The Physician Referral Center provides you with information about the availability of specialists and services within UC Davis Medical Center and School of Medicine, and our referral process. Our staff is here to assist you with outpatient specialty referrals and phone consultations.

Physician Referral Center
Outpatient special referrals and phone consultations
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
1(800) 4-UCDAVIS or 1(800) 482-3284.

If you need to refer your patient to one of our specialty services, we will coordinate your referral request with the appropriate specialty service and provide you with information as to the status and outcome of your referral request.

If you need to discuss a complex or unusual outpatient case, we can facilitate communication between you and one of our specialists. Should your patient require a referral to one of our specialty services following your consultation, please contact our staff, and we will initiate the referral process.

The physician liaison staff provides each identified primary care and referring physician notification of their patient’s discharge from the medical center, along with any available clinical information regarding their patient’s hospital stay. If you need assistance obtaining information on your patient’s discharge treatment plan or care while hospitalized, please contact the physician liaison staff, Monday through Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Acute, Inter-facility Transfers and Emergency Consultations
24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Our team of registered nurses is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to coordinate acute inter-facility transfers. Transfer requests are evaluated based upon the patient’s clinical urgency and availability of UC Davis Medical Center and School of Medicine resources. After hours, our transfer center staff also coordinates emergent telephone consultations on complex or unusual cases.

All requests for acute facility transfers or direct admission will be considered for acceptance of care. Considerations for non-emergent transfers will be based upon alignment with the medical center’s missions. Requests will be evaluated based upon resources available to meet the patient’s needs, the patient’s need for tertiary care, the teaching and research merits of the case, and other medical center commitments.

Medical record documentation, including the discharge summary and all imaging studies, must accompany the patient on all acute transfers accepted to UC Davis Medical Center. In some cases, we may ask you to fax medical records for physician review prior to acceptance. This will help ensure that each patient receives the appropriate level of care and services once they are admitted to the medical center.

UC Davis Medical Center and School of Medicine strives to meet the tertiary needs of Northern California. To facilitate resource availability, the transfer center may request a transfer letter of agreement that identifies an accepting physician and facility. This will enable the timely return of the patient to their home community upon completion of tertiary care at the medical center.