Refer a patient

To make a doctor referral, please call 512-628-1900 or fax a referral form to 512-628-1901.

Pediatric cardiology: Complete this online Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Referral Form. Or, you may choose to print and complete a hard copy of the referral form and fax it to 1-512-380-7532 or email it to DCMCHeartReferrals@ascension.org.

Congenital heart surgery: Complete this online Heart Failure, VAD, and Transplant Program Referral Form. Or, you may choose to print and complete a hard copy of the referral form and fax it to 1-512-969-2725 or email it to pediatrichearttransplant@ascension.org.

To avoid delays in clinical care, all documentation must be submitted prior to your consultation. Learn more. 

To refer a patient, please call 512-708-1234 or fax a referral to 512-324-0931.

To make a referral, please call 512-628-1833 or fax a referral form to 512-600-8149.

To make a doctor referral, please:

• Call 512-628-1830
• Review our referral guidelines

To refer a patient to the EoE clinic, please call 512-628-1819.

To make a doctor referral, please call 512-628-1855.

To expedite the referral and scheduling, please print, complete, and fax the Dell Children’s Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Center Referral Form to 1-512-380-7544.

To reach the EMU Coordinator, please call 512-324-0903.

To make a patient referral, please call 512-324-0138.

To refer a patient to the infusion services clinic, please call 512-740-3800.

To refer a patient to the intestinal rehabilitation program, please fax referrals to 512-628-1811.

To make a doctor referral, please call:

• Inpatient care – 512-324-0029
• Partial hospitalization care – 512-324-9999 ext. 88517
• Intensive outpatient care – 512-324-9999 ext. 88517
• Outpatient care – 512-324-3315

Child Psychiatry Access Network (CPAN) a network of access centers providing pediatric behavioral and mental health consultations and training opportunities for pediatricians and primary care doctors. We provide consultations for doctors serving children who live in Central Texas (Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Coryell, Fayette, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, Lee, Mills, Travis and Williamson counties). CPAN provides consultations for registered primary care doctors. Doctors may call 888-901-2726 to consult with a pediatric behavioral and mental health specialist within 30 minutes of their call. During the call, you may ask about symptoms, mental health assessments, psychiatric medications and referrals. This program is in partnership with The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School.

For more information call 512-628-1860 or see the attached referral guidelines. 

To make a doctor referral for neurology, please call 512-628-1855 or fax a referral form to 512-380-7544.

To make a doctor referral for neurosurgery, please call 512-324-0907 or fax a referral form to 512-324-0642.

To make a doctor referral for neuro-ophthalmology, please call 512-628-1855 or fax a referral form to 512-380-7544.

Transfer a patient

To transfer a patient to the NICU at Dell Children’s Medical Center, call 866-459-5477 and request a neonatal transfer. You will be quickly connected to a neonatologist and the transport team.

Clinic algorithms and guidelines

• Apnea – Treatment and Management 
• Caffeine Protocol
• Gelmix in the NICU
• Guidelines for PICC Management
• Nitric Oxide (iNO) Guideline in Preterm Infants 
• Platelet Transfusion Guidelines
• Probiotic Protocol

To make a doctor referral, please call 512-324-0137. You may also fax one of the following forms to 512-406-6520:

• Fracture referral form
• Hand clinic referral form
• Sports medicine referral form

To make a referral, ask questions or request additional information, call 833-628-2112 or email dellchildrensathome@ascension.org (please add "-secure" or "-phi" in the subject line or ensure that you are using an email that will be encrypted).

For our inpatient consult service

Medical provider coverage is found on Voalte ("Home" > "On-Call Schedule" > "DCMC" > "DCMC Palliative Care")

Providers without Voalte may call our office at 512-324-0197; if outside typical business hours, please call Medlink at 512-323-5465 and request the on-call provider for pediatric palliative care

For clinic and virtual health visits

If you would like to discuss a potential referral or a current palliative care patient that is not hospitalized, please call our office at 512-324-0197; if outside typical business hours, please call Medlink at 512-323-5465 and request the on-call provider for pediatric palliative care

Referrals may be sent to our program by fax to 512-324-0780 or electronically via Athena by ordering “Palliative Medicine Referral” and selecting “Dell Children’s Pediatric Palliative Care” as the receiving provider

For perinatal palliative care and pediatric hospice

Please call the main line for Dell Children’s at Home at 833-628-2112 and select option 1

To make a doctor referral, please call 512-324-0970.

To make a doctor referral, please call 512-708-1234, or submit one of the following forms via fax to 512-370-5527.

• Pediatric surgical and procedural scheduling form 
• Order form for lumbar puncture for anesthesia

To make a doctor referral, please call 512-324-2720.