Pharmacy

Tara Samples, Phd

Chair of Behavioral Health

Family Medicine Residency

COMING SOON in 2026

Family Medicine Residency Mission:

Program Letter of Agreements

Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics

Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women

Le Bonheur Outpatient Developmental Peds

Memphis Professional Radiological Corporation

Methodist Adult Medicine

Methodist LeBonheur

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Contact Us:

McCaa Russum, MS, MHA

Area Health Education Center and Family Medical Residency Manager

969 Frayser Blvd., Memphis, TN 38127

Phone: 901-842-3104

Email: mccaa.russum@christchs.org

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Meet the Staff

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Memphis Business Journal: Guest column by Gestalt's Yetta Lewis: The power of partnerships

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January 7, 2020

New Health Clinic Opening in East Jackson

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September 17, 2019

Christ Community Will Expand Into Jackson, Tenn.

Christ Community Health Services has received a New Access Point grant from the Bureau of Primary Health Care to extend health care services to East Jackson, Tennessee.

September 12, 2019

Jackson, Shelby Co. Health Clinics Merge to Help Uninsured, Under-Served Patients

The Faith Health Center in Jackson, a nonprofit clinic serving hundreds of low-income and uninsured individuals, almost closed its doors last year as funding dried up. But Wednesday brought good news.

September 11, 2019

Christ Community Expands Into Jackson

With a new grant in hand, Memphis-based nonprofit Christ Community Health Services plans to open a health care center in Jackson, Tennessee, in an area that would have lost a key medical resource.

June 24, 2019

Role of Oral Health Growing In Overall Healthcare Picture

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April 29, 2019

Table of Experts: A conversation on Disparity in Health Care

Local experts discuss disparities - like income and education - that affect health care.

March 4, 2019

Local Organizations Partner to Create Clinic for Homeless

Baptist Hospital and Christ Community Health Services partnered to create a clinic for the homeless.

March 4, 2019

Baptist Operation Outreach Opens New Facility to Better Serve Homeless

Baptist Memorial Health Care and Christ Community Health Services opened a new clinic on Friday, March 1, to better serve the homeless.

September 26, 2018

The Social Exchange - August Non-Profit Feature by Jeffery Peterson

“I probably would’ve wound up, probably in trouble somewhere,” is what patient Sharon Norwood, 52, said when asked where she would be without Christ Community Health Services (CCHS).

May 3, 2018

Christ Community Health Services Nears Completion of Major Projects

Christ Community Health Services is about two months away from wrapping up a pair of major projects, one of which is the completion of a renovation and expansion of its clinic at 2861 Broad Ave.

January 17, 2018

Christ Community's Broad Ave. Clinic Getting Million-Dollar Expansion

Christ Community Health Services' (CCHS) busiest and highest volume medical clinic is currently undergoing a $1 million renovation and expansion.

October 19, 2017

Christ Community Health Services Gets Perfect Score on Comprehensive Audit

Christ Community Health Services CEO Shantelle Leatherwood has checked off one of the major items on her immediate to-do list that confronted her upon taking the top job earlier this year.

January 17, 2017

Meet Christ Community's new leader

The newest chief executive officer of Christ Community Health Services (CCHS) began at the organization nearly 20 years ago as an administrative assistant.

September 20, 2016

Christ Community Launches Dental Van

In an effort to reach more patients, Christ Community Health Services is launching its own mobile dental van.

July 14, 2016

Christ Community Opens Dental Center in Raleigh

After quietly opening July 1, Christ Community Health Services officially debuted its fifth dental practice, this one located in the clinic's year-old facility in Raleigh.