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SM Consults & Phone numbers
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Consulting Subspecialists:
These consultants are available through the Westwood page operator or as indicated.
Whom to contact (fellow or attending on call):
A & I/Rheumatology: Attending on service for SM
Anesthesia: (procedural sedation) PICU Attending* (*IMPORTANT: The primary (i.e. ward) team must have a discussion with the family/patient prior to consulting the PICU for procedural sedation.) Anesthesia often provides sedation for procedures (e.g. LPs, in addition to imaging studies)
Cardiology: Fellow on outpatient and SM consults
Dermatology: UCLA-SM Dermatology Attending
Development and Behavior: Fellow on inpatient consult service
Endocrinology: Fellow on service for WW
Gastroenterology: Attending on service for SM. Please see posted schedule.
Genetics: Fellow on service for WW
Head & Neck Surgery (ENT): Nina Shapiro, MD (for ER consults only), Chester Griffiths, MD (310)477-5558 -- Southern CA Head and Neck Medical Group: (Chip Miller, MD; David Butler, MD; Ron Roth, MD; & Robert Adair, MD) (310) 829-7792
Hematology & Oncology: Fellow on outpatient for WW M-F days NP or Fellow at SM, at night on call fellow for WW same as SM
Infectious Disease: Fellow (sometimes Attending only) on service for SM
Nephrology: Fellow on outpatient for WW
Neurology:
OB/GYN: Aminah Bliss, MD (310) 854-3400, Olivia Crookes, MD (310) 453-6767. Others are available, can check in L&D
Plastic Surgery: Mark Labowe (310) 824-2550
Pulmonology: Attending on service for SM
Radiology: Faculty on call (Boechat, Hall, Muir)
Ophthalmology: See Guidelines below.
Orthopedic Surgery: SM Resident (request through SM operator, x94000). Separate general ortho and ortho-onc residents.
Pediatric Surgery: SM Resident (request through SM operator, x94000)
Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN): SCAN social worker. All SCAN cases should be referred to Dr. Claudia Wang
Urology: Steven Lerman, MD p13704
SMH Child Psychiatry Consult Procedure:
-Discuss the consultation request with the patient/family so they are not surprised.
-Place consult request in CareConnect for Psychiatry - SMH - Consult Liaison
-Page Natalia Ramos, MD or Natacha Emerson, PhD (alternate days on call - see schedule posted in SM Peds work room)
--> For psychiatric emergencies during holidays or after-hours, please call the UCLA Page Operator (310) 825-6301 to contact the Child Psychiatry faculty member on-call for telephone advice.
Psych care for patients with eating disorders:
-Dr. Michael Wetter is the Director of Psychology for the Nourish for Life & Medical Stabilization Program
-Child Psych consults for patients with eating disorders are generally limited to acute psychiatric needs (ex. SI or agitation)
-If a family declines Dr. Wetter's services, they should understand they are essentially foregoing any psychological evaluation short of acute psychiatric needs.
-If your team has further questions, consider discussing with Dr. Lin or at SM psychosocial rounds on Wednesday afternoons.
Neonates and Neonatology Services: In general terms, residents rotating at Santa Monica have no role in the Nursery or NICU. For all neonates who are admitted from the outside or are in the ED and require discussion with a pediatrician, the primary contact person is as follows: 1) the primary community pediatrician, if the patient has one 2) the Pediatric Hospitalist Attending, if the patient does not have a primary community pediatrician. Neither the neonatology attending nor the neonatology fellow should be contacted for routine management (i.e. hyperbilirubinemia, rule-out sepsis) of newborns admitted from the outside. The neonatology service is always available if there is a question requiring the expertise of a neonatologist. In this case, the neonatology attending, not the neonatology fellow, should be contacted after discussion with the community or UCLA pediatrician.
Opthalmology:
Weekdays from 8am-5pm: SMH Attending or Resident contacts Jules Stein Eye Institute and requests an inpatient consultation. Jules Stein resident triages case for medical urgency.
After Hours Weekdays from 5pm-8am: SMH Attending or Resident contacts the Santa Monica Eye Group to advise about the inpatient consultation request.
Weekends and Holidays: SMH Attending or Resident calls Page Operator to page Jules Stein resident on trauma call to advise about inpatient consultation.
Contact Information:
Jules Stein Eye Institute, 310-794-9770, 310-825-5000 Santa Monica Eye Medical Group, 310-829-5475
Jules Stein Eye Institute attending: Laura Bonelli, MD, UCLA pager 26400, office 310-825-3090; cell 310-773-1663
Jules Stein Eye Institute back-up Attending: Meryl Shapiro-Tuchin,MD, UCLA pager 14333, office 310-825-3090, cell 310-709-6856
Jules Stein Eye Institute Associate Administrator: Esther Aheroni, UCLA pager 96008, office 310-206-1166
Other Community Subspecialty Consultants: Private community attendings often have long-standing professional relationships with community subspecialists not on this list, and they may request that you consult them for one of their patients. When asked to obtain a subspecialty consult on a pediatric inpatient admitted to a private community attending, be sure to clarify which subspecialist they would like to call.
The following services are not available: Cardiothoracic Surgery and Neurosurgery
Ancillary Services: SM-UCLA has available Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Child Life, Music Therapy, and Respiratory Therapy. The RN's can help you get these services that you may need.
Other services are listed below:
Social Work: Pager 92659. All Heme/Onc patients followed by WW H/O Social Workers (Wendy and Marla Knowles)
Child Life Services: Laila Ramji, CLS, Pager 91975
Chaplain: Yuko Uesugi, Chaplain Pager 94474 \ Irene Johnson, Pediatric Chaplain Pager 97345
PICC Service: Anita Piano, RN Pager 93767
TPN/Enteral Nutrition: Laurie Reyen, RN Pager 91422
Dietary: Charge nurse will call
Lactation: Write order for "lactation consult,” RN will call lactation consultant
Home Health: Charge nurse will call
Case Manager: Charge nurse will call
Durable Medical Equipment: Charge nurse will call
Santa Monica Phone Numbers:
*** Rapid response: 74# ***
Santa Monica prefix: 424-259-xxxx
Senior pager - p35507
Senior phone - 424-259-9633
Pediatrics:
Pediatric Hospitalist-p89107, phone 99634
Peds ward (6NW) - 99620
Peds ward rounding room - 99627
Peds ward fax - 96654
PICU - 99432
PICU fax - 96502
NICU - 99253
Nursery - 99243
General numbers:
Page operator - 96700
Admissions - 96611
Computer help desk - 44357
Labs/Pharmacy:
Main lab - 98100
Blood bank - 98103
Pathology - 98111
Pharmacy - 98500
Main radiology - 8700
Fluoroscopy - 98730
CT - 98706
MRI - 98707
Ultrasound - 98705