Community health provider The Effort's newest clinic will be named after a longtime area medical leader.
The Tom Gagen Community Health Clinic will open inside Mercy Housing's affordable housing development at Seventh and H streets in downtown Sacramento. The 5,000-square-foot clinic and the eight-story downtown development are slated to open in the fall of 2012.
Gagen served 11 years as chief executive officer of Sutter Medical Center before announcing his retirement earlier this year.
The Effort Inc. has teamed with Sutter Medical Center on programs to provide care to the uninsured and chronically homeless and operates clinics across the Sacramento area.
"This is a fitting tribute to a man who has been a true community advocate and partner," Jonathan Porteus, The Effort's chief executive officer, said of Gagen, adding that Gagen's "commitment to make the Sacramento community a better place to live has been evident for more than a decade."
Gagen had served as a chairman of the city's 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness. Under his tenure as Sutter Medical Center's CEO, he granted more than $20 million to nonprofit community organizations.
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