2024 Health Care Volunteer winner Dr. Eric Ossowski, Family Medicine Physician, Circle the City (Photo credit: Jim Poulin | Phoenix Business Journal)
2024 Health Care Volunteer winner Dr. Eric Ossowski, Family Medicine Physician, Circle the City (Photo credit: Jim Poulin | Phoenix Business Journal)

Phoenix Business Journal

2024 Health Care Volunteer winner Dr. Eric Ossowski, Family Medicine Physician, Circle the City (Photo credit: Jim Poulin | Phoenix Business Journal)
2024 Health Care Volunteer winner Dr. Eric Ossowski, Family Medicine Physician, Circle the City (Photo credit: Jim Poulin | Phoenix Business Journal)
Health Care Heroes 2024: Health Care Volunteer Winner Dr. Eric Ossowski

Eric M. Ossowski, MD, an assistant clinical professor of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, was named one of Phoenix Business Journal's 2024 Health Care Heroes. Dr. Ossowski received the Volunteer Award for his work with several local organizations — including Circle the City Medical Respite Center, where he provides care to underserved and underinsured homeless people; St. Vincent de Paul Medical Clinic for the homeless, where he cares for immigrants and those people without health insurance; and the U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, where volunteers as a community faculty mentor to first- and second-year medical students.

About the College

Founded in 2007, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix inspires and trains exemplary physicians, scientists and leaders to optimize health and health care in Arizona and beyond. By cultivating collaborative research locally and globally, the college accelerates discovery in a number of critical areas — including cancer, stroke, traumatic brain injury and cardiovascular disease. Championed as a student-centric campus, the college has graduated more than 900 physicians, all of whom received exceptional training from nine clinical partners and more than 2,700 diverse faculty members. As the anchor to the Phoenix Bioscience Core, which is projected to have an economic impact of $3.1 billion by 2025, the college prides itself on engaging with the community, fostering education, inclusion, access and advocacy.