Community clinic gets two new doctors

Paul Clinton

The Huntington Beach Community Clinic has hired two new full-time

physicians to increase its staff.

The clinic used funds provided by Measure H and the Orange County

tobacco settlement initiative to hire the physicians.

Miles Masatsugu, a family practice physician, and Patricia Riba, a

pediatrician, are both now on board at the clinic.

“With the addition of these two key physicians, [the clinic] can

provide continuity of care [and] address the ongoing and ever-growing

needs of our patients,” Clinic CEO Jacqueline Cherewick said. “We are

pleased to have them to meet the needs.”

Huntington Beach Community Clinic saw a 22% growth rate during 2001,

with 16,417 patients moving through its doors.

The clinic is a nonprofit organization that has been based in the city

since 1969. It is at 8041 Newman Ave.