Health Services

Health services include sick visits, physicals, gynecology and reproductive health visits and more. We consider a student’s diet, exercise, lifestyle, environment and mental health to suggest a path to wellness. The nurse practitioners have access to a collaborating physician. Referrals to outside providers are given as needed. 

Appointments are available in person or virtually when appropriate. We prefer patients make appointments in advance, but often can provide same-day appointments. 

Troy:
Mon-Fri: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Kellas Hall, 1st Floor
Tel: 518-244-2261
Fax: 518-244-2262
troywellnesscenter@sage.edu

Albany:
Mon-Fri: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Kahl Campus Center, Lower Level
Tel: 518-292-1917
Fax: 518-292-1918
albanywellnesscenter@sage.edu

There is no charge for the office visit at the Wellness Center. Additionally, the Wellness Center does not bill your health-care insurance.

The medical staff at the Wellness Center offer wellness and preventive health care, sick visits, reproductive health and gyn for all, pregnancy tests, birth control, emergency contraception, physical exams for clinical rotations, sports, field work and employment, tuberculin skin testing (ppd), labs (blood work and STI testing etc), and mental health care.

If you have needs after hours, and can’t wait until the next day, you will be directed to urgent care or the emergency department of local hospitals. If you need an ambulance, contact public safety. 

We don’t provide vaccinations other than scheduled flu and covid vaccine clinics during fall semester. Outside of this clinic, see your primary care provider, or make an appointment at a local pharmacy to receive vaccines.

Services include annual gynecological exams, pap smears, contraceptive counseling and prescriptions, emergency contraception, treatment and counseling for sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy testing and counseling.

All full-time students at Russell Sage College are required to maintain health insurance coverage for all semesters in which they are enrolled. There is no charge for services we provide directly in the Wellness Center, so we don’t bill insurance. Outside providers will bill insurance for things such as lab testing, imaging, specialists etc.

You may also be eligible for health insurance through Fidelis Care NY. Visit Fidelis Care NY to learn more.

We do not provide sick notes, but students are given discharge information if needed to negotiate absences. We only address the current day’s medical problems. We can not provide retroactive documentation for absences. 

Students who miss class due to illness/injury are encouraged to notify their faculty directly, preferably before missing a class. Most faculty members accept your word that you have a legitimate reason for missing class, an exam or an assignment deadline. All decisions about the impact of your absence on your grade, as well as any arrangements for making up work, rest with your professor.

Illness varies greatly among individuals. We expect students to take a reasonable and responsible approach to their academic responsibilities while keeping in mind the public health and safety of themselves and others.

Copies of this policy may be given to the student upon request.

All consultations and referrals are kept confidential and private in accordance with state and federal guidelines. Information obtained in counseling and health services will not be shared with anyone without the student’s written consent, except when a student is in danger of harming themselves or others.