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For referring physicians

Refer a
Patient

Refer your patients to Dr. Hashmi for complex spinal disorders, complex reconstruction, revision of prior spine surgery, spinal deformity, spine trauma and spine tumors.

Two routes

01

Routine and expedited outpatient referrals

Use the referral form below, or call the academic office. The office will contact you and the patient to arrange a clinic appointment.

02

Urgent inpatient transfers

Do not use the web form for an urgent transfer. Call the UCI Health Transfer Center, which is staffed 24 hours a day, or submit through the transfer portal.

Commonly referred for

  • 01

    Revision spine surgery

    Persistent pain after prior surgery, pseudarthrosis, adjacent segment degeneration, hardware failure.

  • 02

    Spinal deformity

    Adult degenerative scoliosis, flatback syndrome, kyphotic collapse after osteoporotic fracture.

  • 03

    Spine trauma

    Unstable fractures, spinal cord compression, fractures through an ankylosed spine.

  • 04

    Tumor and infection

    Metastatic cord compression, pathologic fracture, spinal infection.

Routine referral details

Timing

For an urgent inpatient transfer, call the Transfer Center at (714) 456-2222 instead of using this form.

Reason for referral
Spinal region

De-identified please. A one-line problem statement is enough to route the referral.

Please do not include patient identifiers or protected health information in this form. Records and imaging are exchanged through the clinical channels the office will confirm.