905-856-2626 or 416-516-COLO Mon–Fri 8:00 am–4:30 pm
Vaughan Endoscopy Clinic Woodbridge, Ontario

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For referring physicians

Fax the referral form and medical history form to 905-856-2602. We contact your patient directly to book, send their preparation instructions, and report back to you within 24 hours of the procedure.

Fill the referral on screen, then print to fax Legible, quicker than by hand, and nothing is transmitted: the details stay in your browser until you print.

The three steps

  1. Check the patient meets our health criteria

    We are an out-of-hospital premise. Patients who fall outside the criteria below are safer having their procedure in a hospital setting, and should be referred to one of our gastroenterologists’ offices for consultation instead.

  2. Fax the completed forms to 905-856-2602

    Both the referral form and the medical history form. We cannot book without the history.

  3. We take it from there

    Once both forms arrive, we contact the patient directly to arrange a convenient appointment, and provide them with bowel preparation instructions and informed consent documentation.

Please do not refer to VEC if the patient

These exclusions exist because we are an out-of-hospital facility without the escalation capacity of a hospital endoscopy unit.

Cardiac and respiratory

  • Has significant cardiovascular or respiratory disease
  • Had a myocardial infarction within the past year, or has cardiac stents
  • Requires prophylactic antibiotics for previous endocarditis, a mechanical heart valve, or complex congenital cardiac abnormality
  • Uses CPAP for sleep apnoea and has a BMI over 35

Other exclusions

  • Has significant or severe gastrointestinal complaints
  • Has significant renal, neurological or liver disease
  • Is an insulin-dependent or brittle diabetic
  • Is on Coumadin, Plavix, subcutaneous heparin, Ticlid, Pradaxa or other anticoagulants
  • Is on continuous narcotic therapy
  • Is morbidly obese, BMI over 40
  • Is under 18 or over 80 years of age

Higher-risk patients still have a route

A patient who does not meet the criteria is not a patient we cannot help. Refer them to one of our gastroenterologists’ offices for consultation, and the appropriate setting for their procedure can be arranged from there.

What you get back

  • A report faxed to your office within 24 hours of the procedure.
  • Follow-up arranged by the endoscopist, who will look after your patient for any endoscopic findings.
  • Histology results once the laboratory has reported, where biopsies or polypectomy were performed.

Combined procedures

If your patient is booked for a colonoscopy and has symptoms warranting an upper endoscopy, a gastroscopy can be pre-arranged for the same visit. Note it on the referral form.

Getting in touch

Phone 905-856-2626, fax 905-856-2602, or email endoscopy@rogers.com. Clinic hours are Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.