Health Center Important Information
Health Services Hours
Health Services is open to all currently enrolled university students without charge.
Academic Year Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Saturdays: 10am – 2pm
Emergency: 24 hour answering service 203-932-7079
Women’s Clinic
Weekly Clinic (by appointment only)
Summer Hours
There are not regular Clinician hours during the summer, please contact Health Services to inquire about hours of availability for the Clinician.
After Hours
There are also several walk-in clinics and urgent care centers in the local area that maybe utilized when our office is closed. You can also self-schedule for walk-in appointments at Northeast Medical Group. Please click here or click here for a list of these other services.
Statement of Confidentiality
Health Services are confidential. This means that we will not tell anyone that you are a patient and will not share what you have discussed in our office without your consent. We will not give information to your family members or to offices or departments in the university without your permission. There is an exception to the rule of confidentiality. In the event of a severe emergency, illness, or injury, your family members will be notified at the discretion of the professional Health Services Staff.
Urgent Care Centers
The university has cooperative arrangements with the following local urgent care centers so students will have access to convenient, low-cost medical services, especially during those periods when the university’s Health Services Office is closed. We also have a list of other doctors, walk-in clinics, dentists, family planning clinics i.e. Planned Parenthood, etc.
In Case of Emergency
For acute health care problems that cannot wait until morning, please use the emergency room at one of the following hospitals.
Yale- New Haven Hospital
20 York Street, New Haven
203-688-2222
Yale Hospital at St. Raphael’s Campus
1450 Chapel Street, New Haven
203-789-3464
Routine non-serious illnesses like a sore throats should not be treated in an emergency room.
Records
Students who are graduating or who leave the university may want to request their medical records. Health Services recommends that students studying abroad take a copy of their medical records with them.
Please allow up to two weeks for requested records to be sent. State law requires that the university keep medical files for a period of seven years after a student has left the institution. After that time period, all records are destroyed. Please contact Health Services for further information regarding your medical records.
Click here for the Immunization Request Form.
Excuse and Absent Policy for Undergraduate/Graduate Students
Please see below or review the University of New Haven’s student handbook online here.