Your Pediatric Interventional Radiology Visit

Scheduling

  1. Your child’s health care provider must submit an IR procedure consult/referral request into Epic. If Epic is unavailable, your child’s health care provider must fax a radiology referral form to us to schedule an appointment.
  2. We will call you as soon as we receive the order from your child’s health care provider.
  3. One of our team members will review the form. 
  4. We will call you to schedule an appointment.

If you have any questions, please contact (650) 736-4747. We are available:

Monday - Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday: 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Preparing

If your child’s procedure requires general anesthesia, one of our team members will call you two or three days before your child’s appointment. Otherwise, we will call the night before to:

  1. Confirm your child’s appointment
  2. Provide you with instructions
  3. Answer any questions you may have

Things to Bring

Please bring the following items to your child’s appointment:

  1. Your child’s insurance card
  2. A valid form of photo identification for yourself
  3. A current list of medications.

We will also ask you to provide your child's legal name and date of birth.

Arrival Time

Please be sure to arrive on time for your child's appointment. This will help us provide the best care to your child and all of our patients.

  • If your child is scheduled to receive general anesthesia, please arrive 1 hour before your appointment.
  • If your child is NOT scheduled to receive general anesthesia, please arrive 45 minutes before your appointment.

Patient Comfort

Our kid-friendly environment and team of pediatric specialists will help your child complete an interventional radiology examination as quickly and safely as possible.

Child Life Specialists
A Child Life Specialist can help your child understand and prepare for any procedure. Our goal is to avoid using anesthesia, whenever possible. Our Child Life Specialists interact with each child in a manner that is appropriate for their developmental level and needs.

If you think your child would benefit from additional preparation a few days before a procedure, you or your child’s referring health care provider can request a Child Life Specialist when scheduling an appointment.

Examinations that require anesthesia
The pediatric anesthesiologists at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford provide a full range of services from sedation to general anesthesia. An anesthesiologist will stop by to meet you and your child before the examination and will stay with your child throughout the examination. You are invited to stay with your child until the anesthesia takes effect. Following the exam, your child will meet you in our Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU).

Examinations that do not require anesthesia
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford pediatric anesthesiologists provide a full range of services from sedation to general anesthesia. The anesthesiologist will come to meet you and your child before the examination and will stay with your child throughout the examination. You can stay with your child until the anesthesia takes effect. Your child will meet you in our Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) once his/her examination is done.

If your child does not require anesthesia, you will be able to stay with your child throughout the examination.

Contact Us

Please contact (650) 736-4747 if you have questions regarding scheduling, exam preparation or with a general inquiry.