Prepare for your Neurosurgery Visit

COVID-19 UPDATES:Click here to find the latest information for our patient families.

Now Offering Telehealth Appointments: Click here to learn more about our telehealth services at Nationwide Children's

 

Main Campus Patients: Due to construction in the area please allow extra time for travel.

 

 

 

At Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the health and safety of our patients, families and staff has always been our top priority and it continues during this COVID pandemic.

 

To keep everyone as safe as possible, please see the changes we’ve made.

  • Any visitor accompanying the patient to an appointment should be feeling well, should not have a recent exposure to COVID-19, and should not be under isolation for a positive COVID-19 test
  • Complete the eCheck-in (Registration process) in MyChart on your phone or device.
  • Call (614) 355-3750, Option 8 with MyChart questions

Call the clinic today if:

  • In the past 10 days, the patient tested positive for COVID-19
  • The patient is under quarantine due to close contact with someone who has COVID-19? (Includes notices by the health department or exposures occurring in the household, school/daycare, workplace, or other community setting.)
  • In the past 24 hours, the patient has had symptoms of COVID such as fever or cough
 

Please save this message until after your appointment because it includes instructions for the day of your appointment.

 

 

Please arrive 15 minutes early for parking and registration.

 

Parent or legal guardian must accompany the patient.

 

Please bring any medications, vitamins or herbal supplements the patient is currently taking with you to the appointment.

 

Please bring any x-rays and/or imaging studies that have been completed to this visit. Please also bring the radiology report that goes along with the test(s). If films are not present at the appointment, the appointment will be rescheduled.

 

Your Insurance benefits may include you are responsible for an Office Visit co-pay. Co-pays can be paid at the time of the office visit, we accept credit cards, debit cards and checks.

 

This exam may require precertification. It is the referring physician’s responsibility to check with the patient’s insurance carrier in order to obtain this authorization. Once the authorization is obtained, the referring physician’s office staff should call 614-722-2489 to provide this information to Nationwide Children's Hospital.