We are Familia!

From day one through graduation, PRIME-LC connects students with an active network of alumni, faculty and supporters who offer guidance, community and the enrichment needed to thrive as future physicians.

PRIME-LC 2021 cohort at the School of Medicine 2021 White Coat Ceremony

The sense of familia within PRIME-LC is genuinely like no other. Medical school was full of challenges, and my fellow Primers were always the first people I would contact whenever I had good or bad experiences to share. We built collective hope, inspiration, frustrations, resiliency and laughter. You don't come out of PRIME-LC as the same person that came in — you come out better, and it's because of everyone around you!

—Jenny Ventura, former PRIME-LC Student

"I've always had an interest in business, and I wanted to learn how it could be used for a social good. My MBA helped me to understand the structure of the healthcare system, and PRIME-LC taught me to be compassionate and thoughtful in my approach to my patients." 

—Caleb Shumway, who received his master's in Business Administration from UC Irvine 

PRIME-LC began in the summer of 2004 with eight medical students. We have now graduated more than 190 outstanding physicians. The most common residency programs chosen by our PRIME-LC graduates are Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Med-Peds, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Surgery. Other specialties include Anesthesiology, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery, Radiology and Urology.

Marco
PRIME-LC became my home and family, where I received the support and training to achieve my dream to serve my community. With the skills and connections I developed — both as a medical student and in the PRIME-LC Family Medicine Residency Program — I’ve helped to develop the Health Scholars Program, a health professionals pre-med program mentoring more than 100 students in clinical and service-oriented projects in the highest-need areas of Orange County. I put my training to work every day and help to support the next generation of PRIME-LC students forge their own paths. -—Marco Angulo, MD, MA, PRIME-LC Class of 2011