Information for Healthcare Professionals
Partnership with Referring Physicians
The transplant team is committed to continually improving our partnership of care and communication with our healthcare colleagues. We encourage you to use the Hopkins Access Line (HAL), a 24 hour hotline for physicians, to reach any member of the Hopkins lung transplant physician team at any time in order to refer a patient or to consult about a patient's care.
How to Refer a Patient
Physicians who would like to consult with a Hopkins physician about referring a patient can contact a transplant physician's office through our HAL phone line at 410-955-9444.
We welcome you to speak with any member of our lung team about information on lung transplantation referral criteria. Criteria information can also be found in the publication "International Guidelines for the Selection of Lung Transplant Candidates: 2006 Update A Consensus Report from the Pulmonary Scientific Council of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation" (Published on the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation's Guidelines webpage)
Our physician's office checklist for referring a patient.
Research and Innovation
People who come to Johns Hopkins gain access to the vast resources of one of the world's premier medical institutions. Our transplant physicians are highly skilled and aggressive in their pursuit of innovations to improve transplant outcomes for our patients.
Hopkins Access Line (HAL)
1-800-765-5447
(Continental United States)
410-955-9444
(Baltimore area and international calls)
The Hopkins Access Line (HAL) is a consultation and referral service provided by Johns Hopkins Medicine. HAL's toll-free number - operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week - was created in response to the growing needs of physicians to reach Hopkins physicians quickly. HAL gives practicing physicians and faculty the opportunity to assist one another in the diagnosis and care of patients.
As a physician, your call will be received by a HAL service representative. Our representatives have access to Hopkins physicians' schedules, on-call lists, and telephone and pager numbers - all the numbers needed to reach the physician promptly. If you wish to speak with a specific physician and he or she is unavailable, the representative will direct you to an available specialist or arrange for the requested physician to return your call.
The HAL service is for physicians only. If you are not a physician and wish to request an appointment yourself, please call our appointment service lines: 410-614-4508 or +01-410-955-8032 for calls from outside the United States.
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