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• Peripheral vascular disease (extremities, carotids, renals, mesenterics, abdominal and thoracic aneurysms)
• Deep venous thrombosis (catheter-directed thrombolysis, temporary IVC filters)
• Interventional oncology (yttrium radioembolization, RF ablation, chemoembolization)
• Varicose veins (laser endovenous ablation)
• Uterine fibroid embolization
• Arteriovenous malformations
• Portal hypertension (TIPS, varix embolization)
• Varicocele embolization
• Pelvic congestion syndrome treatment
• Dialysis access (hemodialysis catheters, fistula and graft maintenance)

Please have the following at the visit:

• Valid insurance card and information
• Name, address and telephone number of referring physician or primary care provider
• In order to maximize consultation time with the physician, we may mail a medical questionnaire to you prior to your visit. Please answer the questions to your best ability and bring the form with you for your clinic visit.
• If you have had imaging studies (CT, MRI, ultrasound, PET scan) at another hospital, please bring the actual images (hard copy or CD) with you. If this is not possible, please have a copy of the report with you.
• If you have had lab tests at another hospital, please bring a copy of the results with you.

An initial consultation typically takes 60 - 90 minutes. If you have multiple doctor appointments scheduled for the same day, please allow yourself enough time between appointments, so that we can provide you with the best care possible.

Our Interventional Radiology clinic is busy. Please be considerate to our other patients by arriving on time. Should you need to cancel for any reasons, please do so at least 24 hours prior to the appointment.

For Physicians

New Patient Coordinator
300 Pasteur Drive, Rm H3600
Stanford, CA 94305
Phone: (650) 724-7362, option 2
Fax: (650) 725-0533

We will gladly contact the patient to schedule the visit and provide appropriate instructions, should you so desire. If your office prefers to contact the patient directly with the appointment details, please instruct the patients:

• Valid insurance card and information
• In order to maximize consultation time with the physician, we may mail a medical questionnaire to the patient prior to the visit. Please advise them to answer the questions to the best of their ability and to bring the form with them.
• If the patient has had imaging studies (CT, MRI, ultrasound, PET scan) at another hospital, please courier the images to us or have the patient bring the studies (actual images, hard copy or CD) with them. If this is not possible, please fax a copy of the report(s).
• Please fax results of all appropriate lab tests.

An initial consultation typically takes 60 - 90 minutes. If your office is scheduling multiple appointments for the same day, please allow enough time between appointments, so that we can provide the best care possible.

For out-patient referrals for CT-guided biopsies contact:

Nurse Manager, CT
Phone: (650) 498-7552
Fax: (650) 736-7734

For all in-patient referrals:

• For URGENT consults. Please page the IR CONSULT Fellow on call at Pager # 27237
• For Non-urgent consults (1-2 days) fax referral to the IR Nurse Coordinator (650) 724-7362, option 2

For administrative issues and fellow applications:
Phone: (650) 724-7362, option 3

Pre Clinic Work-Up

It may be helpful to have the following lab tests and/or imaging prior to scheduling the clinic visit in order to facilitate treatment planning.

Labs

• Routine: CBC, Chem 7, PT/PTT/INR. beta "“HCG in women of child-bearing age.

In addition to the above:

• Oncology patients: appropriate tumor markers. For patients with primary or metastatic liver carcinomas a complete liver panel is helpful
• Patients with peripheral arterial disease, renovascular hypertension, carotid artery disease: Complete lipid profile
• Patients with DVT: work-up for coagulation disorders    

Imaging

• Primary or secondary liver tumors: 4-phase contrast enhanced abdominal CT or gadolinium enhanced abdominal MRI
• Renal tumors (benign and malignant): Contrast enhanced CT or MRI
• Lung tumors: Non-contrast CT
• Fibroids: Contrast enhanced MRI of the pelvis
• Peripheral Arterial disease: Screening: Documented ABI and PVR recording, established disease MRA/CTA of the lower extremities
• Carotid artery disease: Screening: Duplex Ultrasound with doppler of the carotids, established disease MRI/MRA of the neck and the brain
• Renovascular hypertension: MRA of the abdomen/renal arteries
• Compression fracture of the spine (osteoporotic or malignant): MRI of the spine with STIR images