Hill Health Center News Release

For immediate release April 7, 2003

Information: Robert Kilpatrick

503-3276 (w)

245-4533 (h)

rkilpatrick@hillhealthcenter.com

www.hillhealthcenter.com

Podiatry Services Begin at Hill Health

Dr. Richard B. Feldman, DPM, will begin providing podiatry services at the Hill Health Center on Tuesday, April 8, it was announced by Karin Michels, MD, medical director. Appointments may be made by calling 503-3001.

This is the third new health service that Hill Health has introduced in the past few months. Also available at the main center, 428 Columbus Ave., New Haven, are pharmacy and ophthalmology (eye) services.

The Center serves a predominantly low-income and uninsured population of more than 25,000 people who makes about 140,000 visits a year for medical, dental and behavioral health services. Many of the Center's patients are afflicted with chronic diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension and asthma.