We schedule many different types of appointments, depending on the individual needs of the patient:

• Complete physicals are typically booked for 45-60 minutes and are scheduled many weeks in advance
• Surgical clearance appointments are best scheduled approximately 10 days prior to surgery. These visits also require 45-60 minutes and need to be scheduled as soon as the surgery date is known, even if it is a tentative date. Generally, all pre-surgical testing is done through our office which allows the physician ready access to the results.
• Standard follow-up appointments are scheduled based on the medical condition. These appointments typically should be coordinated with the office based on the need for medication refills, scheduled blood work, and are timed according to the needs of fasting or non-fasting periods of the day.
• We also have appointments left available for same day sick visits. The appointments are obviously less predictable and depend on the severity of the illness. When a patient needs to see a physician for such an appointment, the receptionists will do their best to properly plan the visit based on the accuracy of the description of the problem given to them and will try to best schedule when the patients can be seen in a timely manner. The wait times will be influenced by other previously scheduled appointments and the number of sick visits that need to be accommodated that day. Of course true emergencies are given the highest priority.