A healthy mind depends on a healthy body. Close quarters and stress can make students vulnerable to all kinds of sickness. That's where the UAB Student Health Service comes in. We provide care for the medical needs of UAB students, including prevention, treatment, or counseling.
To make an appointment, call us at (205) 934-3581.
Walk-in policy: Student Health has "acute" care and injury walk-in hours from 8:00am-10:50 am and from 1:00 until 3:50 pm we are closed from 12:00 until 1:00. If it can wait... please schedule an appointment. Follow-ups visits are not considered acute care.
Acute illness is by definition a self-limiting disease which is mostly characterized by the symptoms having a rapid onset. These symptoms are fairly intense and resolve in a short period of time as either cure or death in the patient. We commonly know these acute diseases as colds, flu, bronchitis, childhood illnesses, tonsillitis, appendicitis, ear aches, most headaches, most infectious disease, etc.
Helpful Student Health Numbers:
Main Phone Tree Line (205) 934-3580
Main Fax Line (205) 975-6193
Nurse Line (205) 975-7756
Insurance & Optional Student Health Applications (205) 996-2589
Medical Clearances (205) 975-7751 & Fax (205) 996-7468
Referral Coordinator (205) 996-5764
Check to see if you are medically cleared!This Web site link is for International Students, International Scholars, Medical, Public Health, Nursing, Optometry, Dental, School of Health Professions and Joint Health Sciences’ students only. Wait at least one week after mailing, faxing or handing in your required health, immunization and titer testing forms before you start checking this site for your clearance . (
www.uab.eu/shotrecord)
All other students need to check with the UAB Registrar at (205) 934-8222 to make sure they have received your proof of having had two MMR {Rubeola, Rubella & Mumps) vaccinations on record. If you have not done so already, simply fax (205)975-6168 a copy of your MMR vaccination record to the UAB Registrar with your name and Banner ID number clearly written on it.
Medical Record Release Form (pdf)"Please read the release of information form carefully and complete as much of the information as possible on both pages. You may then fax it to our office at (205) 975-6193 and contact Brooke Nations, (205)-996-2589 or
btedder@uab.edu to verify receipt of the release form and to confirm whether it is to be mailed or picked up. Allow 48 hours for the request to be processed."
Who Can Use the Student Health Service?
All full-time students in the schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Public Health, Optometry, Nursing, and Health Related Professions and all international students are
required to subscribe to the Student Health Plan. The Student Health Plan is also available for undergraduate students who pay the required Student Health Fee (quarterly or yearly).