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The site of the advanced new Mt. Sinai Urgent Care Center opening on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.Emergency Medicine Physicians Will See Walk-in Patients Seven Days a Week

A new state-of-the-art urgent care facility staffed by The Mount Sinai Medical Center physicians and staff has opened at 638 Columbus Avenue at West 91st Street, ground floor. Mount Sinai Urgent Care Upper West Side is a walk-in medical facility that will be open seven days a week, with no appointments necessary.

“We know that life happens,” said Kevin Baumlin, MD, Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. “We all know someone who has had an unexpected injury or illness that requires treatment. Yet, we can’t always wait for an appointment with a physician, and the condition might not be serious enough to require a visit to an emergency room. Urgent care facilities offer a more convenient option.”

According to Dr. Baumlin, an urgent care center is a great alternative for high-quality, immediate, and reliable treatment – especially since it is an integrated part of The Mount Sinai Medical Center, an internationally acclaimed academic medical center. There are plenty of advantages including no long waits at an emergency room for a non-emergency, and lower costs than a hospital visit. If a patient is found to need more extensive care, the center will facilitate immediate transfer to a hospital emergency department and will contact the patient’s primary physician.

Both children and adults will be seen. All physicians are board-certified in emergency medicine. The center contains an on-site x-ray and lab, and will be fully integrated with Mount Sinai’s Electronic Medical Records (Epic) and patients will be able to access their own personal electronic records (MyChart).

Among the conditions that will be treated are allergies and asthma, broken fingers and toes, bronchitis, earaches and eye infections, fevers and flu, headaches, minor cuts that require stitches, moderate back problems, sinus infections, skin rashes and infections, sore throats and coughs, sprains and strains, stomach ailments; urinary tract infections, vomiting, and diarrhea or dehydration.

Mount Sinai Urgent Care will be open Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 8:30 PM and on Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM. No appointments are necessary and most insurance plans are accepted. For information about the new center call (212) 828-3250 or www.mountsinai.org/urgentcare.

The Mount Sinai Medical Center has been named by U.S. News & World Report to its 2011-2012 Honor Roll of elite hospitals. Every physician at Mount Sinai Urgent Care is board-certified in emergency medicine and a faculty member of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

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