New Patients

First visit

Please plan to arrive for your first visit with Dr. Maddox at least 20 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment. You can use the time to review and complete a basic questionnaire regarding personal and insurance information as well as to review and sign arbitration agreement covering your services with Dr. Maddox. We will strive to keep your appointment on schedule if you can assist us with early arrival for your initial visit.

        

New Patient Referrals

Approximately half of our new patients come by referral from other physicians, but easily half are also referred by friends, family or by contact with our website. We do specialize in cardiovascular diseases so it is important for us to review medical records or have some understanding of your medical history before confirming a consultation. Many family members or friends of our current patients request consultation because of known risk factors rather than proven heart disease-in order to be reassured that no significant heart disease is present. Risk factors may include a strong family history of heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or triglyceride levels, diabetes, thyroid problems or significant history of tobacco use. If your risk factor is obesity, please check our website for our medically supervised weight loss program.

If you are currently under treatment for a cardiovascular condition it is very useful for us to review medical records from your primary physician or perhaps from a previous cardiologist if you are new to the area or are seeking a second opinion. Operative reports from procedures or reports of echocardiograms, stress tests or vascular testing can be particularly useful. Our office staff is happy to assist you in obtaining the information that you need.