Health Services

Welcome to Health Services! Our friendly department is concerned with your health and well-being. Caring and confidential healthcare is offered for our patients with an emphasis on health education.

Services Available

  • Health Counseling
  • Blood pressure and vision screening
  • Referral for Immunizations
  • Over-the-counter medication for treatment of colds, sore throats, cough, pain relief
  • Referrals to local physicians and low cost health care
  • Student insurance claims

Hours

9:30am - 3:00pm Monday-Friday during the academic year (August 1 thru May 31)
Very limited and varying summer hours (June and July)

Location

Director of Health Services/Campus Nurse is located in the Crossroads House, the blue house at the north end of campus on the corner of 29th and Junior Streets., across from St. Michael's Church.

Phone

On campus x6226; off campus 503-493-6226.

Cost

Office visits to the Registered Nurse are free of charge, appointments are encouraged, walk-ins are welcome.

Staff

Barbara Russell, R.N.
brussell@cu-portland.edu

Off Campus Health Care

Students need to use their health insurance to access medical care at any medical practice in the Portland metorpolitan area.

Students may purchase health insurance at registration through the Business office. Student Accident and Sickness Insurance Program is administered through Markel Insurance Company, 1-800-431-1270 and medical claims by POMCO, 1-866-834-4765. Informational brochures are available at the Business office or Student Services.

Urgency care is also available at

Providence Gateway Immediate Care walk-in physician visits located @ 1321 NE 99th (102 and Glisan), phone 503-215-9900, Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. and Saturday - Sunday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Adventist Convenient Care offers walk-in physician visits and is located at 18750 SE Stark, Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Emergency Healthcare numbers

Emanuel Hospital 503-413-2200
Good Samaritan Hospital 503-413-7711
Kaiser Permanente Hospital 503-285-9321
Providence Hospital 503-215-6000

Hotlines

AIDS Hotline 503-223-2437
Alcohol and Drug Help Line 503-244-1312
Alcoholics Anonymous 503-223-8569
Crisis Triage Line 503-215-7082
Eating Disorders Awareness Infoline 1-800-931-2237
Poison Control 503-494-8968
Police Non-Emergency Number 503-823-3333
Portland Women's Crisis line (Rape Counseling Hotline) 503-235-5333

Links

For regularly updated information on a variety of topics, you can visit www.familydoctor.org, the American Academy of Family Physician's patient education website.

This is a link to www.medinstitute.org, the Medical Institute for sexual health education website.

This link is the web site for the www.USNationalLibraryofMedicine.org, which contain health information and links to related health educational sites.

We hope you find these links informative. However, the staff at Health Services would like to remind students to discuss any medical advise found on the internet with a health care provider before beginning a treatment plan.