The World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program provides two kinds of services to World Trade Center responders:
- Medical monitoring examinations. We follow the health of those who were exposed to World Trade Center toxins while taking part in the rescue, recovery and clean-up efforts after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
- Treatment services. Free medical treatment is available to WTC responders who suffer from certain illnesses. These illnesses may have been caused by WTC exposures.
9/11 responders can come to the program for free, confidential and regular medical monitoring examinations. People who qualify include rescue and recovery workers, clean-up workers, anyone who performed essential restoration services, morgue personnel, and those who worked on the Fresh Kills landfill and barges. To find out whether you are eligible, call 888-702-0630. Participants in our program are entitled to an extensive medical monitoring examination every 18 months.
- Physical examination by a doctor
- Routine blood and urine tests (no drug or HIV testing)
- Breathing tests
- Interview by doctor or nurse about your medical history
- Mental health questionnaire
- Questionnaire about your occupational exposures
- Referral for treatment, if necessary
- Advice on Workers’ Compensation and other benefit programs, if necessary
Reasons to come back for your follow-up examinations
The program provides free treatment, including: doctor’s visits, diagnostic testing and medications for conditions related to your exposure to the WTC disaster. Here is a list of conditions covered by this program:
New onset or aggravation of pre-existing conditions for which clinical findings suggest onset is related to WTC exposure/injury:
Interstitial lung diseases
Chronic Respiratory Disorder –Fumes/Vapors
Asthma
Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome (RADS)
WTC-exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Chronic Cough Syndrome
Upper airway hyperreactivity
Chronic rhinosinusitis
Chronic nasopharyngitis
Chronic laryngitis
Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disorder (GERD)
Sleep apnea exacerbated by or related to the above conditions
New onset or aggravation of pre-existing conditions for which clinical findings suggest onset is related to WTC exposure/injury:
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Major Depressive Disorder
Panic Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety Disorder (not otherwise specified)
Depression (not otherwise specified)
Acute Stress Disorder
Dysthymic Disorder
Adjustment Disorder
Substance Abuse
“V codes” (treatments not specifically related to psychiatric disorders, such as marital problems, parenting problems etc.)
New onset or aggravation of pre-existing conditions for which careful review of symptoms or other clinical information suggests relationship to WTC exposure/injury:
Low back pain
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
Other musculoskeletal disorders
This program serves the workers and volunteers who responded to the September 11th attacks. If you did any paid work or volunteered, on or after September 11th, that was directly related to the disaster, you may qualify. To find out whether you are eligible, call 888-702-0630. Or fill out a questionnaire and fax it back to us: (link to self-administered eligibility questionnaire). Our fax number is 888-702-0630.
Most of the medical monitoring and treatment is provided in New York City, Long Island, and Piscataway, NJ.
Here is a list of our Clinical Centers.
Arrangements can also be made for those who need services outside of the immediate New York City area.
Please call us to find out more.
For more information about this program, call 888-702-0630 or send us an email at wtcexams@mssm.edu
Click here for our program brochure.
