For referring providers

Your patient seen this week. And back to you.

Independent cardiology in Bakersfield with every diagnostic study performed and read in our office. We see your patient, send you the report, and send the patient back to you.

Referral fax

(661) 327-7593

Fax the referral form or your own. We call the patient to schedule.

Phone

(661) 327-0807

Say you're calling from a referring office. Urgent cases — call, don't fax.

Print the one-page referral form — or send your own.

Our promise to referring providers

Three things you can count on.

This week

Your patient seen within the week. Most new referrals are seen within the week we receive them.

Same day

Urgent findings called to you the same day. Critical results go to your office by phone before they go anywhere else.

5 business days

Written report back to you within five business days of the visit or study, faxed to your office.

And your patient comes back to you. We're an independent practice — there's no hospital system to capture your patient into. We answer the question you asked, send the report, and return the patient to your care.

How to refer

Fax it. We take it from there.

Send the referral

Fax (661) 327-7593. Use our one-page form or your own — demographics, insurance, reason for referral, and anything relevant you already have.

Urgent? Call (661) 327-0807 and we'll work the patient in.

We call the patient

We contact the patient directly, verify insurance, and schedule the visit — in English or Spanish. If a plan requires authorization, we work with your office to get it in place.

You get the report

The consultation note and any study reports are faxed to your office within five business days. Anything urgent, you hear by phone the same day.

What to include

Send what you have. We'll request the rest.

Patient demographics and a working phone numberPreferred language helps us schedule the first call right.
Insurance card, front and backFor HMO and Kern Family Health Care patients, include the authorization if you already have it — if not, we'll help get it started.
Reason for referral and the question you want answeredOne line is enough. "Exertional chest pressure, rule out ischemia" tells us everything.
Recent EKG, labs, and imaging if availablePrior echo or stress results save the patient a repeat study.
Current medication listEspecially anticoagulants, rate-control agents, and anything recently changed.
Your office fax and the provider the report should go toWe fax reports back to the number on the referral unless you tell us otherwise.

One-page referral form

Checkboxes for the common reasons, a line for your question, and our fax number already on it. Print it, fill it, fax it.

Open the referral form

Fax (661) 327-7593
Phone (661) 327-0807
Facility NPI 1124521018

In-office diagnostics

Every study performed and read here.

No hospital scheduling, no outside imaging center, no second waiting list. Each study is performed in our office and read by our board-certified cardiologist.

Transthoracic echocardiogram

Structure and function — LV size and ejection fraction, valvular disease, wall motion, pericardial effusion, pulmonary pressures.

Stress testing

Evaluation of exertional symptoms, functional capacity, and ischemia — always with a physician in the suite.

Nuclear cardiology

Myocardial perfusion imaging for ischemia evaluation and risk stratification.

Vascular ultrasound

Carotid duplex and lower-extremity arterial and venous studies.

Holter and event monitoring

24-hour to 30-day ambulatory rhythm monitoring for palpitations, syncope, and arrhythmia burden.

12-lead EKG

Performed at the visit and read the same day; prior tracings compared when you send them.

Who reads your patient's studies

A board-certified cardiologist. Every time.

Every study is read by Cynthia Thaik, MD, FACC — board-certified, fellowship-trained cardiologist.

Patients are often seen first by our nurse practitioner, who works directly with the cardiologist. Every echo, stress, nuclear, vascular, and monitor study is interpreted by the cardiologist, and the plan of care is directed by the cardiologist.

Big-city cardiology experience, brought home to Kern County.

Referral fax(661) 327-7593
Phone(661) 327-0807
Facility NPI1124521018
HoursMonday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Address4000 Physicians Blvd, Bldg E, Ste 101
Bakersfield, CA 93301
LanguagesEnglish and Spanish
ReportsFaxed to the referring office. Urgent findings by phone the same day.