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Trillium Health celebrated the grand opening of a new clinic at 924 Jefferson Avenue in Rochester this week, bringing family medicine, behavioral health, and supportive services to a Southwest Rochester neighborhood where more than a third of residents live below the federal poverty line. The clinic is expected to help an additional 3,000 patients a year, adding a third primary care site to Trillium’s growing Rochester footprint.
As reported by 13WHAM, the Jefferson Avenue location operates alongside Trillium Health’s main campus on Monroe Avenue, offering care in addition to the organization’s existing services. The clinic, open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, sits in Rochester’s 14611 ZIP code, according to Trillium Health. It is the organization’s third primary care location in the city, joining the Monroe Avenue campus and a pediatrics and gynecology facility at 170 Science Parkway that opened in 2019.
A Neighborhood Facing Steep Health Gaps
The 14611 ZIP code where the new clinic sits carries some of the starkest economic disparities in Monroe County. In that area, 37.7% of residents live below the federal poverty line, per data from Census Reporter. Regional analyses by Common Ground Health indicate that life expectancy in Rochester’s poorest ZIP codes, including 14608 and adjacent southwest neighborhoods, can run up to 10 years shorter than in surrounding Monroe County suburbs such as Pittsford, according to Common Ground Health…