About us/Referrals

Referrals

Phone : 03 95276482
Fax : 8888 4991
rooms@brainandspine.com.au

We appreciate all your referrals whether by phone, fax or email. Please do not hesitate to call use directly regarding any questions or urgent matters at any time.
Please instruct the patient to bring any relevant reports, investigations to their appointment, including X-rays, CTs or MRIs either as printed films or CDs to us along with their referrals. Most radiological services provide online access to your scans. Your surgeon should be able to access your scans. If you have been given a card with your patient and scan details on it, please bring this to your appointment.

We really appreciate any detail or thoughts you have about the patient’s story - so please feel free to provide as much detail as you think you need.
We do not see patients through this channel for medico-legal purposes or to perform disability assessments.

Urgent referrals

Urgent referrals are best received by phone so that we can triage them appropriately. Any tests or imaging required can then be arranged prior to the appointment. Of course you are welcome to call our practice with any questions or concerns regarding your patients.

Second Opinion

Choosing surgery is a big decision. Our doctors are happy to provide a second opinion for patients considering treatment or surgery for a neurosurgical condition.

Return Correspondence

All referring doctors will receive correspondence summarising the details of their patient’s visit. We will send you a letter electronically via Healthlink or via fax. The letter will include our medical recommendation and plan of treatment.