Health & Safety

This is the primary doctor’s office you plan to use while in the US. Contact your health insurance provider to ensure you are visiting a doctor approved under your plan. The following is a list of U-M affiliated facilities, but your insurance provider will have an extensive list of doctors you may also visit:

• University Health Service provides comprehensive health services. Many services are free of charge for students who are currently enrolled on the Ann Arbor campus. Others affiliated with the University of Michigan can also receive health care at University Health Service; see Who Can Use UHS for details and costs.
• East Ann Arbor Health Center
• Family Medicine at Domino's Farms
• Briarwood Family Medicine

• Urgent Care facilities provide walk-in healthcare services for patients with illnesses or injuries that are not life-threatening but also cannot wait until the next day to be seen. Costs for services and wait times at urgent care centers are usually much lower than at hospital emergency rooms. Be sure to check your insurance plan to see which urgent care facilities are in your network.
• Check out this list to view several Ann Arbor Urgent Care Facilities. An online search will show more options in the area. 
• CVS has a Minute Clinic on State Street close to U-M’s Central Campus.

• Use hospital emergency rooms for emergencies only! If you are unsure if you are experiencing an emergency, call your primary care physician 24 hour line. 
• Depending on which type of health insurance you carry, your preferred hospital may be one or both of two major hospital systems in the Ann Arbor area:
  • Michigan Medicine
  • Trinity Health (Formerly St. Joe’s)

• U-M Affiliated Services
  • Counseling and Psychological Services free, confidential, and available to currently enrolled students ONLY (international scholars are not eligible for CAPS services). Services include: brief counseling for individuals, couples and groups; consultation to students; assistance with referrals to community resources; and crisis interventions.
  • Center for the Child and Family Evaluation and counseling for children, adolescents, couples, and families. Open to the public. Sliding scale fees.
  • Center for the Education of Women+ Educational and career counseling services open to the U-M community, including partners and spouses of international students and scholars. 
  • Spectrum Center Comprehensive range of education, information and advocacy services working to create and maintain an open, safe and inclusive environment for LGBTQ+ members of the U-M community.
  • University Psychological Clinic Individual and couples counseling. Open to the public. Sliding scale fees.
  • Career Center Internship information, career counseling and advising, job search information and programming to current and former students.
  • Faculty and Staff Counseling and Consultation Office (FASCCO) Services are designed to help staff, faculty, and their immediate family members with personal difficulties encountered at both work and home.
  • Work-Life Resource Center Helps U-M families achieve balance through connections with campus and community resources that help you integrate your personal life and your work life.
  • Mediation Services for Faculty and Staff Offers a safe harbor to discuss any workplace concern, off the record, and explore alternatives for addressing it. Their mediation services allow two or more parties to communicate openly and honestly in a safe and structured setting about a disagreement.
  • Wolverine Wellness Fosters personal & community well-being for the U-M community, including international students and scholars.
• Non U-M Affiliated Services
  • Check with your health insurance provider to see if you have coverage for private counseling or psychological services. They will be able to provide you with a list of practitioners who will be covered by your policy.

Your primary care physician, the University Health Service, and Planned Parenthood can provide you with confidential information on birth control and testing/counseling for pregnancy, HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, and pregnancy termination.

Refer to the U-M International Center's Dental Care page for detailed information on dental care resources in the Ann Arbor area.

Listed below are two U-M affiliated facilities, but check your insurance company’s website to verify your vision coverage and to search for more options.

• Eye Care Clinic and Optical Shop
• U-M Kellogg Eye Center

• Review your health insurance policy carefully to learn what services, doctors, hospitals, and pharmacies are in your plan’s network. This will help to avoid unnecessary costs.
• If you are enrolled in U-M’s International Student/Scholar Health Insurance Plan (Blue Care Network), visit the U-M International Center's Health Insurance section for more information. 
• If you are enrolled in GradCare or one of U-M’s faculty/staff health insurance plans, review the Benefits and Wellness section of the U-M Human Resources website.