Reseda
The community clinic on Canby Avenue, in Reseda
If you searched for a clinic near Reseda, Canoga Park, or the west Valley, this is the address, the hours, and the honest limit of what a webpage can promise.
Address, hours, and phone
Canby Community Clinic, formerly Pura Vida Community Clinic, is at 7601 Canby Ave #6B, Reseda, CA 91335. The phone is (818) 674-4414. The hours are Monday through Friday, 9 to 5. The clinic is closed Saturday and Sunday. English and Spanish are available. Call for parking, the entrance, and step-free access before the first visit. Do not come for a medical emergency. This suite is not an emergency department, and the website is not watched after hours. A request on this website is not a confirmed visit. A time is real only when a person at the clinic confirms the day and what to bring. If you need a same-day emergency service, call 911. If you need a planned visit, call during weekday hours and say whether you want English or Spanish. Write the confirmed time down. Do not rely on a map pin alone to tell you the suite number. It is 6B.
Who the clinic is for
The clinic is for people who have had trouble getting care because of insurance, language, transportation, or the wait for an appointment. That includes neighbors in Reseda and people who drive from Canoga Park, Winnetka, Northridge, Lake Balboa, and Tarzana. It is not a Pasadena clinic. Searching from the east side of Los Angeles and then driving across the city to the wrong suite wastes the day. Call first if you are outside the west Valley. Adults who need a checkup, a follow-up, or help understanding a medicine are the usual callers. People who have not been seen in years are usual callers too. You do not need to prove that you tried enough other clinics before this one. You do need to say what kind of visit you want so staff can say whether this office is the right door. If it is not, ask what kind of site you should look for instead.
What you can ask to book
You can ask for a general visit or for follow-up of something that is stable. You can ask for a blood pressure check and other screening conversations, including diabetes risk and cholesterol. You can ask for help arranging a basic test, and where it will be done, before you agree. You can ask for help understanding a medicine, without a promise that every medicine is in stock at a pharmacy. You can ask what the next step is if the service is not offered in this suite. Cancer screening such as a mammogram or a colonoscopy is often another building. Vaccines may be too. The clinician decides what fits your age and history. This page is not a diagnosis, and it does not order those tests. Bring old results if the question is about a number you already have. Bring the bottles if the question is about a dose. Two written questions are enough for a short visit.
A request is not a time
Call, or send a callback request with your name, phone number, language, and the kind of visit. Do not put symptoms, lab results, or a Social Security number on the form. A person confirms the appointment. Until you hear that confirmation, do not take time off work and do not tell a ride that the visit is set. If the clinic cannot see you for the problem you described, the useful answer is where to go instead, not a vague promise. Ask about your insurance on that same call. Nonprofit does not mean the visit is automatically free, and a card in your wallet does not mean the visit is automatically paid. The clinic will not list a guess to make the page look complete. If you need to change the time, call. Do not send a relative to explain a cancellation at the door after the slot is already lost. The schedule only works if the people on it can be reached.
A nonprofit in the Valley
The clinic is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) and has been listed with the state as a community clinic under its former name, Pura Vida Community Clinic. That public record is not the same thing as a promise about your visit. Community clinic is a licensing description. It means a setting for outpatient care, not a free event and not a hospital. Volunteers help the clinic run, but a scheduled medical visit is done by a licensed professional. You can ask who will see you. You can ask what the visit is for. You cannot assume every specialty is in suite 6B, because it is not. Primary care is the work of this office: the ongoing story, the ordinary problems, and the decision about what needs a different building. If you want the state listing for your own records, ask the clinic which name appears on the public file. Do not rely on an old sign alone.
What this office is not
This office is not an emergency department, not a same-hour urgent care, and not a place that diagnoses you from a web form. It is not open at night. It does not replace 911, and it does not replace 988 if you are in a mental health crisis. It does not process Medi-Cal or Covered California applications. It does not promise that a specific insurance plan is accepted. It does not do every lab, every vaccine, or every cancer screening inside the suite. It does not give legal advice or immigration advice. What it can do is see you for primary care on a confirmed weekday, explain the next step in English or Spanish, and tell you the insurance question before you travel. If that is the door you need, call (818) 674-4414. If you need a hospital, go to a hospital. Knowing the difference is the most useful fact on this page.
Source: HCAI. This page does not diagnose you.
Primary care
A general visit in Reseda for a new concern, a stable condition, or when you are not sure where to start.