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Gannett: University Health Services

Related Information


Call the number listed above for 24-hour Phone Consultation.


Building emergencies: 255-5322 (24 hour - utilities maintenance)

After Hours Care Contact Information:
Cayuga Medical Center: 274-4011
Cayuga Medical Center Emergency: 274-4411
Cayuga Medical Center Convenient Care Center: 274-4150
Website: www.gannett.cornell.edu/medical/outside/cmc.html

Administration Contact Information:
Janet Corson-Rikert, Executive Director: 255-3564
Sharon Dittman, Associate Director, Health Promotion and Community Relations: 255-4782
Greg Eells, Associate Director, Counseling and Psychological Services: 255-5208
Steve Hughes, Associate Director, Medical Services: 255-3564
Valerie Lyon, Associate Director, Business and Finance: 255-3564
Nianne VanFleet, Associate Director, Nursing and Clinical Services: 255-6946

Media Contact:
Sharon Dittman, 255-4499

Patient Advocate:
255-3564
Gannett: Cornell University Health Services is located in the center of the campus on Ho Plaza. It provides responsive, convenient, and high-quality primary care medical services, counseling and psychological services, physical therapy, and health education services. Gannett also provides leadership for campus-wide health initiatives related to mental health, alcohol and other drug use, sexual health, tobacco cessation, eating issues, occupational health, and emergency response.

Gannett services include:

  • alcohol, other drug, and tobacco-cessation services
  • allergy shots
  • Cornell Healthy Eating Program (CHEP)
  • Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)--students only
  • general medical services (e.g., care for injury or illness)
  • health promotion services
  • HIV testing and counseling
  • laboratory and radiology services
  • occupational health
  • pharmacy
  • physical therapy and massage therapy
  • sexual health services
  • sports medicine
  • student health insurance information
  • travel and immunization shots



Eligibility
All members of the Cornell community (including faculty and staff; students, student spouses or same sex partners, and children over the age of 14; postdoctoral fellows; and out-of town guests) are welcome to use Gannett services.

There are some restrictions:

  • You must be a full-time, registered student to use Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS).
  • During the summer, students who are not enrolled in the summer session but plan to enroll for fall semester may receive medical care on a fee-for-service basis. They are not eligible for CAPS services.
  • Though we are unable to serve as primary medical care providers for staff and faculty, we can provide allergy shots, immunizations, travel services, massage therapy, physical therapy, sexual health services, yearly GYN exams, occupational health services, pharmacy services, and care for short-term illnesses or injuries.


Gannett staff members are available to assist faculty and staff members (as well as RAs, TAs, and other students) who are concerned about a student in distress.

Fall and Spring Semester Hours
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday--building closed

Summer Session, Winter Session, and Break Hours
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday--building closed

University Holidays
(includes Thanksgiving, Christmas Week, individual days): building closed

24-hour Gannett Phone Consultation: 255-5155
Gannett provides 24-hour phone consultaiton for the Cornell community 365 days a year. Whenever the health center is closed, students can consult by phone with a Gannett health-care provider or counselor who can offer advice and, if necessary, arrange transportation to the Convenient Care Center or Cayuga Medical Center Emergency Room.

Emergency and After-Hours Care
For any health emergency that requires immediate attention or an ambulance, call 911, or use a Blue Light or other campus emergency phone at any time. Emergency care is provided by Cayuga Medical Center's Emergency Room (ER) open 24 hours a day, every day. The ER treats sever injuries, alcohol emergencies, and illness that need immediate attention. Cayuga Medical Center is located at 101 Dates Drive in Ithaca, at the intersection of NYS Route 96 North. (Maps are available at Gannett entrances.)

For consultation, referral, help assessing whether or what kind of care is needed, or other assistance with urgent physical- or mental-health concerns, students can call 255-5155 to talk with a Gannett health care provider.


Transportation
While Gannett is an easy walk from most campus locations, you may prefer to use public transportation or your own vehicle. Patient parking is available in the lower lot next to Gannett. Additional parking may be available in the metered lot behind Willard Straight Hall. If you need to take a taxi to Gannett or another health care facility, we have arrangements with taxi companies to allow students to charge the fare to their bursar bills. If you are temporarily disabled, contact Student Disability Services (254-4545) or Transportation Services (255-0000).


History
Gannett Health Center was completed in 1958 at a cost of $506,109 and named after Frank E. Gannett, Class of 1898. It was a gift of the Gannett Newspaper Foundation, which provided a $500,000 grant to cover construction costs. Gannett replaced the last remaining faculty house on Central Avenue. In 1980, an addition was completed, made possible through a $1 million grant from the Gannett Foundation. The facade of the addition was designed by Macon-Chaentreuil and Associates and won a Citation of Merit from the Rochester, NY Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Frank Gannett began his journalism career as a Cornell campus correspondent for several newspapers. He formed the Gannett Corporation and serves as a trustee and trustee emeritus. He died in 1957. The interior walls of Gannett are painted with scenes from Frank Gannett's college days.

Gannett said he owed his success in life to two things: being poor and the education he received while at Cornell. Today, the Gannett Foundation is best known for its nationwide publication, USA Today.