For referrers

Refer a patient.

General practitioners and other referring practitioners can send a referral to Dr David Edis directly through this page. Upload a referral letter or enter your patient’s details, and our rooms will take it from there.

GP & specialist referrals

Send us your referral.

Upload your referral letter, or simply enter your patient’s details, and our rooms will contact your patient directly to arrange an appointment. Not every referral leads to surgery — every patient receives a clear diagnosis and management plan.

Address referrals to Dr David Edis, Victorian Orthopaedic Spine Service
Include relevant history, examination findings and treatment to date
Attach imaging reports where available. Not urgent? Refer first and we can arrange imaging
Workcover and TAC referrals are welcome — please include the claim number
Download the Spine Referral Guide for GPs (PDF)

Urgent referral?

Please phone the rooms on (03) 8683 9039 so we can prioritise your patient. Red flags — cauda equina symptoms, rapid neurological decline, or suspected infection, malignancy or unstable fracture — need urgent emergency department assessment.

Refer a patient online

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Referring practitioner

Your name(Required)

First Last

Practice / clinic(Required)

Provider number

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Email(Required)

Phone(Required)

Patient details

Patient name(Required)

First Last

Patient date of birth(Required)

Helps us identify your patient and locate their imaging.

Preferred consulting location

Urgency(Required)

Routine

Semi-urgent

Urgent — I will also phone the rooms

How are you sending the clinical details?(Required)

Attaching a referral letter

Typing a clinical summary

Both

We need either the referral letter or a written clinical summary.

Referral letter and reports(Required)

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Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, jpg, jpeg, png, Max. file size: 15 MB, Max. files: 5.

Attach the referral letter and any imaging reports. PDF, Word or image files, up to 5 files.

Clinical summary(Required)

Brief clinical summary — symptoms, duration, treatment to date and any imaging already performed.

Patient contact number

The patient’s phone number is included in the attached referral letter

Patient phone(Required)

Reception will phone the patient to arrange the appointment.

Spine referral guide

When to refer, and which imaging.

When to refer

Refer if your patient has

Radicular pain persisting more than 6 weeks
Walking limitation from suspected stenosis
Progressive weakness
Loss of balance or hand dexterity
Progressive deformity
Persistent disabling pain despite treatment

Which imaging?

Match the scan to the question

MRI — nerve compression, disc, soft tissue or myelopathy
CT — fracture, facet arthritis and bony anatomy
EOS / standing X-ray — deformity and global spinal alignment
Combination — useful when symptoms or pathology are complex

Not urgent? Refer first — we can arrange imaging.

Red flags

Urgent ED assessment

Cauda equina symptoms
Rapid neurological decline
Suspected infection, malignancy or unstable fracture

What happens next

From referral to report.

Send your referral

Upload the referral letter on this page, or email or fax it to our rooms. Imaging reports are helpful but not essential.

We contact your patient

Our reception team will phone your patient to arrange a consultation at the most convenient of our six locations and explain what to bring.

We report back to you

Dr Edis will write to you after the consultation with a clear diagnosis and management plan, and keep you informed throughout your patient’s care.

Other ways to refer

Phone, fax or email.

Phone

(03) 8683 9039

Call our reception team about an urgent referral or to discuss a patient.

Fax

(03) 8679 0389

Referrals and correspondence can be faxed to our rooms.

reception@vicorthospine.com.au

Email referral letters and reports directly to our rooms.