Fly In Patients
Dr. Newman’s Surgery Center
has more and more patients
coming from afar each year.
These are patients new to
us and also previous patients
who have moved away and return
for other procedures.
We want to streamline the pre-procedure process for traveling patients and make
your stay in the area both pleasant and effortless. We have put together a travel
package to help this important experience easier.
Step 1: Telephone Consultation
Please contact the office
at (951) 698 3344 to set up
an appointment when you can
speak directly with Dr. Newman
and his nursing
staff.
For Dr. Newman’s existing
patients, we encourage your
sending recent photographs
of your progress. For new
patients, please send photographs
of the areas in question.
You can look at the type
of photographs shown on our
site and try to replicate
them in terms of the size
and angle of view. Please
email these photographs to
us and the Doctor can review
them with you at the time
of your telephone conversation.
Our office will call you at
the date and time of the appointment
you have set up and you will
first speak with the director
of our nursing
staff regarding
your procedure.
You will then have a telephone
conversation with Dr. Newman,
and, as mentioned above,
it is very good to have sent
pictures via email so that
the Doctor can have a better
idea and better assist you.
Dr. Newman will ask you about
any medical issues and elicit
you questions and concerns
about a proposed procedure.
He will advise you as to what
alternatives are available,
discuss the risks of procedures
and their benefits and give
you his recommendations.
The Doctor will answer all
of your questions. A telephone
conversation with a doctor
cannot replace a face to face
consultation but it is nevertheless
an important and convenient
first step.
The patient coordinator will
next give you an exact quote
for the cost of your surgery
based on what Dr. Newman and
you have discussed. The next
step is to schedule a date
for surgery. Please schedule
your procedure date at your
convenience and when you have
time for the treatment and
a quiet and restful recovery
with adequate time for recovery.
Step 2: Preoperative
Telephone Conversation
Once you have set a date for
your procedure, our scheduling
coordinator will schedule
a telephone preoperative appointment.
At that telephone appointment
the patient care coordinator
will send you prescriptions
for your labs and medications
which can be gotten in your
home town and faxed to us.
Should Dr. Newman request
a letter of clearance for
your procedure you will also
obtain this clearance letter
in your hometown from either
your private medical doctor
or a specialist.
The nurse will review your
after-care instructions and
will also send you a copy
of these instructions. She
will be in-touch with you
by telephone to ensure we
have received all pertinent
labs and letters. The nurse
will also call you three days
prior to your procedure and
finalize any travel or stay/accommodation
questions and tell you exactly
what time to report to the
surgery centter.
Step 3: Day Prior to
Surgery
It’s very important for Dr.
Newman to see you the day
prior to surgery where
he will examine you, review
your procedure and take
a complete set of photographs.
Step 4: Day of Surgery
On the day of surgery you
will arrive at the predetermined
time to the Surgery Center
with your relatives and/or
friends. Persons who
bring you can leave and
be available by phone.
We can call them upon completion
of your procedure.
We want your stay with us
to be both pleasant and productive
and we will do everything
in our power to achieve these
goals. Below please find
a list of services provided
in our area:
Airports
Ontario Airport (ONT)
San Diego International Airport (SAN)
Hotel Accomodations
South Coast Winery Resort
and Spa
Embassy Suites
After Care
Terry Schierenberg LVN
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