HEALTH SERVICES

MS. CHRISTINE DIMPERIO, RN
COHEN STUDENT HEALTH CENTER – 824-2431

Students in need of medical assistance may be seen in the Cohen Student Health Center.  The Health Center is staffed by two part time physicians and three part time registered nurses.  The Health Center provides primary care for ordinary illnesses and minor emergencies.  Allergy injections are not provided at the Health Center, but arrangements are made for the injections to be given in an off campus physician’s office.

Some of the available services include:  primary care, blood pressure monitoring, flu shots, TB testing, HIV testing and counseling and assistance with off campus referrals.  Health education pamphlets are also provided.

The services of the Health Center are available free of charge to all registered students who have completed health forms on file in the office.  Students are seen by appointment which can be arranged by calling x2431.  Excuses for illnesses/absence from class are not written; it is the responsibility of the student to notify his/her professor about any absence from class and schedule an appointment to be seen in the Health Center. 

All international students must complete a risk assessment questionnaire during Orientation Week. If this assessment reveals that the student is in the “high risk” category as defined by the World Health Organization and the Center for Disease Control, the student must provide documentation of a Tuberculin PPD skin test completed within six months of enrollment of the college regardless of BCG inoculation.

If the result of the skin test is negative, the student will be in compliance with the Health Center’s policy. If the result of the skin test is positive, the student must submit a copy of a chest x-ray report and any follow up treatment written or translated into English.

If the student does not have documentation of a Tuberculin Skin Test, the student must undergo a skin test which will be administered by the Health Center staff. The student is responsible for following the steps required and directed by the Cohen Student Health Center staff.

Information regarding tuberculosis screening and the testing policy may be obtained from Cohen Student Health Center.