Call 401-863-3953 to make an appointment for health services concerns or 401-863-3558 to make an appointment for individual nutrition counseling. Questions can be emailed to nursing@health.brown.edu and medical advice is available 24/7 by calling 401-863-3953.

Every Brown student is charged a Student Health and Wellness Fee each semester that allows students to use Student Health Services, regardless of health insurance coverage. This Health Fee covers most general medical care at Student Health Services, including primary care by provider staff, use of Brown University Emergency Medical Services, nursing services and 24/7 medical advice, campus-wide health promotion, Brown University Counseling & Psychological Services, and Health Services’ various public health functions. 

X-rays, medications, and lab work may have copays or fees associated with them depending upon your individual insurance coverage. Referrals to specialists including medical specialists, physical therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic care will come with copay, deductible, or full-on billing depending upon your individual insurance plan. Providers beyond the primary care clinicians in the Brown Student Health Services are not employed nor paid by Brown, thus cost is covered by patients and their individual insurance plans.

Please ask your pharmacy to call the Brown University Pharmacy at (401) 863-7882 and the pharmacists will transfer the prescription along with any valid refill(s).

For the pharmacists to transfer any remaining refills on your previous prescription(s) to the Brown Pharmacy, you will need to call or stop by the pharmacy and give us:

•  your name, student ID number and date of birth
• your previous pharmacy's name and phone number
• the name(s) of the medication(s) you want transferred, and the prescription number(s) if you have them. 

The transfer process may take up to 24 hours during busy times, or if the medication needs to be ordered.

• Brown University offers a Student Dental Insurance Plan through Delta Dental of Rhode Island. For more information, please visit the Student Health Insurance Website.
• Brown University also offers a voluntary vision plan through Delta Vision of Rhode Island. For more information, please visit the Student Health Insurance Website.

More information about graduate student insurance

Dependents of graduate students may be enrolled in health, dental, or vision plans through the University's Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP), Delta Dental, or Delta Vision at an additional cost. Eligible dependents include a legal spouse or domestic partner, children up to the age of 26, or a child born while the graduate student is covered by these plans. A spouse or partner is generally expected to be living with the covered student in order to be eligible for coverage. Doctoral and MFA students who receive health or dental coverage through their financial support packages from the University are eligible to receive full coverage for the annual premium cost of enrolling a dependent child or international spouse in health or dental coverage.

It is the student's responsibility to ensure the timely enrollment of eligible dependents each policy year. Previously insured dependents must be re-enrolled by the deadlines in order to avoid a break in coverage. Dependents are not automatically re-enrolled in the plan.

Student health and wellness records are confidential and are not released to anyone, including parents, legal guardians and faculty, without written authorization from the student. There are a few exceptions when release of specific information without a student’s expressed consent is necessary in emergencies or is required by law. More information can be found on the Student Health Services website.

Private health information can be shared with other providers within Student Health & Wellness as well as health care professionals outside of Brown as part of a process of care coordination or referral in support of their patients.  This sharing of information is to ensure that all individuals that are supporting and involved in the care of a single patient are on the same page and understand what is happening around their prescriptions, lab tests, evaluations, and follow-up care. Patients may give written permission to allow their provider to speak to any non-clinical individual (e.g. family, dean, summer program) if they would like that communication to happen. 

If your health insurance is billed (during a visit to Student Health Services this would only happen for lab tests, prescriptions, or x-ray), your insurance provider may send an explanation of benefits (EOB) to the policy subscriber, often a parent. If you have Brown insurance, you are the subscriber for the policy and correspondence will be sent to you at your campus address unless you change your preferences with the company. If you have other insurance, you can call the customer service number on your insurance card to ask what their EOB procedure is. 

Your medical provider can address any confidentiality questions or concerns you may have during your visit. 

All incoming students are required to complete medical forms before arriving on-campus. Instructions for completing these forms and uploading required documents are in the New Student Forms section on the Student Health Services website. For continuity of care, students with chronic, serious medical conditions should forward their medical records to Health Services.

Call EMS! Brown EMS can transport patients around Brown's campus to Student Health Services during normal business hours, free of charge. You can either call ahead to schedule a pickup with Student Health Services or call DPS at 401-863-4111 and they will dispatch BEMS to your location. Calling BEMS doesn't cost you any money, nor does receiving a ride with BEMS to Student Health Services or the hospital.