Health-Care Resources

Wellness Center / Student Health Services

The Student Health Services is staffed and directed by a licensed Nurse Practitioner, providing episodic and primary health care to all registered Graduate Center students. Services include visits for acute medical problems as well as management of ongoing health issues, women’s health examinations and pap smears, men’s genitourinary examinations, screening for STDs (sexually transmitted disease), immunizations, referrals to outside health care providers, health and wellness programs and workshops. Students are seen by appointment. However, students with particularly urgent problems will be seen on a walk-in basis as available. There is no charge for visits to the Health Service. Laboratory costs for blood and urine tests are substantially reduced through an arrangement with Mount Sinai Medical Center and then reduced further through partial subsidies through the Graduate Center.

Wellness Center / Psychological Services

In addition to providing direct short-term psychotherapeutic services free of charge to registered Graduate Center students, the Psychological Counseling and Adult Development Center (Telephone: 1-212-817-7020) maintains a referral list of private practitioners and institutions offering psychological services. Some of these provide services to students for low or moderate fees. The center also offers seminars and workshops on specific psychological issues such as dissertation completion, writing anxiety, stress reduction, procrastination, learning to teach, and parenting. Please feel free to call the counseling office for more information.

Substance Abuse Counseling and Referral Services

The Graduate Center’s Psychological Counseling and Adult Development Center (Telephone: 1-212-817-7020) offers referral services for issues pertaining to substance abuse.

New York State Health Insurance Plan (NYSHIP)

Matriculated doctoral student employees at the CUNY Graduate Center who meet certain eligibility requirements may enroll for health insurance coverage through the New York State Health Insurance Plan (NYSHIP). You may visit: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/provost/doctoral_students/health.html for additional information regarding eligibility requirements.

Voluntary Student Health and Accident Insurance Plans

The Graduate Center offers insurance information for both part- and full-time students and for postdoctoral research fellows at the Graduate Center. Participation in any plan is entirely voluntary but is strongly recommended. General information brochures, application forms, and a “Student Health Insurance and Selected Resources: a Guide,” prepared by the Office of Student Affairs, are available in the Student Affairs office, the

Wellness Center, and online at http://www.gc.cuny.edu/current_students/StudentHealth/
index.htm. The health insurance guide, which does not endorse specific providers, details contact representatives, phone numbers, and/or mailing addresses for your follow-through efforts on all programs listed.

The Graduate Center participates in a dental program in conjunction with New York University’s College of Dentistry. (Application forms are available with the insurance information in the public areas listed above.) In addition, commercial dental programs are noted in the health insurance guide described above.

Please call 1-212-817-7400 for further information or to make an appointment to discuss questions you may have. The Graduate Center provides only information on voluntary insurance programs and is not responsible for students’ choices.

PLEASE NOTE:
Information about hospitals and other health services in New York City, including clinics and emergency rooms, can be found at http://www.nyc.gov (under “Residents” click on “Health and Human Services,” and then select “Hospitals”). Below are some hotline and other phone numbers for additional reference.