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Apply for our Urban Medical Year Internship.

All available UMYI spots are filled for 2024-25. Please check back for 2025-26 openings.

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The urban medical year intern spends approximately one year working full-time alongside providers as a scribe and also completing a unique medical advancement curriculum.  While scribing, urban medical year interns see faith-based primary care through a provider's eyes. While doing advancement work, interns feel the heartbeat of the underserved by participating in neighborhood activities and thinking the thoughts of community leaders through guided readings and one-on-one meetings.

Meet the 2021-22 Urban Medical Year Interns

Meet the 2022-23 Urban Medical Year Interns

Meet the 2023-2024 Urban Medical Year Interns

  • Rolling applications during the academic year (summer to summer)
  • Application cutoff of mid-April for entry into the upcoming academic year
  • Employment start cutoff before mid-August to join the current academic year
  • Employment end cutoff after June 1st to complete prior academic year
Click here to apply

We offer an opportunity to ignite medicine and missions into one life-giving career.

Christ Community Health Services provides high-quality health care to the underserved in the context of distinctively Christian service.  We recognize that Jesus Christ is the true healer of individuals and their communities and the source of our ability to serve.

This internship is paid with benefits. Come join our mission!

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Call the number below to schedule an appointment, we are here to help.
If this is a medical emergency, please call 911 or visit the nearest ER.

If you have a suggestion, complaint, or concern, please email: PatientExperience@ChristCHS.org
2595 Central Ave., Memphis, TN 38104
(901) 842-3160
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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

UMYI/UMUE

Apply for our Urban Medical Year Internship.

All available UMYI spots are filled for 2024-25. Please check back for 2025-26 openings.

‍

The urban medical year intern spends approximately one year working full-time alongside providers as a scribe and also completing a unique medical advancement curriculum.  While scribing, urban medical year interns see faith-based primary care through a provider's eyes. While doing advancement work, interns feel the heartbeat of the underserved by participating in neighborhood activities and thinking the thoughts of community leaders through guided readings and one-on-one meetings.

Meet the 2021-22 Urban Medical Year Interns

Meet the 2022-23 Urban Medical Year Interns

Meet the 2023-2024 Urban Medical Year Interns

  • Rolling applications during the academic year (summer to summer)
  • Application cutoff of mid-April for entry into the upcoming academic year
  • Employment start cutoff before mid-August to join the current academic year
  • Employment end cutoff after June 1st to complete prior academic year
Click here to apply

We offer an opportunity to ignite medicine and missions into one life-giving career.

Christ Community Health Services provides high-quality health care to the underserved in the context of distinctively Christian service.  We recognize that Jesus Christ is the true healer of individuals and their communities and the source of our ability to serve.

This internship is paid with benefits. Come join our mission!

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March 1, 2020
COVID-19 vs. Allergies: Here’s some symptoms to look for
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February 6, 2020
Memphis Business Journal: Guest column by Gestalt's Yetta Lewis: The power of partnerships
A gestalt is a whole greater than the sum of its parts.For a community to become a true gestalt, it should aim to integrate all of its parts.
January 7, 2020
New Health Clinic Opening in East Jackson
Christ Community Health Services, based out of Memphis, is expanding to east Jackson.
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
The role dental health plays in a patient's overall health traditionally has been overlooked by many in the healthcare field, but this situation has begun to change with the success of collaborations between primary care physician
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.
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