Your Visit to the Ataxia Center

Patient Scheduling:
New and return appointments:  612-626-3004.
Clinic Fax:  612-626-3217

Hours:
Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Clinic Location: 
Phillips Wangensteen Building 1^st Floor, Clinic 1A
516 Delaware Street S.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota  55455

Mailing Address:
University of Minnesota Ataxia Center
Box 88
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
University Campus
420 Delaware Street S.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota  55455

Prescriptions and Refills:

New prescriptions usually require an office visit. Your physician will give you a written prescription, unless you prefer to have it called in to your pharmacy. In that case, you will need to provide the name and phone number of the pharmacy. There is an outpatient pharmacy located on the second floor of the Phillips Wangensteen Building. If you need a refill, please have your pharmacy fax in a refill request to 612-624-6181.

Clinic Parking:

A six-level parking ramp is located near the intersection of Delaware and Harvard streets on the University of Minnesota campus. The ramp is connected by an underground walkway to the Phillips Wangensteen Building by way of the Masonic Cancer Center, and to the entrance of University of Minnesota Medical Center/University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital. A courtesy cart with a driver is also available in the walkway from 7 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. to provide transportation to the outpatient clinic area or to the hospital; there is no charge for this service.

To be charged the reduced patient and visitor parking rate at this ramp, remember to have your parking ramp ticket validated at the clinic.

For recorded information on directions to University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, call 612-626-2424.

Parking and Wheelchairs for the Handicapped:

Parking spaces for the handicapped are available in the hospital parking ramp. There is a charge for parking; a reduced rate is available for clinic patients. Please bring your ticket with you to your appointment for validation. For information about assistance with transport from the ramp to the clinic, please contact our parking ramp manager at 612-624-4665.

Between the Malcolm Moos Tower and the Phillips Wangensteen Building, there are six parking spaces, three on either side of Delaware Street, designated for handicapped use.

Valet parking is available Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the entrance to the Phillips Wangensteen Building.  Please bring your ticket with you to your appointment for validation.  For more information, call 612-273-PARK (7275).

Wheelchairs are available in the clinic or ramp entrances. You may also ask staff at any information desk to call for a wheelchair.