This page was updated October 2024.
Although Wellesley doesn’t boast its own hospital, there are several nearby hospitals, as well as care facilities located in town, ready to take on everything from ear aches to major surgeries. Plus, Boston is a short distance for medical care that ranks among the best in the country.
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
ADDRESS: 2014 Washington St., Newton, Mass.
PHONE: 617-243-6000
DESCRIPTION: Comprehensive medical center. Non-profit organization. Offers wide range of medical, surgical, obstetric, psychiatric, pediatric, and subspecialty care. Emergency room open 24/7.
SERVICES: Include blood draw labs, emergency department, imaging, cancer treatment. Full list here.
DISTANCE FROM WELLESLEY SQUARE: 5 miles (15 minutes, depending on traffic)
OTHER: Part of the Mass General Brigham network
Newton-Wellesley Orthopedic Walk-in Clinic
ADDRESS: 978 Worcester Street, Wellesley, MA 02482
PHONE: (617) 219-1280
DESCRIPTION: Orthopedic services in Wellesley for children and adults. The Newton-Wellesley Orthopedic Walk-in clinic is staffed by orthopedic physician assistants and board-certified surgeons from Newton-Wellesley Sports Medicine.
The team can assist with orthopedic or sports medicine issue such as:
- Acute and chronic pain to the hip, hand, wrist, elbow, knee, neck, back and shoulder
- Rotator cuff injury
- Joint instability
- Collar bone injury
- Bicep injury
- Tennis elbow
- Hamstring injury
- Meniscal tear
- Ankle sprains
- Arthritis and bursitis
- Acute hand or wrist injury
- X-ray
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital—Needham
ADDRESS: 148 Chestnut Street, Needham, MA 02492
PHONE: 781-453-3000
DESCRIPTION: BID Needham has a direct affiliation with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, with staff and resources in emergency medicine, hospital medicine, digestive health, cardiology, radiology, orthopedics, pathology, as well as many surgical services and oncology housed in the Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center and Surgical Pavilion.
- Licensed 73-bed acute care community hospital
- More than 500 physicians on staff
- 5,000 annual inpatient hospitalizations
DISTANCE FROM WELLESLEY SQUARE: 4 miles, via Great Plain Ave.
OTHER: BID is a non-profit community hospital