From left: Wayne Lau, Dr. Andy Chiem and wife, Jennie Quach. (Photo provided by RVCDF)
The Rainier Valley Community Development Fund honored Dr. Andy Chiem with the 2016 Richard McIver Award at its annual meeting on April 26.
Chiem immigrated here as a refugee from Vietnam. He once owned a practice in the International District, on Jackson Street. But parking was very restricted at that location, which caused a hardship for patients.
In 2013, Chiem and his wife purchased and renovated a dilapidated building at the corner of Graham and Martin Luther King. The clinic there is now flourishing and is a great resource for the majority of patients who are residents of Southeast Seattle and from all ethnic groups.