NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Clinical Center for Excellence provides care for WTC responders with one of the conditions on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s official list of physical conditions associated with 9/11 exposures.

If you are diagnosed with a health condition on the list and your WTC Health Program doctor thinks that the health condition is related to your 9/11 exposure, he or she may request certification or approval of your condition, which means your treatment is covered by the program at no cost to you.

Conditions We Treat

Examples of conditions we treat include the following:

• asthma and other airway, breathing, and lung conditions
• certain cancers
• gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
• sinus disorders such as chronic sinusitis

Our Testing and Treatment Services

Our services include the following:

• CT scans and X-rays
• doctor visits and follow-up visits
• full pulmonary function testing
• medication
• other imaging and procedures as needed

Condition Certification

The program pays for treatment of your WTC-related health condition if it has been certified. Your WTC Health Program doctor can ask our program administrator to certify the condition if it meets one of these criteria:

• it is included on the list of WTC-related health conditions
• it is medically associated with a certified health condition included on the list of WTC-related health conditions
• your WTC Health Program physician determines that your 9/11 exposures are likely to have been a significant factor in aggravating, contributing to, or causing the health condition