How to prepare your records for a second opinion
Updated June 2026
Gather your labs, imaging reports, and visit notes from each provider, organize them into one timeline, and share a read-only packet focused on the question at hand. The specialist opens it without an account, and you control what is shared.
A second opinion is only as useful as the history the new specialist can see. Before the visit, gather your labs, imaging reports, and visit notes from each provider; in the US and EU you have a right of access to them. Cellar reads and organizes them into one timeline, and you share a read-only packet focused on the question at hand. The specialist opens it without an account, and you control what is shared. Cellar organizes and shares your records; it does not give a medical opinion.
Not for: Cellar does not give a second opinion or recommend a specialist; it organizes and shares the records the specialist needs to give one.
Gather the relevant history
Collect the records that bear on the question: recent labs, imaging reports, the relevant visit notes, and your current medications. Request anything you do not have from each provider's portal or records office.
Add them to Cellar by upload or by forwarding them to your private address; Cellar reads each one and organizes it into your timeline.
Focus the packet
You do not have to share everything. Build a read-only packet that centers on the condition you are seeking an opinion on, so the specialist sees a clear, relevant history rather than a pile of files.
Write down your questions ahead of the visit, so the appointment is spent on the decision rather than on assembling the history.
Common questions
What records should I bring to a second opinion?
The labs, imaging reports, and visit notes relevant to the question, plus your current medications. Cellar organizes them into one timeline you can share.
Can I share only the relevant records?
Yes. You choose what goes in the packet, so you can focus it on the condition at hand.
Does the specialist need an account?
No. They open your read-only packet from a private link, with no account needed.
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