Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in Minnesota

Resources For Physicians

Mail, fax, or send with the patient all pertinent records, including reports of blood tests, electrocardiograms, pulmonary function tests, and any other laboratory tests that may have a bearing on his or her problem.

Send by express service or with the patient the actual X-ray films of chest X-rays, CT scans, or other pertinent radiographic studies, as well as all pertinent biopsies, pathology reports and actual pathology slides.

These documents can be sent to the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division Appointment Office or directly to the Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.

Patients should bring all their medications with them at the time of their appointment.

Outpatients

Pulmonary and Critical Care Division -- Appointment Office

• (507) 284-2079
• Fax: (507) 284-3154
• Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Central time
  Direct line to the appointment secretaries within the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division.

Referring Physicians Service

• (800) 533-1564
  (507) 266-5770
  Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Central time
• 24 hours per day, 7 days per week
  Answering service will record the information. Appointment secretaries will call the referring physician (or physician's office) back between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Central time.

Individual Pulmonary and Critical Care Consultant

• (507) 284-2511
  Ask for the secretary for the specific consultant. Indicate preference at time of call.

Inpatients

Referring Physician Service

• (800) 533-1564
  (507) 266-5770
  
• Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time
• The referring physician service will identify the physician on-call.

Mayo Clinic Operator

• (507) 284-2511
• 24 hours per day, 7 days a week
• The operator can contact the staff physician on-call for Pulmonary and Critical Care Division (or any other specialty that the referring physician needs).

Urgent/Emergency Transfers

• (800) 237-6822
• 24 hours per day, 7 days a week
• Direct line to Mayo Emergency Communications Center which can connect the referring physician to a Mayo Emergency/Trauma Unit staff physician and can dispatch Gold Cross (ground ambulance), Mayo One (helicopter ambulance) or Mayo Air (fixed-wing air ambulance) as needed.