A team of professionals provides Deerfield students with comprehensive health care and counseling services at the D.S. Chen Center for Health and Wellness, an accredited hospital facility. The medical services are staffed by a full-time physician and nurse practitioner and by registered nurses who are on duty 24/7. With a 10-bed inpatient facility and a busy outpatient clinic, the Health Center is well equipped to care for a majority of illnesses and injuries common to students.
Walk-in services at the Health Center are provided 24 hours per day by the nursing staff. Doctor’s appointments can be scheduled Monday-Friday 8:00 am-5:30 pm.
The counseling services are located in the basement of the Health Center. The two doctorate-level counselors on staff provide individual counseling. Common themes in counseling include issues relating to social adjustment, emotional growth, and boarding school life.
A psychiatrist comes to the Health Center weekly to see students in the counseling office.
Trained counselors as well as dietician at the Health Center are available to help students and support healthy habits. There are also classrooms for health education.