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Charles P. Vega, MD
- Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine
- Director, Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community
- Assistant Dean for Culture and Community Education
- University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
- Irvine, CA
Charles P. Vega, MD, is a health sciences clinical professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). He is director of the UCI School of Medicine Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community (PRIME-LC) and won a Macy Faculty Scholarship to improve patient-centered health education at UCI. He also currently serves as Assistant Dean for Culture and Community Education at the UCI School of Medicine.
Dr Vega grew up in northern California and completed his undergraduate degree at Harvard University. He attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and completed residency training in family medicine at UCI.
He has seen patients and taught medical students and residents at the UCI Health Family Health Center – Santa Ana for the past 27 years. This clinic is a federally qualified health center and the largest safety-net clinic in Orange County. Dr Vega’s academic interests are focused on access to quality, compassionate medical care for underserved populations, and the development of training programs to promote this vision of health care.
