MIT - Conversations with MIT Health

Did you come to MIT with your husband, wife, or significant other? MIT Spouses & Partners Connect can help you build a social network, learn a new language, and find the resources you need to build a life in the Boston area. Through weekly meetings, interest groups, trips, and annual events, MIT Spouses & Partners Connect gives you opportunities to make new friends, build a social network,...

The MIT Athletic Training Services unit is committed to providing the highest quality healthcare possible. The unit’s expertise focuses on the prevention, treatment, evaluation, rehabilitation, and emergency care for athletic related injuries and illnesses. The AT staff work under the direction and supervision of the team physician, Dr. Shawn Ferullo, was well as in conjunction with other provider...

About 11 percent of school-age children in the United States have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). While many of these children eventually “outgrow” the disorder, some carry their difficulties into adulthood: About 10 million American adults are currently diagnosed with ADHD. Diagnoses of student ADHD have risen dramatically in the past several years, with sympt...

MIT Health is committed to providing comprehensive, supportive, personalized healthcare and information to individuals with diverse expressions of gender and sexuality. We understand that gender identity exists within a broad spectrum and that transgender people and those with questions about gender identity may have unique needs that require experienced and supportive healthcare providers and ser...

MIT Health obstetricians, gynecologists, and nurse practitioners and Mount Auburn Hospital physicians and certified nurse midwives work together to provide complete prenatal care, including pregnancy testing, birth planning, and health education, as well as necessary tests, support, and encouragement. Physicians who specialize in maternal/fetal medicine are available for women who have special med...

MedLinks is a residence-based peer health advocacy program sponsored by Community Wellness at MIT Medical. Trained student volunteers encourage relationships between undergraduate students and MIT Medical by offering advice about its health and wellness services. MedLinks looks to make students feel more comfortable accessing services at MIT Medical, but how do you find a MedLink and how can they...

Members of the MIT Traditional Health Plan are required to select an MIT Health primary care provider (PCP). And students are strongly urged to select a PCP at MIT Health as well. Our PCPs include physicians and nurse practitioners. They are specialists in internal medicine and family practice for adults, pediatricians for children, and specialists in adolescent medicine and family practice for yo...

Studies suggest that adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep a night. But the realities of life at MIT often make that number a seemingly impossible goal to reach. Today we are speaking with Zan Barry, senior program director from Community Wellness at MIT Health to discuss tips and techniques for getting more sleep, taking power naps, and how to make sure that the rest you do get is the...

Members of the MIT Traditional Health Plan are required to choose an MIT Health primary care provider (PCP). And students are strongly urged to select a PCP at MIT Health as well. Our PCPs include physicians and nurse practitioners. But what is a nurse practitioner and how might the care you get from an NP differ from a MD? Today we are speaking with Maureen Johnston, a nurse practitioner the chie...