Major operations are routinely performed on patients deemed too sick for surgery at other institutions.
These patients are prone to medical complications and require attentive perioperative medical care. The Consultation Service assists in this mission by evaluating and treating medical problems in patients hospitalized on non-Medicine services.
The Consultation Service is available 24 hours every day at Shaiv Hospitals.
All consultations are performed by a hospitalist attending physician, generally with the assistance of our internal medicine resident.
The service also provides a didactic curriculum on preoperative evaluation and perioperative medicine appropriate for both residents and practicing physicians.