HOPES Free Clinic

Our mission is to provide sustainable healthcare services to underserved Norfolk and Portsmouth residents while promoting a unique learning experience for members of the EVMS community.

• Norfolk has an uninsured rate of 14.6%
• National uninsured rate is 8.8%
• Those who are underinsured and/or underserved are more likely to experience negative health outcomes including later stage diagnosis and death

• Provide long-term primary and specialty care to uninsured Norfolk residents
• Under the supervision of a faculty medical director, students manage the practice and clinical operations including administrative and quality improvement functions
• Co-create person-centered goals for symptom management in patients at end of life

• HOPES is the only free clinic in the City of Norfolk and the first student run free clinic in the Commonwealth of Virginia
• HOPES offers primary care along with specialty clinics for dermatology, ophthalmology, ENT, women’s health, mental health, and orthopedics
• Approximately 600 patients seen annually
• Approximately 45% of HOPES patients speak Spanish primarily
• Approximately 200 patients return & rely on HOPES for primary care yearly
• To date, the clinic has served more than 2300 patients