Preoperative Evaluation

Patients having surgery at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital will be scheduled for a virtual or telephone appointment with staff from the Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Center for Preoperative Evaluation.

Your surgeon's office will provide you with:

• The date and time of your preoperative appointment. If you do not know if you have an appointment or need to reschedule it, please call your surgeon's office.
• The date of your surgery. The hospital will call you two business days before your surgery to provide your arrival time and check-in location.
• Other instructions you will need for your surgery.

During your preoperative evaluation, Weiner Center staff will review:

• Your health history and current medications
• Determine if you will need to come in for additional testing
• Information on scheduling your pre-operative COVID test

You will receive instructions on:

• When to take your medications leading up to and following your surgery
• What you can eat and drink leading up to surgery
• Bathing instructions before surgery