{"id":404,"date":"2012-03-30T19:35:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T23:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med-neurosurgery.sites.unc.edu\/patient-care\/making-a-referral\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T12:33:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T16:33:23","slug":"neurosurgery-appointments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/patient-care\/neurosurgery-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurosurgery Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- portlet_above --><\/p>\n<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<h2>Adult Neurosurgery Appointments:<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008ec2\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3192 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/460\/2012\/05\/AdobeStock_122247528-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Neurosurgery Clinic - UNC Neurosurgery\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/460\/2012\/05\/AdobeStock_122247528-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/460\/2012\/05\/AdobeStock_122247528-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/460\/2012\/05\/AdobeStock_122247528-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/460\/2012\/05\/AdobeStock_122247528-1024x683.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>UNC Hospitals Neurosurgery Clinic<\/strong><\/span>: If this is your first appointment, please ask your primary care physician or specialist to submit a referral request to us (see below). To speak with our scheduler, please call <a href=\"tel:984-974-4175\">984-974-4175<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008ec2\"><strong>UNC Hospitals Spine Center<\/strong><\/span>: If you would like to make an appointment at the Spine Center, please call <a href=\"tel:(984) 974-4200\">(984) 974-4200<\/a>. Referrals are not required. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/about\/locations\/\">Directions and parking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Pediatric Neurosurgery Appointments:<\/h2>\n<p>To schedule a <strong>new patient<\/strong> appointment for pediatric neurosurgery, please call <a href=\"tel:984-974-4175\">984-974-4175<\/a>. For <strong>Returning pediatric patients,<\/strong> please call <a href=\"tel:984-974-1401\">984-974-1401<\/a>. For all pediatric patients, appointments can be made within a week at any of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/about\/locations\/\">pediatric neurosurgery clinics<\/a>. Patients with more urgent health concerns can be seen same day or next day by one of our pediatric neurosurgeons, or by one of our nurse practitioners.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6414 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/460\/2019\/01\/9B7A0100-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Pediatric Neurosurgery Appointments\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/460\/2019\/01\/9B7A0100-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/460\/2019\/01\/9B7A0100-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/460\/2019\/01\/9B7A0100-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If this is your child\u2019s first appointment at a UNC Pediatric Neurosurgery clinic, please ask your pediatrician or specialist to submit a\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/460\/2018\/08\/New-Patient-Referral-Form-8-9-18.pdf\">Pediatric Neurosurgery New Patient Referral Form<\/a><\/u> to us using the contact information below. Once we receive the referral form, you can expect a phone call from our schedulers within 2-3 business days to schedule your first appointment.<\/p>\n<p>We offer daily pediatric neurosurgery clinics in Chapel Hill, and monthly clinics in Raleigh and Wilmington.<\/p>\n<p>For<strong> Wilmington<\/strong> appointments, please call <a href=\"tel:(910) 667-6819\">(910) 667-6819<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adult Neurosurgery Appointments: UNC Hospitals Neurosurgery Clinic: If this is your first appointment, please ask your primary care physician or specialist to submit a referral request to us (see below). To speak with our scheduler, please call 984-974-4175. UNC Hospitals Spine Center: If you would like to make an appointment at the Spine Center, please &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/patient-care\/neurosurgery-appointments\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Neurosurgery Appointments\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76119,"featured_media":0,"parent":58,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-404","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Neurosurgery Appointments | Department of Neurosurgery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/patient-care\/neurosurgery-appointments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neurosurgery Appointments | Department of Neurosurgery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Adult Neurosurgery Appointments: UNC Hospitals Neurosurgery Clinic: If this is your first appointment, please ask your primary care physician or specialist to submit a referral request to us (see below). 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