Refer a patient

To refer a patient, please call 512-324-6534.

To refer a patient, please submit a referral form to aerodigestivecenter@ascension.org (please add "-secure" or "-phi" in the subject line or ensure that you are using an email that will be encrypted).

To refer a patient, please call 512-628-1870 or fax a referral to 512-628-1871.

To refer a patient, please complete this Audiology Referral Form and contact the appropriate office:

• Dell Children's Medical Center - Audiology: Call 512-324-0137 or fax referral form to 512-406-6521
• Dell Children's Medical Group - ENT & Audiology: Call 512-324-2720 or fax referral form to 512-324-2724

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

Complete this form to refer a child with heart care needs (cardiology, heart surgery, or heart failure/transplant) to Dell Children's Medical Center.

To refer a patient, please call 512-628-1840 option 1, or fax a referral to 512-628-1841.

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

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

To refer a patient, please call 512-324-0918.

To refer a patient, please call 512-324-0137 or fax a referral to 512-324-0373.

Click here for our dermatology referral guidelines. To refer a patient, please call 512-628-1920.

To refer a patient, please call 512-324-0098.

Please see these pediatric ENT management and referral guidelines or call 512-324-2720 to make a referral.

If you have a patient who could benefit from ECMO, our transport team can assist in moving your patient to a higher level of care. Early consultation can help you know when to refer your patient for ECMO. If you have questions or need to transfer a patient to the ECMO program at Dell Children's Medical Center, please call 512-324-3515.

To refer a patient, please:

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

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

To refer a patient, 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, please call 512-324-0040 or fax this Comprehensive Fetal Care Center referral form to: 512-324-0041.

To refer a patient, please call 512-628-1810.

To refer a patient, please call 512-628-1820.

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.

To refer a patient, please call 512-628-1840 or fax a referral to 512-628-1841. The following documents will be required prior to scheduling and should be included with the referral when possible.

• Hospital birth records or NICU discharge summary
• Recent well-child visit or specialist visit summary outlining a need for genetic counseling
• Growth charts with head circumference
• Specialist consultation notes, if applicable
• Full and individual evaluation, or individualized education program from the child’s school (if they are school-aged and require learning support)
• Previous genetic testing results, if available

Note: If referring an adult patient, only the primary care or specialist summary/consultation notes and previous genetic testing results (if applicable) are required.

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

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

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

To refer a patient for neuro-ophthalmology, please call 512-628-1855 or fax a referral form to 512-351-4229.

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 refer a patient, please call 512-324-0137 or fax our outpatient nutrition referral form to 512-406-6520.

To refer a patient, please:

Fax this referral form to 512-324-6753
Review our referral guidelines

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

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

To refer a patient, 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 refer a patient, please call 512-324-0970.

To refer a patient for physical medicine, please call 512-628-1893 or fax a referral form to 512-380-4268.

To transfer a patient to the PICU at Dell Children's Medical Center, call 512-324-3515.

To refer a patient, please call 512-324-0918.

To refer a patient, please call 512-380-9200.

Complete this form to refer a child with pulmonary hypertension to Dell Children's Medical Center.

To refer a patient, please call 512-628-1880 or see these referral guidelines.

To refer a patient, please call 512-628-1900.

To refer a patient to a pediatric sleep specialist, please call 512-380-9200.

To refer a patient for a sleep study, please fax the completed DCMC Sleep Study Order Form to 512-380-0552 or call 512-324-7378.

To refer a patient, please call 512-324-0137.

To refer a patient, 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 refer a patient, please fax your referral to 512-324-0726.

To refer a patient, please call 512-472-6134.

To refer a patient, please call 512-628-1920.

To refer a patient, please call 512-324-2720.