TechBoston Academy’s School-Based Health Center offers extensive services to students and staff, beyond what is offered in the school nurse’s office. The clinic is open whenever the school is open, and patients can drop by, text, or call to make an appointment. Students must have a pass from class and a signed consent form in order to be seen. All services are confidential.
Jane Tuitt, NP, is a nurse practitioner and has run the TechBoston clinic since it opened in 1995. She is the primary care provider at the clinic.
Students who have a primary care provider elsewhere do not have to change their provider to enroll and use the services of the health center.
The clinic offers extensive services, including:
Monday – Friday (whenever school is in session)
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 7:30 am – 2:30 pm
Wednesday: 7:30 am – 11 am
Dr. Ganga Subedi sees TechBoston students and staff for routine dental care. Call the clinic to make an appointment. She offers:
Mondays: Call to make an appointment
Call: 617-822-8272 | Text: 857-939-9895
TechBoston offers students and staff behavioral health services five days a week. Melissa Dagher, MSW, LICSW, runs the programming and has many years of experience. There are two BH interns who work with her at TechBoston. To have a session with one of our behavioral health clinicians, call to make an appointment.
Monday-Friday: Call to make an appointment
Call: 617-822-8274
Lidouine LeBeau, TechBoston’s community health worker, can help students access important community services. Lidouine speaks Haitian Creole. To see Lidouine, drop by the clinic during school hours. As the office manager of the clinic, she can also:
Monday-Friday: During school hours
Additional ProgrammingTechBoston Academy, 9 Peacevale Road, Dorchester, MA 02124. The Clinic is located inside TechBoston on the 2nd floor on Success Street next to the Nurses Office.
Call: 617-822-8272 | Text: 857-939-9895
Primary Care
Jane Tuitt is a nurse practitioner and has run the TechBoston clinic since it opened in 1995. She is the primary care provider at the clinic. Jane provides medical services to TechBoston students, including physical exams, sports physicals, assessment and treatment of illnesses, injury care, health assessments and prevention counseling.
Dental
Dr. Subedi, TechBoston’s Dental Director, has years of experience in various dental care settings internationally and nationally. She is passionate about serving those in need and has traveled to Nepal each year since 2012 to conduct free dental camps in rural villages.
Behavioral Health
Melissa Dagher, MSW, LICSW, runs the BH programming at TechBoston and has many years of experience in the field. Areas of specialty and expertise include racial identity, racial trauma, sexual and gender identity and intersectionality. She utilizes Solution-Focused Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and Mindfulness in supporting patients to find relief from trauma and life’s many stressors.
Community Health Worker
Lidouine LeBeau, TechBoston’s community health worker, can help students access important community services. Lidouine has been in the health care sector for the past 20 years. She has lived in Dorchester for most of her life. Lidouine speaks Haitian Creole and is always joyful to come to work at TechBoston.
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Call the Call Center (617) 825-9660 and tell the receptionist you would like to request a referral to a specialist. Leave a number that you can be contacted back at throughout the day. Let them know what type of referral you are requesting. Make sure you have seen your provider within the past year or understand that an appointment may be necessary for the provider to make an assessment prior to initiating the referral.
It can take up to 60 days or less.
Yes. You can call the Call Center at (617) 822-8271 and ask to schedule an appointment with Insurance Services.
Yes, we will process an application for non-patients on a walk-in basis.
We provide an Uber for patients who need to go to specialty services at BMC. See our Information Desk to arrange a ride.
At Codman Square Health Center, you get exceptional, personal care from a specialized, multilingual care team. Our convenient resources include an extensive list of primary, specialty, and preventive care services. Call our Patient Service Center at 617-825-9660.
