About Us

The Shifa Clinic’s origin dates back to 1994, when in collaboration with the V Street Mosque of Sacramento, two physicians began seeing underserved patients living in the surrounding Muslim Community once or twice a month from a donated apartment. With the help of Medical Director, Shagufta Yasmeen, M.D., MRCOG and medical students from the University of California, Davis (UCD), a new structure for the clinic developed based on the perceived need for comprehensive services. In June 2001, Shifa affiliated with the UCD School of Medicine under the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, offering learning and teaching opportunities to all UCD undergraduates and medical students.

As a student-run clinic, Shifa provides strong educational experiences for students to develop an understanding of healthcare delivery in a community-based setting. With the generous volunteer efforts of excellent physicians from the Sacramento and Davis communities, Shifa Clinic now serves a diverse population of disadvantaged patients every Sunday—those who have no form of health insurance or have difficulty obtaining healthcare in the traditional health system due to language or cultural barriers. In the tradition of other UCD School of Medicine student-run clinics like Clinica Tepati, Imani Clinic and Paul Hom Clinic, Shifa Clinic specializes in serving Middle Eastern and East Indian Communities, providing interpretation services in Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, and Farsi. The staff at Shifa Clinic hopes that they can provide a successful example for future
community endeavors and serve as positive role models to others.