Student Health Services

Our Student Health Center and Infirmary serves the McCallie campus community which includes boarding and day students, faculty and staff, and families who live on campus.

The center is located on the upper campus, across from Founders Dorm, near the Campus Store and is under the supervision of our school physician, Jack McCallie, MD, '75.

Our nurses provide the following types of care and services:

Seven nurses stand on the steps in front of a brick building wearing blue polo shirts and khaki pants.

promote health and wellness
attend to daily illnesses and injuries
assist students in the management of chronic health conditions
prepare for health emergencies
manage student health information
liaison to community health resources

Hours and Contact Information

Services for Boarding Students

We manage the health care needs of our boarding students. This includes:

scheduling and arranging routine off-campus appointments
managing illness
helping students with pharmacy services
administering allergy shots
emergency care (Erlanger Health System is a multi-hospital system with five hospitals based in Chattanooga, including The Children’s Hospital which provides immediate, 24-hour-a-day care for critically ill or injured children and Erlanger North Hospital which is used for non-trauma emergencies and after hours urgent issues)

Required Vaccines

McCallie School follows the State of Tennessee vaccine requirements for school attendance which includes:

Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis
Poliomyelitis
Hepatitis B
Measles, Mumps, Rubella
Varicella
COVID-19 (strongly recommended for all students)
Meningococcal vaccine (required for boarding students; strongly recommended for day students)
Flu vaccine (required for boarding students; strongly recommended for day students)

Meet the Staff

Our full-time staff is listed below. We also have nine PRN nurses: Rachel Adams, Shelby Carroll, Megan Chaney, Emily Duff, Anita Gontarek, Lisa Hobbs, Ellie Johnson, Megan Lott, and Kelly Whitley.