{"id":2251,"date":"2008-06-30T18:33:39","date_gmt":"2008-06-30T22:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/trauma\/for-patients\/making-an-appointment\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T10:16:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T14:16:45","slug":"making-an-appointment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/trauma\/forpatients\/making-an-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Making an Appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Acute Care and Trauma Surgery Appointments<\/h2>\n<h3>For New Patients<\/h3>\n<p><em>* We no longer accept faxed referrals in this office. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Referrals are accepted from physicians only. Please have your doctor send your referral:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Send the referral through the EPIC Workqueue to # 65936 for UNCH Gen and Acute Care Surgery at Chapel Hill.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Or use <a href=\"https:\/\/unccarelink.org\/EpicCareLink\/common\/epic_login.asp\">Carelink<\/a> to send referrals. Please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/trauma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/736\/2020\/11\/Carelink-Handout-for-Faxed-Referrals.pdf\">Carelink Handout<\/a> for more information. Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/trauma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/736\/2020\/11\/Checklist-for-new-referrals-to-UNC-General-and-Acute-Care-Surgery.pdf\">checklist for new referrals<\/a> to Acute Care and Trauma Surgery.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>For Return Patients<\/h3>\n<p>Please call our office to schedule your acute care and trauma surgery follow-up appointments at 984-974-0150.<\/p>\n<p>For additional help feel free to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myuncchart.org\/MyChart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNC MyChart<\/a> quick link throughout this website.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/trauma\/forpatients\/for-physicians\/\">For Physicians<\/a><\/h3>\n<h1><span class=\"summary\"> Hernia Appointments <\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>New Hernia appointment (Inguinal, ventral, incisional, and umbilical): Call 984-974-0150.<\/li>\n<li>For New <strong>Hiatal<\/strong> <strong>or Paraesophegeal<\/strong> Hernia appointments, click <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/for-patients\/appts\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Returning patients call the UNC Hospital GI Surgery Clinic and Burn Specialty Clinic at 984-974-0150.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Referrals are accepted from physicians only. Please have your doctor send your referral:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Send the referral through the EPIC Workqueue to # 65852 for UNC Hernia Center.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Or use <a href=\"https:\/\/unccarelink.org\/EpicCareLink\/common\/epic_login.asp\">Carelink<\/a> to send referrals. Please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/trauma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/736\/2020\/11\/Carelink-Handout-for-Faxed-Referrals.pdf\">Carelink Handout<\/a> for more information. Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/trauma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/736\/2020\/11\/Checklist-for-new-referrals-to-UNC-General-and-Acute-Care-Surgery.pdf\">checklist for new referrals<\/a> to Acute Care and Trauma Surgery.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acute Care and Trauma Surgery Appointments For New Patients * We no longer accept faxed referrals in this office. Referrals are accepted from physicians only. 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