New Patients
Scheduling Your First Appointment:
Returning and New patients who are being referred by their physicians may request Dr. Ahlering directly. Patients without referrals should call about the availability of clinic visits. When calling for an appointment please have the following information available:
* Name and phone number of referring doctor
* Diagnosis and pertinent laboratory information
Administrative Assistants: Lydia Cruz-Reyes & Ana Pascual
Appointments & Information: (714) 456-6068 Monday - Friday, 9am - 3:45pm
Established Pt Office hours: Thursday
New Pts: By Arrangement
In order for us to best serve you, we request the following materials to be faxed or priority mailed, and/or physically brought into the urology office at least one day prior to scheduling the consult appointment. This will allow the physician’s time to review your medical records. These materials will be filed as a part of your medical records at the University of California, Irvine – Medical Center, Department of Urology. If you are going to schedule surgery, we will also need pathology slides. Please arrive 30 minutes early in order to allow sufficient time to complete the registration process.
Please FAX the following or Hand-carry 1 day before your surgery:
* Consult history and physical notes from referring physician
* Pathology report from biopsy
* Ultrasound of prostate, need volume of prostate
* Copies of reports from all imaging studies if done:
can include a Bone Scan, CT Scan of abdomen and pelvis, MRI
* History of PSA
* Copy of insurance card, front & back
* Name, Address, and Phone number of referring physician
* List of current medications
* Pathology slides, if done outside of UCI facility, need to be Fed-Ex'd of hand carried directly to our Department (only if scheduling surgery)
* If you have an old EKG, CHEST X-RAY, Stress Test, Echo, Pulmonary Function Test, etc., these will be helpful for the anesthesiologist when scheduling surgery, though not essential.