Esperanza Health Center

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Comprehensive Healthcare for the Whole Family

Dr. Chen, a board-certified internal and lifestyle medicine physician, teaches a hands-on class on preparing recipes to improve health through diet, exercise, stress management, and lifestyle changes.

Esperanza Health Center partners with Ardmore Institute of Health to promote healthy lifestyles in low-income, predominantly Latino and African American communities.

Timothy Leaman, MD, became Esperanza Health Center’s new Chief Medical Officer after Bryan Hollinger, MD, MPH, retired.

Esperanza Health Center was awarded a $4 million grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts to expand health and wellness services in Kensington and surrounding neighborhoods.

Updates on new projects and significant events.

Esperanza Health Center seeks qualified professionals to join its team, focusing on physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional health in underserved communities.

Esperanza Health Center’s Student Mentoring Program equips medical students with Christ-centered care for underserved patients.

Esperanza Health Center’s Nurse Practitioner Residency Program is a 15-month, salaried position offering structured training in primary care and specialty rotations.

Esperanza Health Center welcomes all patients, regardless of insurance status.

Amy Liao, DDS, has practiced general dentistry at Esperanza Health Center since 2009. She values patient and coworker teaching in Spanish and promotes daily flossing and brushing.

Chelsea Salas-Tam, MD, CAQSM, was born and raised in Southern California and moved to Philadelphia in 2016 to attend medical school at Drexel University College of Medicine. She completed her Family Medicine residency and Sports Medicine fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and is excited to join the Esperanza family. Outside of work, Chelsea loves doing Brazilian jiu-jitsu. She is also frequently found at the Please Touch Museum with her daughter Naomi.

Christopher Leander, MD, is a board-certified pediatrician at Esperanza Health Center, where he has worked since 2009.

Kristie Mast, MD, has worked as a board-certified family medicine physician at Esperanza Health Center since 2001, valuing long-term patient relationships.

Esperanza Health Center began in the early 1980s when Dr. Carolyn Klaus and local health professionals established a nonprofit to address affordable healthcare needs in North Philadelphia’s Latino community.

The residents of Esperanza’s North Philadelphia community face many significant barriers to obtaining even the most basic healthcare services:

“Compelled by the love of God in Christ Jesus, in cooperation with the Church and others, Esperanza Health Center is a multi-cultural ministry providing holistic healthcare to the Latino and underserved communities of Philadelphia.”

Esperanza Health Center accepts new patients monthly by appointment.

Parking on street and at PPA lot (5th & Indiana)

The Fairhill clinic remains open during construction, accessible through the normal entrance.