Patient Referral and Preliminary Evaluation
You may be referred to the Lung Transplant Program by your primary care physician, pulmonologist, insurance case manager, or you may self-refer.
Referrals may be received by mail, fax, e-mail, or by telephone. In the case of a verbal referral, the referring party is instructed to mail or fax all your pertinent patient records.
For more information, contact
Deanne Starbird
Referral Coordinator
Advanced Lung Disease
and
Lung Transplant Clinic
Inova Fairfax Hospital
3300 Gallows Road
Falls Church, VA
22042-3300
Phone: 703-776-6168
Fax:
703-776-3515
E-mail: transplant.referrals@inova.org
Each referral is reviewed in detail by a transplant pulmonologist and pre-transplant coordinator. The referring physician is notified if the patient has a contraindication (an obvious reason that precludes transplantation) and is not eligible for a transplant. Of course, a patient not eligible for transplantation may benefit from other treatment. In this case, the patient may be evaluated further for other therapies.
If you appear to be a candidate for transplantation, a consultation is scheduled to gain additional information. During this visit, you and your family talk with the lung transplant coordinator, a transplant pulmonologist and the financial coordinator. If possible, bring original (or copies of) CAT scan(s) and chest X-rays to your first visit, in addition to the summary reports.
