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Ambulatory services available to patients at Faulkner Hospital

Addiction Recovery - Inpatient
To schedule an appointment: 617-983-7711 Hours of operation: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week The short-term inpatient program includes medically supervised detoxication and education about addiction through counseling, group discussion, lectures and videos.

Addiction Recovery - Partial Hospital Program

617-983-7908 Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm The ambulatory Partial Hospital Program combines medical assessment, medications as needed, individual counseling, group sessions, education and an introduction to self-help options. Patients usually receive treatment at this level for only a few days.

Addiction Recovery - Outpatient Services

617-983-7908 Hours of operation: Varies by program Dual Diagnosis Day Treatment Program, Evening Treatment Program, individual outpatient counseling, group counseling, family counseling, employee assistance.

Audiology
617-983-7880 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8am - 4:30pm Hearing tests and hearing aids.

Breast Imaging
617-983-7272 Monday - Thursday 7am - 8pm Friday 7am - 4:30pm Saturday 8am - 4:30pm Screening and diagnostic mammography services; breast ultrasound and breast MRI, breast biopsies and wire localizations. Live consultations with radiologists for daytime screening appointments.

Cardiology
617-983-7104 Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm Echocardiology, cardiac stress testing, EKG, Holter monitor, event monitor and stress echos, as well as cardiac rehabilitation services.

CT Scan
617-983-7020 Monday - Friday, 7am - 9pm, Saturday and Sunday, 8am - 6pm for scheduled appointments 24/7/365 for emergency room patients and inpatients. Cross sectional imaging of all body systems and body parts; CT guided interventional procedures, including biopsies, drainages, aspirations, virtual colonoscopies and radiofrequency ablation studies. Provided on Siemens scanners 128 slice and 16 slice.

EEG
617-983-7121 or use Percipio By appointment as needed. Routine and ambulatory EEG recordings.

Endoscopy
617-522-9996 Monday - Friday, 7am - 5pm Colonoscopy, Endoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy and ERCP.

Headache Center
617-983-7580 Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm The John R. Graham Headache Center is an accredited headache center and teaching fellowship for outpatient diagnosis and management of migraine and other headache disorders.

Infusion
617-983-7521 Monday - Friday, 7am - 4:30pm Infusion therapy, therapeutic phlebotomy, IM injections and blood transfusions.

Interventional Nephrology
617-983-4888 Monday - Friday, 8 am - 4:30 pm Provides procedural support to dialysis and other patients with access needs. Procedural sedation is available.

Interventional Radiology
617-983-7020 Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm Interventional and vascular studies, including PICC line placements, Arthrograms, Vena Cava Filter placements and angiographic studies. Procedural sedation is available.

MRI
617-983-7020 Monday - Friday, 7am - 10pm Saturday and Sunday, 8am - 5pm MR and MRA studies of all body parts and body systems, including neurologic, musculoskeletal, abdominal and thoracic imaging. MR ablation studies also available. Provided on a 1.5 Tesla Siemens scanner.

Nuclear Medicine
617-983-7020 Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm General, oncologic, cardiovascular, infectious and neurological studies. SPECT available. Thyroid therapy for thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism also available with qualied radiologists.

Nutrition
617-983-4455 Monday - Friday and Saturday appointments available from 8am - 6pm Individualized nutrition counseling, weight management programs, nutrition/wellness presentations and programs.

Occupational Therapy
617-983-7271 Monday - Thursday, 7:30am - 6:30pm, Friday, 7:30am - 5pm Providing comprehensive rehabilitation care to individuals with various hand and upper extremity injuries and conditions. Treatment is provided by Occupational Therapists and Certied Hand Therapists who specialize in the treatment of hand and upper extremity diagnoses. Expedited access for urgent patients and splinting are available.

Pain Clinic
617-983-7080 Monday, 8am - 4:30pm, to schedule appointments only. Tuesday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm Pain management evaluation and procedures for spinal pain, joint pain and neuropathic pain. Procedures performed under uoroscopy. Inpatient pain management consultation available.

Phlebotomy
617-983-7111 No appointment necessary Monday - Friday, 7am - 5:30pm Blood drawing and specimen drop off.

Physical Therapy
617-983-7271 Monday - Thursday, 7:30am - 6:30pm Friday, 7:30am to 5pm Comprehensive treatment in a wide variety of diagnoses including orthopedic, neurological, pre and post surgical, joint, ACL and rotator cuff repairs. Specialized in treatment of vestibular, orthopedic, oncological, neurological, and lymphedema care. Expedited access for urgent patients is available.

Psychiatry - Partial Hospital Day Program

617-983-7999 to request a referral form Monday - Friday, 9:30am - 3:30pm The Partial Hospital Day Program is an intensive, brief, outpatient treatment program for acute psychiatric illnesses.

Social Work - Outpatient Mental Health Clinic

617-983-7135 Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm Outpatient mental health therapy.

Speech Therapy
617-983-7271 Monday - Thursday, 7:30am - 6:30pm Friday, 7:30am to 5pm Comprehensive outpatient speech therapy including the diagnosis and treatment of adults with speech, language, voice and swallowing problems. Modied Barium Swallow (MBS) studies, or videouorscopic swallowing studies (VFSS,) are also conducted. Assessment and treatment of children (above age 3) and adolescents with oral-motor, speech and language difculties due to delayed development or as a result of an acute injury.

Ultrasound
617-983-7020 Monday - Friday, 7am - 10pm Provide abdominal-pelvic, head and neck, obstetrical, retroperitoneal, color Doppler venous, scrotal and extremity imaging. 3D and 4D capabilities available. Ultrasound guided interventional procedures include paracentesis, thoracentesis, drainages, guided biopsies and ablations.

Vascular Lab
617-983-7104 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 8am - 5pm Carotid and arterial studies. See Radiology for venous studies.

Other clinical services available to patients on the Faulkner Hospital campus

Allergy
BWPO Medical Specialties 617-983-7420 Partners Allergy Clinic 617-983-7224

Bariatic Surgery
BWPO Surgical Specialties 617-983-4570

Breast Surgery
BWPO Faulkner Breast Centre 617-983-7777

Cardiology
BWPO Medical Specialties 617-983-7420 Gary Brockington, MD 617-524-0371 Jeffrey Cohen, MD 781-329-1400 Malavalli Gopal, MD 617-522-6010

Dermatology
Boston Family Dermatology 617-522-2779 BWH MOHS Clinics 617-983-4626

Dialysis
Dialysis Clinics, Inc 617-983-4470

Endocrinology
BWPO Medical Specialties 617-983-7420 Maria Warth, MD 617-983-7100 x 1599

Gastroenterology
BWPO Medical Specialties 617-983-7420 Gastroenterology Associates at Faulkner 617-522-9996

Geriatrics
BWPO Medical Specialties 617-983-7420

General Surgery
BWPO Surgical Specialties 617-983-4570

Hematology
James Warth, MD 617-983-7100 x 1599

Infectious Disease
Katherine McGowan, MD 617-522-4943 Roger Clark, DO 617-533-4943

Neurology
BW/F Neurology 617-983-7580 Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates 617-989-3660

OB/GYN
Brigham/Faulkner OB/GYN Associates 617-983-7003

Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. 617-983-7160

Ophthalmology
Eye Care Specialists 617-524-7055 Harriet Dann, MD 617-524-7055 Joseph Groden, MD 617-524-3424

Orthopedics
BW/F Foot & Ankle Center 617-477-2195 Orthopaedic Associates, Inc 617-522-1734 BWPO Hand and Upper Extremity Clinic 617-417-2159

Otolaryngology
Boston ENT Associates, PC 617-524-3864

Pediatrics
Roslindale Pediatrics Associates, PC 617-522-3100

Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery

Boston Plastics Surgery Associates, PC 617-522-0008 BWPO Plastic Surgery at Faulkner 617-983-4550 Kenneth Marshall, MD 617-522-9372 Robert Savage, MD 617-263-7333

Podiatry
Joseph Hartigan, DPM 617-524-0827 Ramiro Manzano, DPM 617-983-7551 Matthew Butler, DPM 617-983-7551

Primary Care
Brigham Primary Physicians 617-983-7699 Dhirendra Bana, MD 617-524-3700 Basil Fine, MD 617-524-2300 Eng-Hwi Kwa, MD 617-522-1919 Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates 617-522-7041

Pulmonary
BWPO Medical Specialties 617-983-7420 BWH Pulmonary Rehabilitation 617-983-7549 Karen Lahive, MD 617-983-7224 Robert Tarpy, MD 617-983-7224

Renal Medicine/Nephrology
BWPO Medical Specialties 617-983-7420 David Cahan, MD 617-524-4431

Rheumatology
Kenneth Pariser, MD 617-983-7720 Derrick Todd, MD 617-983-4811

Sleep Studies
Sleep Health Center LLC 781-271-0588

Thoracic Surgery
Christopher Cua, MD 617-522-0811 BWPO Surgical Specialties 617-983-4570

Urology
BWPO Surgical Specialties 617-983-4570 Paul Church, MD 617-732-9806 Joseph Ciccone, MD 617-732-9806 Robert C. Eyre, MD 781-433-2112

Vascular Medicine/Vascular Surgery

BWPO Medical Specialties 617-983-7420 BWPO Surgical Specialties 617-983-4570

How can Faulkner Hospital help you?

Financial Counseling
617-983-7878, option 1 Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm Assists patients in enrolling for Mass Health Commonwealth Care and Health Safety Net. Answer billing questions and collecting patient payments.

Health Information Services

617-983-7960 Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm Release of medical record information to patients and providers. Transcription services for providers. Pull charts for internal customers.

Interpreters
Spanish Interpreter: 617-983-1338 Russian Interpreter: 617-983-7222 All other language requests: 617-983-1338 Language Line: Available 24/7 call Hospital Operator Interpreter Services in some form can be accessed through the operator 24/7. Spanish and Russian interpreters are on-site Monday-Friday, 8am - 5pm. All other language requests are served by a pool of freelance medical interpreters who are off-site. Spanish and Russian interpreters are on-call Monday - Friday to 11pm and weekends and holidays from 7am - 11pm through the operator.

Patient Relations
617-983-7425 or 617- 983-4507, pager #66137 8am - 5pm Serves as a resource and liaison for patients, families, hospital departments and physicians; provides advocacy assistance for clinical, administrative and educational questions and service recovery issues; Human Rights Ofcer, Notary Public, patient feedback, lost and found and new patient support services such as travel directions, accommodations and hospital tours. Faulkner Hospital has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this document. If you have updated services, names or contact information, please contact Marketing and Public Affairs at 617-983-7588.

Faulkner Hospital is a 150 bed, non-prot community teaching hospital located in southwest Boston. Founded in 1900, Faulkner Hospital offers comprehensive medical, surgical and psychiatric care, as well as emergency, ambulatory and diagnostic services. At Faulkner Hospital, our world revolves around our patients and their families who depend on the excellent medical care, commitment to quality and personal attention they have come to expect from us. Our convenient setting, private rooms, patient friendly environment and compassionate staff are just a few of the many aspects of care that patients tell us make a difference.

Faulkner Hospital 1153 Centre Street Boston, MA 02130 617-983-7000 www.FaulknerHospital.org