I would like to welcome you to MIT Medical, the complete source of health care for everyone at MIT. We invite all of you to take advantage of our broad range of clinical services, comprehensive health insurance, and extensive roster of health promotion programs.

Students, affiliates, staff, faculty, and post-doctoral fellows all have convenient, on-campus access to a broad range of clinical services and medical specialties, each delivered by highly qualified clinicians and health care professionals.

Our staff's involvement in campus life makes it possible to offer personalized health care, continually informed by issues unique to the MIT community. And through our affiliations with Boston's leading hospitals, we can refer patients with more serious conditions to the best specialists available.

We are proud of MIT's diversity and strive to meet the health care requirements of the entire MIT community. If you are one of the thousands of students, faculty, staff, and visiting scholars from around the world, please take a moment to learn about several international support programs designed with your needs in mind:

Language Line -— arranges for foreign language or sign language interpreters at our Cambridge and Lexington medical centers. Some of our physicians and nurse practitioners speak other languages, and all have access to the Language Line telephone translation service. If either you or a friend needs language support, please tell us when you make an appointment.

Language and Conversation Exchange (LCE) — finds conversation partners for people interested in practicing another language with a native speaker. Language partners arrange the time, place, and frequency of meetings, typically once a week for an hour.

Spouses & Partners — helps the wives, husbands, and partners of MIT students and staff find the friends, language support, health resources, and other guidance they need to settle into life in the Boston area.

Health Coverage for International Students — The MIT Student Medical Plan is free to international students as part of your tuition. In addition, the MIT Student Extended Insurance Plan provides excellent hospital coverage that meets Massachusetts standards. To learn more about your coverage options and requirements, please visit our International Students information page.

Health Coverage for International Scholars — The United States Department of State requires that visitors with J-1 visa status and their dependents with J-2 visa status have health insurance that meets United States government standards. To learn more about your coverage options and requirements, please visit our International Scholars information page.

We are pleased to be able to offer you the right care and coverage - right here at MIT. We look forward to helping you as you participate in the MIT community

William Kettyle, M.D.
Medical Director