Bios

Founder - Robin Lowitz, MD

The Clinic's founder and Medical Director, Dr. Robin Lowitz, drew inspiration from two years spent as a volunteer at the Berkeley Free Clinic, in Berkeley, CA. Following medical training at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio and in family medicine at UCSF-San Francisco General Hospital, Dr. Lowitz worked at the St. Stephen's Free Clinic/La Clínica in Sebastopol, CA, the Catholic Charities Free Clinic in Santa Rosa, CA, and the San Francisco Free Clinic in San Francisco. She came to believe that, based on Jewish traditions of social justice and communal responsibility for the sick, it was time for the Jewish community to launch a Free Clinic and her tireless efforts have been well recognized.

Medical Director - John Shearer, MD

John Shearer, MD, a Sonoma County Family Practitioner, has been a volunteer with JCFC for three years, in addition to serving on: the Board of the California Physician’s Alliance; The Children’s Health Initiative; Sonoma Health Alliance; and Physicians for a National Health Program. His broad community background, personal dedication and commitment to the patients we serve, is a tremendous asset to our organization.