Welcome to the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Wellness Center!! Our mission is to maintain a safe and healthy campus, and to keep the ERAU student body at optimal physical and emotional health. Our dynamic team consists of:
- Sandy Palmer – Registered Nurse and Director
- Andrea Greer – Office Manager and Medical Assistant
- Ellen Bunch – MD
- Kara Johnson – MD
- Sal Jordano – Doctor of Chiropractic
- Denise Littlejohn – Registered Nurse
- Mari Biel – Front Office Coordinator
- Rebecca Halonen – Billing Specialist
- Stacey Scrabis – Registered Dietitian
Together we strive to create and maintain a healthy and accessible center for students. The Wellness Center offers a variety of services including:
- Evaluation and treatment of illness
- First aid and follow-up care
- Medical flight groundings and ungroundings
- Medical Equipment (crutches, splints, and more)
- Over-the-counter medicines
- Free taxi rides to and from off-campus medical appointments
- Pregnancy testing and contraceptive prescriptions (condoms available)
- STD/STI diagnosis, treatment and education
- Assistance with smoking cessation or other tobacco products
- Nutrition consults including individual nutritional counseling
- Women’s health issues, clinical services, and education
- International students’ health issues
- Preventative medicine
- Chiropractic care
- COVID-19 vaccinations
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University offers a comprehensive student health insurance plan through United Health Care Student Resources (UHCSR). All enrolled students are required to be enrolled in a health insurance plan. You may also waive out of this plan if you already have a comparable plan. For more information on student health insurance, please go to your ERNIE, find Health and Wellness under departments, click on Prescott, and follow the link for Student Health Insurance.
We are located in building B73, near student housing. Summer hours are Monday – Thursday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., and fall hours are Monday – Friday 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please call 928-777-6653 for an appointment, or for any questions or concerns.
Wishing you all a happy and healthy semester!!
– Wellness Center Staff