Welcome to the Student Health Service at Columbia University Medical Center!

The Student Health Service (SHS) provides a broad array of services to meet your health care needs. Our staff of medical and mental health clinicians, health education professionals, and administrators are experienced in the health issues that arise during your intense educational process.

Our mission is to enhance the health of each student and to promote a healthy campus community through healing, caring and educating.

We are here because we believe that your own health care should demonstrate a standard of excellence that positively influences your goals as health professions students and future practitioners.

Confidentiality is paramount. What you say in the Student Health Service stays in the Student Health Service.

• Records are accessed only by those immediately involved in your care.
• Medical information is never released outside the Student Health Service without your written consent. * (This includes school deans, professors, family and friends.)

*Except in those rare circumstances of daner of imminent risk to self or others, or when otherwise required by law.

 

Your first encounter with us, will be meeting your pre-registration health and immunization requirements outlined in the Pre-Registration Brochure that was highlited (through emails to students) on the Mailman School website (and can be downloaded from our website).

http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/student/health/forms.html#prereg

Be sure to send us your forms in a timely manner since you will not be able to register for classes until your pre-registration requirements have been met.

There are four divisions to the Student Health Service: Medical Services, Administration, Mental Health Services, and the Center for Student Wellness.

 

Medical Services

Location: 60 Haven Avenue, Tower I, Lobby Floor

Hours: Monday - Thursday 8 am - 7 pm

Friday 9 am - 4 pm

Comprehensive, primary care medical services are provided by a staff of nurses, medical assistants, physician assistants, and physicians, who specialize in student health. Services include:

• Acute and chronic medical illnesses
• Occupational health, including blood exposures
• Women's, men's and trans health
• Evaluation
• Travel consultations and immunizations
• Physical exams
• Acupuncture
• Nutrition Services
• Smoking Cesstion
  
• Laboratory services (billed to insurance)
• Referral to specialists
• Contraception and selected medications available onsite at discounted prices

Consultation for emergencies is available through an on-call clinician whenever the SHS is closed (212-305-3400, x7). To make an appointment, call (212) 305-3400 during office hours. If an appointment is not available, the triage nurse has access to same-day appointments for urgent problems. Please ask to speak with the nurse in person or on the phone for more information. Remember to schedule routine visits, such as physical exams or routine gynecology appointments in advance.

 

Administrative services

Location: 60 Haven Avenue, Tower 1, 3rd floor, Apts. 3D, 3E.

Hours: Monday - Thursday 10 am - 3 pm; Friday 8 am - 4 pm

Telephone: 212-305-3400

We have a dedicated staff of administrators available to help you with insurance information, reimbursements or billing concerns, and any other administrative needs that may arise.

Mental Health Services

The Mental Health Service offers Confidential consultations, counseling, psychotherapy, and pharmacotherapy for individuals and couples. Our psychologists and clinical psychiatrists are experienced in the issues arising for students in the course of their professional training. You may visit the SHS website for a more in-depth description of services and staff listing.

Ten free visits to on-site Mental Health Service clinicians are available to students under the Student Health Service fee. An additional 40 visits are available under Aetna Student Health Insurance Plan.

Center for Student Wellness

Location: 107 Bard Hall. Telephone: 212-304-5564

AI:MS Office: 102 Bard Hall. Telephone: 212-305-3989

The Center for Student Wellness provides free, confidential wellness counseling, coaching, and health promotion programs. Wellnes Works! is the health promotion arm of the Student Health Service and the Center for Student Wellness. Certified health education specialists develop and coordinate individual and group activities to address health and wellness concerns, including stress management, relationship issues, nutrition and fitness, sexual health, and substance use. Specialized substance abuse counseling is available through AI:MS (Addiction Illness: Medical Solutions) Program, located within the Center for Student Wellness.

CSW also sponsors a Yoga and Pilates program each semester. The office is located in 107 Bard Hall.

For more information: http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/students/wellness/index.html

 

Other Resources

If you need specialized care not provided by Student Health Service, and have chosen to enroll in the Aetna Student Health Insurance Plan offered at Columbia University Medical Center, we can refer you to a health care provider who belongs to the national Aetna network. Always verify that the clinician still accepts Aetna when making your appointment and remember, you must have a referral!

If you have a different insurance plan, you will use that coverage for laboratory services, diagnostic testing, and specialty referral.

For more information about any of our services and staff, and to view a map with our location, please visit the Student Health Service Website at www.cumc.columbia.edu/student/health.

We welcome you to CUMC and look forward to meeting you in person.