March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month!
What is Colorectal Cancer? Colorectal Cancer is a type of cancer that usually develops from precancerous polyps or abnormal growths in the colon or [...]
February is all About Heart Health!
What is Blood Pressure & Hypertension? Blood pressure is the pressure of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. Arteries carry blood from [...]
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
The HPV test and the Pap test can help prevent cervical cancer or find it early. The HPV test looks for the virus (human [...]
Neighborhood Family Practice Names New Chief Medical Officer
Neighborhood Family Practice (NFP) is pleased to announce that Melanie Golembiewski, MD, MPH has been named chief medical officer (CMO). Dr. Golembiewski will assume [...]
Domonic Hopson Named Crain’s Cleveland Business “40-under-Forty” 2022 Honoree
Growing up with public assistance support in Mississippi, Domonic Hopson learned an early and personal lesson about the importance of accessible health care. He [...]
Charles Garven, MD, MPH, and Melanie Golembiewski, MD, MPH recognized as Best Doctors by Cleveland Magazine
Cleveland Magazine recently announced their list of “Best Doctors” for 2022. Neighborhood Family Practice’s (NFP) Charles Garven, MD, MPH and, Melanie Golembiewski, MD, MPH [...]
Neighborhood Family Practice expands outreach efforts with addition of Hispanic Engagement Coordinator position
As part of an ongoing commitment to supporting patients and engaging with the neighborhoods surrounding its seven community health center locations, Neighborhood Family Practice [...]
VP of Business and Fund Development and Community Engagement Gina Gavlak Joins Board of Three Arches Foundation
Three Arches Foundation, a community-focused grant making foundation, added two new members to the board of directors and elected current member Becky Starck, M.D. [...]
Neighborhood Family Practice Midwives Help Patients Succeed In Breastfeeding Efforts
Along with provided a full range of primary care services for women of all ages and stages of life from adolescence through menopause, the [...]
Neighborhood Family Practice selects Domonic M. Hopson as President & Chief Executive Officer
On April 18, the Board of Directors of Neighborhood Family Practice (NFP) named Domonic M. Hopson as the organization’s next president and chief executive officer [...]
Neighborhood Family Practice using grassroots effort to vaccinate more Clevelanders
As our Northeast Ohio hospitals fight for the sickest patients, one community health practice is going grassroots to get more Clevelanders vaccinated. “I just wasn't [...]
Neighborhood Family Practice holds special mass clinic to vaccinate 500 people against COVID-19
On the last day of 2021, the Neighborhood Family Practice on Cleveland’s west side was bustling with patients young and old. The federally-qualified health center [...]
Covid-19 Testing Crunch Hampers Efforts to Curb Omicron Variant Surge
Already strapped hospitals and health departments are struggling to keep up with demand. Read the full article from wsj.com here.
How to find an at home COVID test in Northeast Ohio
Looking to find a rapid antigen COVID-19 test in Northeast Ohio? Sara Shookman may have some details that can help you track one down! Read [...]
Neighborhood Family Practice builds trust to vaccinate near west side’s marginalized communities
Neighborhood Family Practice earned one of the Ohio Commission on Hispanic Latino Affairs' Nuestra Familia Awards “for winning the trust of Latino families and building [...]
Vaccine for Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Neighborhood Family Practice (NFP) is pleased to offer COVID-19 vaccines to those living in our community who meet the Ohio Department of Health’s guidelines [...]
Cleveland nonprofit giving out food boxes and COVID-19 vaccine to Northeast Ohioans in need
The May Dugan center is working to fight hunger, and the pandemic, in an innovative way. More than 100 cars lined up today in [...]
Pandemic highlighted barriers Hispanic residents are facing, Cleveland councilwoman says
The Hispanic community in Cleveland is tight-knit, family-driven, and one of the fastest growing populations, representing 13% of the city. Forty percent of Cleveland Councilwoman [...]
Neighborhood Family Practice partners with Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center to provide COVID-19 vaccines to deaf and hard of hearing individuals
The ultimate goal of the COVID-19 vaccine is to save lives and slow the spread of the virus. For many, access is simple. For [...]