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Hospitals, Clinics, and Outpatient Services
University of Virginia Health System
http://hsc.virginia.edu
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General Info: 924-0211
Patient Referral: 924-3627
Admitting: 924-2264
Emergency Room: 924-2231
Poison Control: 924-5543
A major trauma center, regional referral
center, and teaching hospital with many specialized and
general care clinics and medical departments, including
allergy, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, otolaryngology,
pathology, behavioral medicine, urology, and plastic surgery.
Some physicians will accept patients only on referral from
outside doctors; others can be contacted directly. UVA
is consistently ranked among the top 100 hospitals nationally.
Elson Student Health Center
www.virginia.edu/studenthealth
924-5362
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UVA
Health Sciences Center
Jefferson Park Ave. & Brandon Ave.
Box 378, Charlottesville, VA 22908
Fall/Spring Hours: M-F 8 am - 5 pm, Sat 8:30 am - 12
pm
Holidays/ summer: M-F 8 am – 4:30 pm
Allergy shots: Tue & Fri 9 am - 4 pm
For students only, not family members,
who can still be treated at other facilities. General outpatient
medical care, including specialty services in gynecology
and mental health, to regularly enrolled students. When
necessary, Student Health will refer patients to physicians
in other specialties. No charge for office visits, but clients
must pay for lab work, medicine, and supplies. The staff
can help determine what type of payment needs to be made
at the time of visit and may send a copy of your insurance
information to Clinical Laboratories in the Medical Center
for insurance filing. If you don't want an insurance claim
filed, you may pay a discounted price at Student Health.
Counseling for students and their families. Small groups
on personal development, career issues, stress management,
and school pressures. See the FAQ
page and FAQ
page on billing.
Family Medicine
www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/familymed
243-6638
After hours emergencies: 924-0000
Three offices: Crossroads, Stoney Creek, and the closest,
the Primary Care Center (924-5348)
UVA Hospital, off Jefferson Park Ave.
Hours: M-F 8 am – 5 pm
Open to general public, including UVA
students' families, faculty, and staff. Provides general medical
care including obstetrics and office surgery. Specializes
in handling family health problems and has both pediatricians
and general practitioners available for appointments.
Martha Jefferson Hospital
www.mjh.org
General Information: 982-7000
Emergency: 982-7150
Health Connection: 982-7009 or 1-888-652-6663
Main office: 459 Locust Ave. (Locust Ave. & High St.)
Outpatient Care Center: 595 Peter Jefferson Pkwy (near Rt.
250 East and I-64)
A 181-bed private, not-for-profit hospital.
More than 200 physicians are affiliated with Martha Jefferson.
Family-centered maternity care, physical & occupational
therapy, outpatient surgery, Cancer Care Center, state-of-the-art
medical imaging (i.e., MRI and Ultrafast CT Scan), 24-hour
emergency department with "quick track" for less
serious conditions. Midwives on staff. Health Connection
offers classes in handling asthma, migraines, diabetes,
etc., and offers advice in choosing a physician connected
to Martha Jefferson. Martha Jefferson has several satellite
offices, the largest being Martha Jefferson Health Services
on Rt. 29 and the new Outpatient
Care Center on Pantops
Mountain.
Martha Jefferson Health Services
923-4650
Rt. 29 North & Proffitt Rd.
Satellite office of hospital provides physician-ordered
services, such as x-rays, laboratory tests, mammograms, MRIs
and physical and occupational therapy.
Charlottesville/Albemarle County
Health Department
Web site
1138 Rose Hill Drive
972-4300
Hours: M-F 8 am - 4:30 pm
Free children's immunizations. Adult immunizations
for a fee.
Children, Youth & Family Services,
Inc.
www.cyfs.org
296-4118
116 W. Jefferson Street
Hours: M-F 8:30 am - 5 pm
United Way member agency. Family Partners,
Runaway Shelter, and Childcare Resource & Referral Service.
Qualified professional counseling on problems of marriage,
parent-child relationships, personal adjustment.
Region 10 Community Services Board
www.regionten.org
800 Preston Ave
972-1800
Hours: M-F 8 am - 5 pm
401 4th St. NW
972-1829
2000 Michie Dr.
970-1495
Provides outpatient counseling for individuals,
families, couples, and children. Mental health, mental retardation,
and substance abuse services.
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With two hospitals and a plethora of medical professionals,
Charlottesville is well-endowed with health resources. For more information
check the Monticello
Avenue Community Web site.
For UVA clinics in outlying counties, see "How
to Access Our Services."
The UVA Medical Center has been named one
of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals for the last four years (1998-2001)
by HCIA and the Health Network. U.S. News & World Report's 2002
edition of "America's
Best Hospitals" ranked ten specialties at the hospitals,
including hormonal disorders, 5; neurology and neurosurgery, 14;
ear, nose and throat, 19; urology, 20; orthopedics, 21; cancer, 22;
gynecology, 25; digestive disorders, 28; respiratory disorders, 31;
kidney disease, 41. Martha Jefferson Hospital is also ranked for
its treatment of respiratory disorders.
Virginia Law Families Tip:
If you need to take a child to an emergency room, the
UVA hospital has a separate pediatric ER (entered through the main
ER, check in at the window there) that is always well staffed with
very child-friendly folks.
Are you, a friend or family member having
trouble with alcohol or drug use? Try these helpful agencies:
Al-Anon (family group)
972-7011
Alcoholics Anonymous
293-6565
Alcohol Safety Action
977-3553
Narcotics Anonymous
979-8298
Drug & Alcohol Referral Line
(800) 821-4357
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