What to bring to your first office visit

Here is a checklist to help make the most of your office consultation:

•Referral from your HMO or insurance company, if needed

•All actual chest X-rays, CT scans, and pertinent studies with written reports (studies from Beaumont Hospital are usually available already)

•List of all your medications and allergies

•List of your health problems and previous surgeries

•Finally, always check with your personal physician to be very clear on why you are being referred to a thoracic surgeon

What to expect at your first visit

After we receive your films and reports you will complete a medical history questionnaire. You will have a physical examination focusing on your heart, lungs, and lymph nodes. Then the doctor will meet with you and your companion to go over your case, review your films, and discuss diagnosis and treatment options.

Often times, additional tests are needed, and our office will assist you in making arrangements for those tests. These tests will not be done the day of your first visit, but we will make arrangements for them to be completed as quickly as possible, usually within a week or so.

We believe in a team approach to lung cancer. We often discuss cases at our weekly tumor board conference, during which our thoracic surgeons meet with specialists in Radiology, Pathology, Pulmonary Medicine, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology, and Radiation Oncology to make recommendations on diagnosis and treatment.

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