For Physicians: Referral Checklist for UPMC's Artificial Heart Program

If your patient could benefit from VAD implantation, call our 24-hour physician referral line at 1-866-884-8579. 

When you're ready to refer your patient to our program, please send us the following information:

  • Demographics: patient name, address, birth date, social security number, contact name, and telephone number
  • Insurance information: carrier, identification number, group number, and insurance carrier's telephone number
  • Pertinent medical records: history/physical and reports for operative, radiological, and diagnostic procedures
  • Recent laboratory reports
  • Reports from previous transplant evaluations, along with letters of acceptance or decline to transplant from other medical providers
  • Primary care physician's name, address, and telephone number

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