Your doctor may refer you to UC Davis Cancer Center. Or, you may schedule an appointment on your own, if your health insurance plan gives you that flexibility.

To make a first appointment, please call the Cancer Center's New Patient Referral Office at (916) 703-5210 or (800) 362-5566.

When you call, we will verify your insurance and billing information. We will also ask you for the information we will need to have your medical records sent to us.

Once we receive your medical records, a new patient referral coordinator will call you to schedule your first appointment. The coordinator will also talk with you about any X-rays, mammograms, CT scans, MRIs or other images that you may need to hand-carry to your first appointment.

After your first visit with a UC Davis Cancer Center doctor, you will make all of your future appointments at the Cancer Center or by calling the clinic appointment desk.

Oncology Clinic appointment desk: (916) 734-5959
For appointments in the second floor clinic

Radiation Oncology Clinic appointment desk: (916) 734-5810
For appointments in the Department of Radiation Oncology on the ground floor

Infusion Center: (916) 734-5858
For questions about chemotherapy scheduling

Radiology appointment desk: (916) 734-0655
To schedule an X-ray, mammogram, CT scan, MRI or other imaging study

No appointments are necessary for lab work done at the Cancer Center. The lab is located on the main floor of the Cancer Center, in room 1013, near the pharmacy. For your convenience, lab tests ordered by doctors outside the Cancer Center also can be handled here.

Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday - Friday, except holidays
Phone: (916) 734-5985

Many patients come to UC Davis Cancer Center for a second opinion about a cancer diagnosis or treatment recommendation. The steps for scheduling a second opinion are the same as for making a first appointment. The first step is to call the New Patient Referral Office at (916) 703-5210 or (800) 362-5566.