New Inspire Health Clinic Opens in Clovis, Expands Local Primary Care

Inspire Health, formerly Central California Faculty Medical Group, marked a major return to brick and mortar care in Fresno County with a ribbon cutting Nov. 21 for a new primary care office in Clovis. The 9,200 square foot clinic at 2176 Shaw Avenue near Armstrong Avenue will house two family and community medicine physicians, a surgeon providing consults, and a nurse practitioner, leaders said. Clinic officials described the opening as a deliberate step to create practice opportunities for clinicians trained in the San Joaquin Valley.

Inspire Health Chief Executive Officer Joyce Fields Keene said the organization has not opened a facility in roughly three decades and wants to provide locations where trainees can continue to practice in the region. “We train in community medicine, pediatrics, and internal medicine, so a lot of our graduates like to stay in the Valley,” Fields Keene told GV Wire at the ribbon cutting. “Some of them want to stay with the group, so we thought well, this is good synergy.”

Physicians rostered at the Clovis office include Dr. Sireesha Reddy, a family and community medicine associate professor with UCSF, and Dr. Tania Zavalza Jimenez, a family and community medicine assistant professor with UCSF. Nurse practitioner Jay Khatri will work in family and community medicine and holds graduate nursing and registered nurse credentials. Dr. Gerson Araujo will provide surgical consults. Inspire Health said additional physicians could rotate through the location as the practice grows.

Local officials framed the clinic as a practical gain for residents seeking routine and specialty linked primary care inside the city. Clovis Mayor Vong Mouanoutoua noted the new office expands health care access and underscored the value of training and retaining physicians who choose to work in the Valley. For patients, that can mean better continuity of care, greater appointment availability, and fewer nonurgent visits to emergency departments.

Public health and health equity experts view clinician retention and local training pipelines as essential to addressing longstanding provider shortages in Fresno County and surrounding communities. By creating more practice settings for clinicians who train in community medicine, pediatrics, and internal medicine, the clinic may help strengthen preventive services, chronic disease management, and referrals to specialty care. Those shifts are particularly important for low income and medically underserved populations who face barriers to consistent primary care.

The opening also raises policy questions about sustaining expanded primary care capacity. Long term impact will depend on adequate reimbursement, partnerships with payers and health systems, and continued investment in training pathways that keep clinicians in the Valley. For now, the new Inspire Health office represents a tangible gain in local clinical capacity and a demonstration of efforts to grow a local health workforce that serves Fresno County residents.