About Health Service

Students are able receive their primary care through Atrius Health, at the Kenmore-Harvard Vanguard 133 Brookline Ave. location, a full service primary care site.  If you have the student health insurance you will be charged a $20 co-pay or a 15% coinsurance for x-rays, labs and other ancillary services. If you do not have school insurance you can use the Kenmore-Harvard Vanguard Health Center and pay at the time of your visit or go to another provider who will accept your insurance. Check the website of your insurance company (Blue Cross, for example) to find an approved list of area providers. Please remember to identify yourself as an SMFA student when you register with the health center on the phone or in person.

Pre-Orientation is August 20 - 25
*regular Academic schedule resumes on Aug 27

(closed 12 to 1 p.m. for lunch)

• Monday, August 20: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• Tuesday, August 21: 10 a.m.to 4 p.m.
• Wednesday, August 22: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Thursday, August 23: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Friday, August 24: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (closed 11:15 am to 1 p.m. for lunch)
• Saturday, August 25: Closed

Our lab is only open on days when Health Service is open. The lab is closed 12 - 1 p.m. for lunch each day.

• Monday, Tuesday,Thursday and Friday 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Wednesday 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Closed on Saturdays.
• Hours for private clinician lab specimen collection. 

• For medical emergencies call 9-1-1
• For medical advice, please call 617-627-3350 and follow the prompts to reach the after hours nurses line.
• If you are having a mental health emergency and want to talk with someone, call the Tufts Police at 617-627-3030 and ask to speak with the counselor on-call. Tufts Counseling and Mental Health Service is on call 365 days a year.

If you would like Tufts to follow up on your care, please make sure to tell the center that you are a "Tufts Students" and allow them to send us a report via fax.

@Medford/Somerville Campus

• The Partners Urgent Care Center- 127 Main Street, Medford, MA 02155 781-957-3160
• The CVS Minute Clinic @ Porter Square- 36 White St., Cambridge, MA 02140 617-876-5519
• The urgent care center of the Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford - 170 Governors Ave, Medford, MA 02155 781-306-6100
• The CareWell Urgent Care in Somerville - 349 Broadway, Somerville, MA 02145 617-996-6987
• The PhysicianOne Urgent Care in Medford - 4110 Mystic Valley Pkwy, Medford, MA 02155 781-874-9399     Offering a ride share program for Tufts University student and faculty community who seek urgent care services at PhysicianOne. Ride share is through Lyft, PhysicianOne pays for the ride from Tufts Campus in Medford to the PhysicianOne Medford clinic. Return ride is student/faculty responsibility. Flyer attached.

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​@SMFA Campus

• Harvard Vanguard at Kenmore- 133 Brookline Ave, Boston MA 02215 617-421-1000
• Partners Urgent Care Center- 1285 Beacon Street, Brrokline MA 02446 617-751-6205

If you would like Tufts to follow up on your care, please make sure to tell the ER that you are a "Tufts Students" and allow them to send us a report via fax.

@Medford/Somerville Campus

• Cambridge Health Alliance Emergency Room in Cambridge- 1493 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 665-1000 (3.6 mi)
• Mount Auburn Hospital Emergency Room in Cambridge- 330 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 499-5025 (3.7 mi)
• Winchester Hospital Emergency Room in Winchester- 41 Highland Ave, Winchester, MA 01890 (781) 729-9000 (5.0 mi)
• Melrose Wakefield Hospital Emergency Department in Melrose- 585 Lebanon St, Melrose, MA 02176  (781) 979-3000 (7.7 mi)

​@SMFA Campus

• Brigham and Women's Health Emergency Room- 75 Francis St, Boston 617-732-5636
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Emergency Room- 190 Pilgrim Rd, Boston 617-754-2400