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Boston Medical Center
Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Yawkey Ambulatory Care Center, 5th Floor
850 Harrison Avenue
Boston MA 02118-2393
617-414-4086

In this clinic, NESA interns treat pediatric and adolescent patients referred through the BMC Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. A wide range of conditions are treated. Starting in the Fall of 2005 the interns began seeing and treating “in patients” of the Boston Medical Center as well as patients in the out-patient clinic. An exciting aspect of this clinic is its truly multidisciplinary approach with interns and doctors having access to the same medical records and results.
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Wednesday evenings 3 - 8 pm
Appointments are available only to current patients of BMC.

Boston Medical Center
Department of Internal Adult Medicine
Yawkey Ambulatory Care Center, 3rd Floor
850 Harrison Avenue
Boston , MA 02118-2393
617-414-4105

Opened in summer 2005, this clinic treats adult patients referred by their primary care physician in the BMC Department of Internal Adult Medicine or the Family Medicine Clinic. Patients in this busy city-based hospital clinic are primarily Hispanic and interns are treating victims of violent crime, work-related injuries and chronic pain syndromes. An exciting aspect of this clinic is its truly multidisciplinary approach with interns and doctors having access to the same medical records and results.
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Tuesdays 1 – 6 pm
Appointments are available only to current patients of BMC.

Center for Women, Mount Auburn Hospital
300 Mt. Auburn Street
Cambridge MA 02138

At this inpatient clinic, interns see men and women referred for acupuncture by midwives, OB/GYN and primary care doctors. Many patients come to the Center for Women seeking treatment to induce labor or to address a breech presentation, nausea or musculoskeletal problems.

Dimock Community Health Center
55 Dimock Street
Roxbury, MA 02119

This public health clinic has been nationally recognized for its outstanding primary health care programs. As a leader in Boston's urban health care, the Dimock Center addresses the needs of a frequently under-served population, (primarily African-American and Latino).

Elder Service Plan of the North Shore
9 Buffum Street
Lynn MA 01901

This multidisciplinary health team comprised of a primary care doctor, nurses, a physical therapist and a social worker to provide care and comfort to a wide range of elderly men and women. ESPNS is a joint venture between the Lynn Community Health Center and the Greater Lynn Senior Services located in a brand new space on Buffum Street in Lynn.

Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
170 Morton Street
Jamaica Plain , MA 02130
617-522-8110

NESA in affiliation with the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital opened this out patient clinic in summer of 2005. Current patients are referred by their primary care physician in the Shattuck Hospital system. This active and engaging clinic sees patients from all levels of society and with a wide range of conditions and disorders.
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Thursdays 9 - 2 pm
Appointments are available only to current patients of LSH.

Malden Family Health Center
178 Savin Street
Malden , MA 02148
For appointments: 617-926-4271 x *250 (voicemail message service only)

This NESA Clinic at the Family Health Center is an affiliation with Hallmark Health. The Interns work alongside Tufts Medical School Residents as part of a multidisciplinary health team serving the greater Malden area. Many patients are referred by the medical staff of the health center for a wide variety of ailments but a referral is not necessary.
Wednesdays 2-7 pm , Thursdays 9-2 pm
Appointments are $20.00 with a sliding scale available for qualified applicants.

Pathways to Wellness
Health Resource Network
Formerly the AIDS Care Project

142 Berkeley St, 2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02116

This clinic, located in Boston's Copley Square, provides Acupuncture and Herbal medicine in a public health center known for its research on acupuncture for people with HIV/AIDS. Open to the general public in addition to those with complicated chronic conditions. Patients are treated in a relaxed, supportive environment.

Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center
330 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Roxbury, MA 02119

This clinic in affiliation with the Behavioral Health Department of RCCHC, offers adult medicine to the community of Roxbury. The various departments within the health center system generate referrals for acupuncture. Patients from the internal medicine, cardiac, dental, mental health and substance abuse departments are all treated.

Victory House/Portis Family House

In affiliation with the Victory Programs and the Wellness Center, interns provide acupuncture to residents of the Victory House and the Portis Family House. Victory House is a residential substance abuse treatment program for men from all cultural backgrounds. The Portis Family House is a shelter and transitional housing program that provides support for families while participating in on-site addiction treatment and comprehensive direct care services. Primarily women and children, these families live in Portis Family House as they receive addiction treatment.

The Wellness Center
13 Isabella Street
Boston MA 02116

This site specializes in treating residents and graduates of residential detoxification centers and halfway houses operated by Victory Programs. The Wellness Center offers yoga, reiki, and expressive therapies as well as acupuncture in a relaxed atmosphere for clients recovering from substance abuse.

Winchester Family Medical Center
500 Salem Street, Route 62
Wilmington, MA 01887

Baldwin Park, 12 Alfred Street
Woburn, MA 01801

There are two sites are offered in affiliation with Winchester Hospital. The Wilmington facility offers a unique setting and treatment opportunities in a quiet space, overlooking wooded conservation land surrounding the hospital.
Patients in both locations are all ages with health problems ranging from musculoskeletal ailments to internal medicine.






New England School of Acupuncture
150 California Street, 3rd Floor
Newton, MA 02458
617-558-1788