Health Care

Student Health Service
Lower Level, Penn Tower Hotel
34th and Civic Center Boulevard

Phone: 215-662-2850
Fax: 215-349-5797
Appointments: 215-662-2852
Medical Records: 215-349-5370
Insurance & Immunization Requirements: 215-573-3523
Triage Nurse: 215-349-8245
Email: shs@pobox.upenn.edu
www.upenn.edu/shs/index.html

The Student Health Service is responsible for student health care, both by appointment and in cases of unscheduled urgent care. Since students are the only population we serve, our services are planned for your needs. They provide primary care services and use the consultants at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) for most subspecialty work. Student Health offers many services including: primary care medicine, women’s health, sexual health care for women and men, nutrition counseling, orthopedics, allergy, podiatry, routine physical exams, surgery, dental problems, eye care, travel advisory, health care for international students, medication services, student awareness of safer sex supplies. Confidential HIV screening is available at 3900 Chestnut Street; for more information, call Health Education at (215) 573-3525. They recommend that students make appointments to avoid long waiting periods, although unscheduled visits are acceptable. During the academic year, Student Health is open from 8:30 A.M.–7:30 P.M., Monday through Friday and 12:00 P.M.–7:30 P.M. on Saturday and Sunday. During semester breaks, hours are sharply curtailed. Please visit the Student Health Service Web site for changes in hours. For urgent care after hours, students should call the SHS physician on-call at (215) 662-2850 before going to HUP emergency room, as emergency room expenses are the responsibility of the student. Cost of outpatient care at Student Health Service for full-time students is covered by the general fee payment. Students taking less than a full-time course load are required to pay a special service fee to the University for coverage.

 

3611 Locust Walk, 3rd Floor

(215) 573–3525

healthed@pobox.upenn.edu

The Office of Health Education provides a variety of health promotion programs and risk-reduction services for Penn students. Health issues addressed by professional and student staff include alcohol and other drug use, sexual health, sexual and interpersonal violence, and body image. Referrals can be made for related services on and off campus such as HIV testing and stress management. In addition, OHE also offers free safer sex supplies and houses a health resource collection of brochures, books, videos, demonstration kits, and training manuals.  The Office of Health Education also offers wellness programs such as on campus massage.  Its website www.vpul.upenn.edu/ohe includes a valuable library section with health information pertinent to Penn students. 

The School of Dental Medicine offers low-cost, quality dental care provided by dental students and hygienists under the supervision of faculty. To make an appointment to become a patient of the School of Dental Medicine, call 898-8965 from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M., Monday through Friday. Students who believe they are having a dental emergency and are not patients of record at the School of Dental Medicine, can come to the Emergency Care Clinic for screening and/or treatment. Patients are seen on a walk-in basis. Emergency Care Clinic registration hours are from 8 A.M. to 11 A.M., Monday through Friday.

Counseling and Psychological Services provides professional psychological and psychiatric services to undergraduate, graduate and professional students who are having personal, social, academic and career issues. The majority of students utilize time-limited individual, groups and couples counseling/psychotherapy, but the department also offers a range of services including career counseling, crisis intervention, psychopharmacological evaluations and management, structured workshops, staff and paraprofessional training, and consultations. These services are available to the University community free of charge. The staff consists of a multicultural group of psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers with extensive experience in working with University students. All services are strictly confidential. Appointments can be made between 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. daily. An on-call counselor is available each day for consultation. Please visit our Web site: http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~caps for additional information.