MedZou Community Health Clinic is a faculty-sponsored clinic of the University of Missouri School of Medicine that provides free primary health care to uninsured residents of Central Missouri. It is at 105 E. Ash Street, Suite 200, in Columbia, and opened in October 2008. Medical and other University of Missouri students take part in the care.
Highlights
- Who it serves: uninsured patients, and insured patients whose out-of-pocket costs are prohibitive.
- Primary care: every Thursday from 5 to 9 p.m. A psychiatrist is on hand the third Thursday of each month.
- Specialty clinics: most Monday evenings, 5 to 9 p.m. They include dermatology, diabetes care, ophthalmology, a colposcopy clinic, musculoskeletal care and neurology.
- Free services: medical visits, dietetics and pharmacy consultations, social work referrals, HIV testing and flu shots, lab tests, EKGs, X-rays for musculoskeletal conditions, and a program to obtain expensive name-brand medications for free.
- Women’s health: free diagnostic testing for breast and cervical cancer for uninsured women, and referrals for other women’s health care.
- Limits: MedZou does not provide emergency care or prescriptions for controlled substances. Some medications and diagnostic services it cannot provide in the clinic may not be free.
Call 573-356-2499 to set up a time before you go.
Services and hours checked on the University of Missouri School of Medicine’s website Oct. 22, 2026.