Diana K. Lee, MD

Scheduling Surgery

Surgery is a team effort, and your recovery begins long before you arrive at the hospital for surgery. It starts with preoperative optimization, which is the process of fine-tuning your health to reduce your risk of complications with and after surgery. By managing factors such as nutrition, diabetes, and other underlying medical conditions ahead of time, we are working together to ensure you have the best possible outcome with surgery.

Checklist to Schedule Surgery

Please complete the following items before your surgery can be scheduled:

• Preoperative Testing
  Blood work, chest x-ray, EKG
• Medical Clearance from your primary care physician (PCP)
  Your PCP must review your medical history and clear you for surgery
• Medical Clearance from your cardiologist (if applicable)
  Required if you've seen a cardiologist in the last 2 years or your PCP recommends it

Important: If any preoperative testing results come back abnormal, your surgery may need to be postponed.

Please fax your completed preoperative testing results and medical clearance notes to: (707) 693-7040