Chiari Neurosurgical Center

PROTOCOL FOR NEW PATIENTS

CHIARI I MALFORMATION (CMI)

OBTAIN TESTS

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ALREADY A NEUROSURGICAL DIAGNOSIS, but you want to rule out possible neurosurgical disorders at our Center, please follow the instructions below, to facilitate the screening process.

Have your Primary Care Physician ordering for you the following tests (since you are not yet our patient at that point of the process, we cannot order them for you):

• MRI Brain (supine, no contrast)
• MRI Cervical (supine, no contrast)
    

FOLLOW LINK BELOW TO REVIEW TELEMEDICINE TERMS
http://www.chiarinsc.com/telemedicine.php

 

COVID-19 INSTRUCTIONS - PLEASE FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW TO COMPLETE AND MAIL APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS

• FILL OUT ALL THE ELECTRONIC PAPERWORK (LINKS BELOW FOR NEW/ESTABLISHED PATIENTS)
  
• DO NOT PRINT AND FILL OUT THE PATIENT FORM BY HAND -IT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED ONLINE AND SAVED ON YOUR COMPUTER
  (CLICK HERE FOR NEW PATIENT FORM)
  (CLICK HERE FOR ESTABLISHED PATIENT FORMS)
• DO NOT CONVERT WORD FILES TO PDF FILES.
• DO NOT CALL THE OFFICE PHONE LINES, BUT USE EMAIL TO COMMUNICATE WITH US INSTEAD
  (CLICK HERE FOR EMAIL AND OTHER CONTACT DETAILS )
• DO NOT GO TO THE POST OFFICE, FEDEX, UPS, ETC. TO MAIL PACKAGES OUR WAY, BUT USE ELECTRONIC DATA TRANSFER INSTEAD
  (CLICK HERE FOR BOX.COM or DROPBOX.COM FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS OF YOUR CDS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS)

Questions?
  *   EMAIL TO MS. PENDERGAST AT ipendergast@nspc.com

We will review the information.
You will be then informed if your case is:

  *   REVIEWED & APPROVED
  *   Or REVIEWED & REJECTED

In case of approval, our Team will get in touch with you to give you an appointment date, for an office consultation, or for a videoconference.

In case of rejection, no diagnostic impressions will be given, because diagnoses cannot be given outside of a formalized Patient/Doctor consultation.


Thank you for your cooperation
The Chiari Team