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The address of the facility is: 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (USA). Patients are given the following instructions:

1. Valet Park at 05:30 (free the day of the procedure), this is a right going up Lothrop Street.

2. Stop at Valet booth in driveway. Enter hospital through revolving door.

3. Do not eat or drink after midnight the night before.

4. Take your usual AM medications with sips of water.

5. If your medications upset your stomach, you may eat a cracker.

6. If you need pain medication through the night or in the morning, please take them with sips of water and let your nurse know when you arrive.

7. The morning of your procedure, report to Presbyterian Hospital at 05:30. Go directly to the Gamma Knife reception, room F-158. Up the escalator, turn left, Gamma Knife reception is at the end of the hall on your left.

8. When you arrive at the Gamma Knife waiting room use the phone by the fish tank and call (647 9991) to let the nurse know you have arrived.

9. You may bring personal music CDs to listen to during your procedure.

10. You may wear comfortable clothes or your own pajamas. Do not wear turtlenecks, sweaters, hooded sweatshirts, or collared shirts.

11. Do not wear any make up on the day of your procedure.

12. If you need to speak to a Gamma Knife nurse, please call 412 647 9991.