ATTENTION: WTC Workers and Volunteers
If you were a worker or volunteer at or near the World Trade Center site or the Staten Island Landfill following the September 11 terrorist attacks and you were involved in:
- Rescue
- Recovery
- Cleanup
- Restoration of Essential Services
- Debris Removal or Sifting
You may be eligible for this federally funded program, which will be conducted by a consortium of occupational medicine providers, under the direction of The Mount Sinai Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health.
The World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program will offer:
- FREE and CONFIDENTIAL Medical Screening Examinations
- Referrals for Follow-up Medical Care
- Occupational Health Education
1-888-702-0630
www.WTCexams.org
Federal funding for this program will support 7,500 medical screening examinations to begin July 15 in the Greater NY-NJ metropolitan area-with 1,000 additional screening examinations offered elsewhere in theUS through the Association of Occupational & Environmental Clinics.New York/New Jersey participating partners and examination locations will include:
Manhattan: Mount Sinai Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine Bellevue/NYU Occupational & Environmental Medicine Clinic
Queens: Queens College Center for the Biology of Natural Systems
Long Island: SUNY Stony Brook/L.I. Occupational & Environ. Health Center with various examination sitesin Nassau and Suffolk Counties
Westchester (Yonkers): Mount Sinai Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine / Hudson Valley Division at St. John's Riverside Hospital
New Jersey (Piscataway): UMDNJ Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Institute
