Refer/Admit a Patient
When you need to refer/admit a patient, or seek a consultation with Cook Children's, our specialists are here for you. They will work closely to assure that each patient gets the very best care available based on their needs.
Emergency referrals
For emergency referrals
Main campus - Fort Worth, call 682-885-3901 or 1-800-543-4878.
Prosper campus, call 945-204-4400 or 1-800-543-4878.
Physician consults
Cook Direct Connect is a full-service physician call center available to better serve the treating clinicians consultations, direct admissions and non-emergent transfer requests. Please call 682-885-1940, or toll-free at 855-847-4266 if you are a physician needing to speak directly to another physician.
Call on us - referral guide and specialty contacts
For a listing of referral contacts by department you can view, download and/or print our quick reference contact guide.
Fort Worth specialties guide Prosper specialties guide
Referral forms and contact numbers
Audiology
Bariatric Surgery Program
Behavioral Health (Psychiatry/Psychology)
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-3917.
Learn more about Cook Children's Behavioral Health.
Cardiology
CARE Team
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-3953.
Learn more about Cook Children's CARE Team.
Complex Care Clinic
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-303-6650.
Learn more about Cook Children's Complex Care Clinic.
Craniofacial, Cleft, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-7770.
Learn more about Cook Children's Cleft, Craniofacial and Plastic Surgery.
Dentistry
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 817-347-4600.
Learn more about Cook Children's Dentistry.
Dermatology
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-6248.
Learn more about Cook Children's Dermatology.
Developmental Pediatrics
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-303-9300.
Learn more about Developmental Pediatrics.
Ear, Nose and Throat
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us:
- Dodson Clinics - Fort Worth
682-885-6850 - Specialty Clinic - Frisco
214-494-4150 - Specialty Clinic - Prosper
682-303-4200
- Specialty Clinic - Southlake
682-885-6850
Learn more about Cook Children's Ear, Nose and Throat.
Endocrinology
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
For your convenience, only one form is needed for endocrinology and diabetes services. This includes the following services:
- Endocrinology
- Diabetes
- Hyperinsulinism Center 682-885-7960
- Risk Evaluation to Achieve Cardiovascular Health (REACH)
- Endocrine bone health
- Cancer Survivor Endocrine program
- Growth clinic
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us:
- Dodson Clinics - Fort Worth
682-885-7960 - Specialty Clinic - Prosper
682-303-4200
Learn more about Cook Children's Endocrinology.
Fetal Center
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-2158.
Learn more about Cook Children's Fetal Center.
Gastroenterology and Nutrition Services
Referral form - Fort Worth/Prosper Referral form - Lubbock Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us:
- Dodson Clinics - Fort Worth
682-885-1990 - Specialty Clinic - Prosper
682-303-4200 - Specialty Clinic - Lubbock
806-725-5830
Learn more about Cook Children's Gastroenterology.
Genetics
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us:
- Genetics - Clinical
682-885-2170 phone
800-266-5514 toll free - Genetics - Metabolic
682-885-2170 phone
Learn more about Cook Children's Genetics.
Gynecology
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us:
- Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
682-303-0800 phone
682-303-0794 fax
Learn more about Cook Children's Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
Heart Center
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
Additional referral forms:
- Cardiac MRI form
- Cardiothoracic Surgery/Cardiac Catheterization/Electrophysiology referral form
- Fetal echocardiography referral form
- Pediatric outpatient echo referral form
- Fort Worth and Arlington Sports EKG referral form
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us:
- Dodson Clinics - Fort Worth
682-885-2273 - Specialty Clinic - Prosper
682-303-4200
Learn more about the nationally ranked Cook Children's Heart Center.
Hematology and Oncology
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us:
at 682-885-4007.
- Dodson Clinics - Fort Worth
682-885-4007 - Specialty Clinic - Prosper
682-303-4200
Learn more about Cook Children's Hematology and Oncology.
Infectious Disease
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us:
- Dodson Clinics - Fort Worth
682-885-1485 - Specialty Clinic - San Angelo
682-885-1485
Learn more about Cook Children's Infectious Disease.
Lab Services
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-4300.
Learn more about laboratory services at Cook Children's here.
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-4300.
Learn more about Cook Children's Maternal Fetal Medicine.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit referral/admittance
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 1-682-885-3901 or 1-800-543-4878.
Our Level IV all-single room neonatal ICU provides heart rate observation (HeRO) technology, ECMO and hypothermia therapies, as well as integrated cardiac monitoring, infant stroke, preemie care, and other critical neonatal medical conditions.
If you require a patient transport to Cook Children's NICU, please contact Teddy Bear Transport:
- Call 682-885-3901 or 1-800-543-4878
Nephrology
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us:
- Dodson Clinics - Fort Worth
682-885-4260. - Specialty Clinic - Prosper
682-303-4200
Learn more about Cook Children's Nephrology & Dialysis.
Neurosciences
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
Additional referral forms:
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us:
- Dodson Clinics - Fort Worth
682-885-2500 - Specialty Clinic - Prosper
682-303-4200
Learn more about the nationally ranked Jane and John Justin Neurosciences Center.
Neuropsychology
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-2500.
Learn more about our Neuropsychology Program.
Orthopedics
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-4405.
Learn more about Cook Children's Orthopedics.
Pain Management
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-7246.
Learn more about Cook Children's Pain Management.
Palliative Care
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-1116.
Learn more about Cook Children's Palliative Care.
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-4847.
Learn more about Cook Children's Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
Pediatric Surgery
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us:
- Dodson Clinics - Fort Worth
682-885-7080 - Specialty Clinic - Prosper
682-303-4200
Learn more about Cook Children's Pediatric Surgery.
Plastic Surgery
See Craniofacial, Cleft, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Pulmonology
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-6299.
Learn more about Cook Children's Pulmonology.
Radiology/Interventional Radiology
Referral form - Radiology Call for assistance Locations
Cook Children's Medical Center and Dodson Specialty clinics:
To schedule an outpatient procedure, or for assistance, please call us at 682-885-4076 - choose option 1.
Cook Children's Radiology Center - Hurst:
To schedule an outpatient procedure or for assistance call 682-885-4076, then fax referral to 817-605-2986.
Cook Children's Medical Center and Radiology Center - Prosper:
To schedule an outpatient procedure or for assistance call 945-204-1660
Learn more about Cook Children's Radiology.
Rehabilitation
Download consult/referral form Hand therapy referral formSwallow function referral formAudiology referral formCall for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-7590.
Learn more about Cook Children's Rehabilitation.
Rheumatology
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-1201.
Learn more about Cook Children's Rheumatology.
Sleep Center
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-303-1300.
Learn more about Cook Children's Sleep Center.
Sports Medicine
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
Additional referral forms:
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-4405.
Learn more about Cook Children's Sports Medicine.
Transport a patient
If your patient needs to be transferred to Cook Children's Medical Center from a different medical facility, please call 682-885-3901 or 1-800-543-4878.
Our medical team is always ready for consultation and transport arrangements by jet, plane, helicopter or ambulance, all equipped to meet the needs of patients from the tiniest preemies to young adults.
Call Teddy Bear Transport 1-800-543-4878
Trauma
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you require a patient transport to Cook Children's, please contact Teddy Bear Transport:
- Call 682-885-3901 or 1-800-543-4878
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at 682-885-4093.
Learn more about Cook Children's Trauma.
Urology
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us:
Dodson Clinics - Fort Worth
682-303-0376
Specialty Clinic - Prosper
682-303-4200
Learn more about Cook Children's Urology.
Wound Care
Download consult/referral form Call for assistance Locations
Outpatients from Cook Children’s physicians
Place burn/wound care referral through EPIC. Select "Wound Care Referral."
Outpatients from other facilities
Fax order, patient demographics and insurance information to 682-885-6600. Be sure to write "EVAL AND TREAT" along with the patient's diagnosis and site of burn/wound.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us:
- Dodson Clinics - Fort Worth
682-885-6600 - Specialty Clinic - Prosper
682-303-4200
Learn more about Cook Children's Wound Care.
Important phone numbers for referring physicians
- Dodson Surgery Center - 682-885-1514
- Surgery Center (Hurst) - 817-605-2950
- Pediatric Surgery Center (Prosper) - 972-300-0215
- Home Health - 1-800-747-8242
- Rehabilitation Services - 972-300-0215
Insurance information
Cook Children's has contracts with the following health care insurance companies, and we are committed to growing this list. We want to be sure that every family and child in our community has the coverage they need to get and stay healthy.
Did you know that Cook Children's also offers a health plan that may help your patients access the care they need? Learn more about Cook Children's Health Plan here.