Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Refer a Patient

If you are unsure about whether to refer your patient, please call our Clinical Intake Nurses at 206-987-2080, option 4.

Appointment availability

Updated November 2023.

We are accepting new referrals. A referral is not required, but the information you provide will help us serve your patient better.  

The typical wait time for a first appointment is 2 weeks to 2 months depending on the urgency; we see urgent patients more quickly.

Our subspecialty clinic is staffed by pediatric and adolescent gynecology surgeons. If your patient has a nonsurgical need, we may redirect your referral to Reproductive and Sexual Health (another subspecialty clinic in Adolescent Medicine), which is staffed by adolescent medicine physicians and advanced practice providers (APPS). This will allow your patient to receive care more quickly.

You may be offered a telehealth (virtual) appointment.

Referral requirements

When submitting a referral, please ensure that it is complete. This helps us schedule your patient’s appointment in a timely manner and ensure their first visit is smooth and productive.     

Please include:

  • Service/specialty clinic requested
  • Reason for referral: what is the clinical question for the specialist?
  • If the referral is urgent (see within 4 weeks) or routine (next available)
  • ICD-10 diagnosis – required
  • Visit type:
    • New patient consult, transfer of care, second opinion or return visit/ongoing care
  • ALL relevant clinical documents
    • Most recent heart rate and blood pressure
    • Clinic notes
    • Medication history
    • Growth charts/curves 
    • Lab reports
    • Diagnostic reports (e.g., ultrasound, MRI, CT) and imaging
    • Previous specialty evaluations
  • Patient’s full name, DOB, sex, address, guardian contact information and insurance
  • Referring provider’s name, phone, fax and the referral coordinator’s email address so that we may contact you if additional information is needed
  • Preferred clinic location
  • If an interpreter is needed
  • Any known barriers to performing a successful telehealth (video) visit with the family

Submit a referral

Please call our Clinical Intake Nurses if you need assistance: 206-987-2080. 

Provider-to-provider communication

  • For urgent clinical questions, defined as a clinical question that requires immediate attention due to its potential impact on patient health or safety but is not life-threatening, call our Provider-to-Provider line at 206-987-7777 or 877-985-4637 (toll-free) to speak to our on-call gynecologist.
  • If you are directing or transporting a patient to the Emergency Department or Urgent Care, please call Mission Control at 206-987-8899 or 866-987-8899 (toll-free).
  • For non-urgent clinical questions, please consider submitting an eConsult. (Providers outside the state of Washington do not have access to eConsults and may call the Provider-to-Provider line and indicate they have a non-urgent clinical question for our on-call gynecologist.)
  • For co-management questions related to an existing problem for a shared patient, please send an InBasket message via EpicCare Link.
  • If you would like to have one of our Pediatric Gynecology team members provide in-person or virtual education with your clinic, please contact our Physician Relations team to coordinate.

Learn more about managing your patients at Seattle Children’s, including viewing your patient’s records.

We see patients in Seattle at our Springbrook Professional Center next to the hospital and at our Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center. See our locations.

What Your Patients Can Expect

  • A family’s first appointment may include meetings with more than one provider when appropriate.
  • First appointments typically last at least 1 hour.
  • At the first appointment, we meet with the caregiver and patient together and meet separately with the patient alone if they are over the age of 12.
  • Depending on the concern, a physical exam, including a pelvic exam, may be indicated. 
  • We have trainees in the clinic, including students, residents and fellows.

Resources for Providers

To suggest additional resources from Seattle Children’s that would be useful to primary care providers, please email us.