Clinical Operations
Community based pediatrics, family medicine, internal medicine, and psychiatric care.
Graduate Medical Education
The second largest primary care teaching health center in the nation.
Medicaid & Insurance Enrollment
Providing access to the care you need to get well and stay well.
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
Leadership development and sustainable humanitarian service.
Our Vision
We envision all people living healthy lives within healthy communities.
Our Mission
To coordinate efforts to improve population health of residents of the City of Detroit, Wayne County, and the region by assuring access to care.
Need to Make a Medical Appointment?
Visit the Popoff Family Health Center. Call 313-824-1000 or schedule an appointment on our Patient Portal.
Community Resources
Resources are available to assist Detroit & Wayne County residents during the COVID-19 health crisis.
Do You Need Health Insurance?
Through the Michigan Medicaid program, health care coverage is available to individuals who meet certain criteria.
News & Views
April 26, 2023
Ice Health Center Completes Vaccine Compliance Review
By Dennis Archambault Children and adolescents who qualify are eligible to receive critical childhood vaccinations – at no cost to them– through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program. That’s...April 21, 2023
Podcast Explores the Complexity of Obesity from a Historical and Sociological Perspective
By Dennis Archambault Obesity is a perplexing disease state that contributes to many chronic conditions, especially diabetes and heart disease. Understanding it from a biological and behavioral perspective has...April 07, 2023
Celebrate Wealth ‘for all,’ here and throughout the World on World Health Day
By Dennis Archambault Several years ago, a commentary focused on the audacity of “creating health” as opposed to responding to disease and injury in the form of “health care”....March 26, 2023
Food Insecurity Worsens as Pandemic Aid Disappears
By Dennis Archambault As the news media warns about the impending end of pandemic assistance, much attention has been paid to expanded Medicaid eligibility – rightfully so. Thousands of...March 14, 2023
Psychiatry Residency Program Recognized by the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute
The Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute (MPI) recently honored our Psychiatry Residency Program lead by Program Director, Theadia L. Carey, MD, MS and Associate Program Director, Kehinde Ayeni, MD for their integral part...December 19, 2022
Pandemic in Reflection: Finding Time to Consider Loss and Change
By Dennis Archambault As the calendar year winds down and holiday socials return, with only a few masked guests at parties to remind us there still is a pandemic...November 22, 2022
Nurse Practitioner Reveals a legacy of Pediatrics at Authority Health
By Dennis Archambault When E’Liza Scott, R.N., was studying to be a nurse practitioner, she searched for a preceptor for her Pediatrics internship. Her sister,...August 01, 2022
Another Instance in which Minorities Lag on a Key Prevention Tool: PrEP
By Dennis Archambault Of the most promising prevention tools in addressing the AIDS epidemic is the development of the drug pre-exposure prophylaxis or “PrEP.” Yet, like other forms of...July 28, 2022