To request a same-day appointment, please have your office call our Preoperative Evaluation and Testing Center (PEPC) directly at 310-794-4494, and select the option for same-day appointment. We will need the patient’s name, the planned procedure, the procedure venue, and the name of the surgeon or the physician performing the procedure.
To refer a patient for a future PEPC in-person visit, please place a physician order in CareConnect in the Visit Navigator under the “Medications and Orders” section.
The ambulatory order name is:
Referral to PEPC Pre-Anes Clinic Visit
There will be a prompt to select one of the following reasons for the referral:
Please include information about the type of procedure or surgery planned, and the planned venue for the procedure, in the “Comments” section. Please include also any important instructions about timing, including the date of surgery if already known, or a need to schedule surgery within an urgent time frame or an exact number of days.
