I’m Scheduled for Surgery

• NextMD
• Your Visit

1. Make Appointment
2. Fill Out Forms
3. Before You Arrive
4. Appointment

• Your Continued Care

Diagnostic Tests
Follow Up
Non-Surgical
Physician Referral
Surgery

• Your Surgery

1. Surgery Scheduled
2. Pre-Op
3. Anesthesia
4. Post-Op

Where will my surgery be performed?
PBOI physicians perform procedures at local outpatient surgery centers and provide inpatient care at local hospitals. The doctor’s staff will schedule the surgery for you and let you know where it will be performed.

Columbia Hospital (website | address & phone number)

Good Samaritan Medical Center (website | address & phone number)

Jupiter Medical Center (website | address & phone number)

Jupiter Outpatient Center (website | address & phone number)

Northpoint Laser & Surgery Center (website | address & phone number)

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center (website | address & phone number)

St. Mary’s Medical Center (website | address & phone number)

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Review and update your medication and allergy list
Make sure you review and update your medications and allergies list prior to your surgery. We recommend that you put all your medications and allergies on an index card that you can keep in your wallet or on your person. Bring this with you to your surgery.

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Obtain your surgical clearance right away
Some surgeries will require a written surgical clearance from other physicians. Once your surgery date is set, you will be instructed to make appointments with the appropriate physicians to obtain your medical clearance right away! If your medical clearance is not obtained in time, your surgery could be delayed.

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Prepare the following items and bring them with you to the hospital

Insurance card

Photo ID

X-Rays and MRI’s

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Get a good night’s sleep and just relax!
The night before surgery, get a good night’s sleep and just relax. You are in good hands!