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New Pilot Project:  Minor Ailment Prescribing with Pharmacist Mena Ibrahim from MDM Pharmacy at Dixie Road Medical

Beginning Tuesday February 20 2024, Mena Ibrahim will be offering pharmacy-led Minor Ailment Prescribing for our DRMA patients.

Patients will be able to log onto MDM to book a same-day or next-day phone call or video call with Mena, or may be directed to do so when calling our office to speak to a medical office assistant (MOA) or a nurse for one of the minor health conditions the Ministry of Health (MOH) deems appropriate for pharmacy-led Minor Ailment Prescribing:

Acne

Allergic rhinitis

Aphthous Ulcers (canker sores)

Candidal stomatitis (oral thrush)

Conjunctivitis (bacterial, allergic and viral)

Dermatitis/Rash (atopic, eczema, allergic and contact)

Diaper dermatitis

Dysmenorrhea (menstrual cramp pain)

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)

Hemorrhoids

Herpes labialis (oral cold sores)

Impetigo

Insect bites and urticaria (hives)

Tick bites, post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent Lyme Disease

Musculoskeletal sprains and strains (ankle, shoulder, etc.)

Pinworms and threadworms

Urinary tract infections (uncomplicated)

Vulvovaginal candidiasis (yeast infection)

Here is the link for Main Drug Mart at mdmpharmacy.com and where patients can select the button for “Virtual Clinic Minor Ailments”:

MDM Pharmacy at Dixie Road

We hope that the benefits of this pilot project for our patients will be:

  1. The ability for us to provide more same-day service to DRMA patients between appointments with our physician team and with Mena and the MDM Pharmacy Team
  2. Saving more of our urgent same-day and same-week in-office appointments for patients who require physician assessment for more complicated issues.
  3. Fast access to an appointment with one of the physicians on our team when Mena and the MDM Team are not able to fully manage a concern and notifies us that a doctor’s appointment is needed.

Please Don’t Use Walk-In Clinics! 

Call DRMA for a same-day or same-week appointment for urgent matters, and remember that our Friday Night and Saturday After-Hours Clinics Run Every Week with the Only Exception Being Statutory Holidays

Our Friday Night 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm and Saturday 10:00 am- 3:00 pm clinic hours can be accessed by calling in during those hours to secure an In-Person or Virtual Care appointment slot, and walk-in patients will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis as well based on appointment availability.  If you have viral illness symptoms that could be COVID-19 and are planning to come into the office for in-person care during the week or during the weekend drop-in hours, please ensure you have done a COVID-19 rapid antigen test (RAT) before your arrival, or please let the medical office assistant at the front desk know that you have not been able to test yet, and we can provide you with a test.

We unfortunately still continue to have ill symptomatic patients and COVID-19 positive patients attempt to enter the clinic.  We need to protect our staff and the patients we are caring for at the clinic.  If you have tested positive for COVID-19 and need medical support and advice, please call the clinic to be assigned a Virtual Care phone call appointment.

WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE YOUR CARE, AND THINGS ARE STILL A BIT DIFFERENT DUE TO COVID-19

Our regular hours are Mon-Fri 8:00 am -8:00 pm and Saturday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm.  We are here to meet your health care needs.

We offer both In-Person Care for assessment and care that requires a face-to-face visit to the office and Virtual Care (Telephone or Video Conference Appointments) for health needs that can be safely met that way.  If you have tested positive for COVID-19, you can be assigned a phone call appointment to review your symptoms and discuss whether the anti-viral medication paxlovid is advisable for you.  Please call front desk at 905-279-1700 and we will guide you about the appropriate appointment type for your concerns.  Combined care delivery with In-Person and Virtual Care visits is the new normal in Primary Care in Ontario, and throughout Canada.  As of December 2022, the MOH rule is that your physician can offer you virtual care phone or video appointments if they are appropriate, as long as you have seen your physician in-person in the last 24 months.

Masks are now optional at the clinic, although we do ask that you mask if you are in with infection symptoms (cough, sore throat, fever, runny nose, etc.).  If you are coming in with illness symptoms that could be COVID-19, we ask that you do a rapid test for COVID-19 at home before you come into the clinic.  If you do not have access to a rapid test at home, we can provide one for you upon your arrival at the clinic.

Flu Shots Are Still Available!

Influenza season is October to the end of March, so it’s never too late if you would like to receive a flu shot.  Please call front desk to book your appointment on our nurses’ immunization schedule during daytime clinic hours Monday through Friday.  We receive very small quantities of the high dose trivalent flu vaccine for adults age 65 and older, so it is always better to get the regular quadrivalent flu vaccine than no vaccine at all.

Vaccination Appointments

Urgent and essential immunizations and injections are provided by our nursing team (Baby immunizations, Adacel in Pregnancy, Prevnar 20, Shingrix and Prolia shots).  Please call front desk or our float nurse to arrange your booked appointment.

Optional and routine immunizations & vitamin shots (Tetanus boosters, Vitamin B12) are given at the time of regular appointments with your doctor, or can be booked on the nurses’ vaccination schedule if you don’t require a doctor’s appointment.

Please Do Not Email the Clinic for Urgent Medical Requests

While every effort is being made to respond to patient’s email requests, the volume of emails we receive often means that it takes us 1-4 business days to respond to an email.  As such, please DO NOT email the clinic about urgent requests like acute illness symptoms.  Please reserve emails for routine, non-urgent requests, and try not to email us medical information that is actually the content of an In-Person or Virtual Care visit.  If you require same-day or next-day attention for your symptoms or concerns, please call the office to speak to a medical office assistant or a nurse, and to be assigned an appointment as needed.  Thank you.

Do I Need COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses?  Yes!

At this point in the pandemic, with almost 4 years of medical research information available, booster vaccine doses remain the very best tool in the fight against COVID-19.

Keeping your immunity as strong as possible through ongoing booster vaccine doses is the best way to:

  1.  avoid getting the virus in the first place
  2.  avoid the possibility of becoming a long-COVID sufferer if you do get the virus
  3.  avoid spreading the virus to your loved ones, particularly those who are elderly or medically more vulnerable
  4.  keep yourself 90% protected against hospitalization and death 

If you’ve had COVID-19, then your next booster dose is advisable 6 months after you tested positive for COVID-19.  This is because your immunity from having had a real COVID-19 infection begins to wane as the months go by.

 

COVID-19 Symptoms?  COVID-19 Case Contact?

Summary of the Current Public Health Guidance:

If you have tested positive for COVID-19 on rapid antigen testing (RAT) or PRC testing at a hospital and you are fully vaccinated (2 or 3 doses or more) you should self-isolate for at least 5 days from the date you developed symptoms.  It is advisable to extend your 5 day isolation by a few more days until you no longer have active symptoms if necessary.

If you have tested positive for COVID-19 on RAT or PCR testing at a hospital and you’re not fully vaccinated or you are immunocompromised, you should self-isolate for at least 10 days from the date you developed symptoms, or from the date of the positive COVID-19 test result if you have no symptoms.

If you have a negative result of a RAT test but you have symptoms that could be COVID-19, you should repeat a second RAT test 24 to 48 hour later if available.  If your second test taken within 48 hours of your first negative result is also negative, this most likely means you do not have COVID-19 and you do not need to self-isolate.  It is however still smart to isolate until your symptoms are better, so that you don’t spread your non-COVID virus to others who will then have to be worried they have COVID!

If you have symptoms that could be COVID-19 and do not have access to a RAT test, assume that you have COVID-19 and self-isolate for 5 days if you are fully vaccinated (2 or 3 doses) or 10 days if you are not vaccinated or are immunocompromised.  If you are coming to the clinic with symptoms that could be COVID-19 and you have not been able to RAT test at home, we can provide you with a COVID RAT test when you arrive.  If you test positive at the office, we will continue your appointment virtually.  If you need to be examined for symptoms of COVID-19 we can refer you the Mississauga COVID, Cough and Flu Clinic where they can manage community COVID-19 cases with less risk of transmission to others.

 

Masks Are Still Required at Our Office If You Have Illness Symptoms

As of August 2023, masking for asymptomatic patients is optional at our office.  If you care coming into the clinic with any acute illness symptoms (fever, sore throat, cough, runny nose, body aches, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea) that can easily be spread to others, we ask that you mask as a courtesy to other patients attending the clinic and our staff.  Thank you for your cooperation.

Verbal Abuse is Not Acceptable

Since the pandemic we have unfortunately experienced a higher-than-ever-before number of situations in which patients are being verbally abusive to our office staff.  This will not be tolerated.  Our primary purpose is to care for our patients and to meet their health care needs.  Call volumes and patient needs are higher than they have ever been before or many different reasons:  patients in Ontario are more vulnerable than ever since the pandemic, patients are catching up on their care needs after pandemic delays, specialist wait times are longer than ever, surgeries have been postponed, and primary care providers are being asked to shoulder more patient care needs at the same time that we also provide vaccinations, mental health care, elder care, etc.   We are doing our best!  We apologize if you have to wait on hold on the phone for longer than usual, but if that results in you getting same-day help for your needs, that’s a good outcome.  Please bring your kindest and most patient communication skills to your interactions with our staff.  We will do the same, and we are confident that everyone’s needs can be properly met.  Thank you very much.

In-Person Care and Virtual Care

The combination of In-Person and Virtual Care continues to the be the new normal in primary care Family Medicine.  If you have seen your doctor for in-person care at least once every 24 months, you and your doctor can decide together whether a visit should be In-Person Care or Virtual Care.  We are figuring out this new combination of In-Person Care and Virtual Care together, and our doctors continue to follow all of the guidance provided by the CFPC (College of Family Physician of Canada), the OMA (Ontario Medical Association), the CPSO (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) and the MOH (Ministry of Health).

Please Help Us Manage Your Prescriptions

Please book your routine follow-up appointments as your physician has recommended and let us know with a few weeks’ notice if you do not have enough medication to last until your next follow-up with your doctor.  Ask your pharmacy to contact us well in advance of your medication running out where appropriate.  We receive hundreds of prescription renewal requests per week, and it may take up to 3-4 business days for your renewal request to be processed.  Thank you.

 

Physician Team Changes

It has been a bittersweet time for us at Dixie Road Medical with some major physician staffing changes on our team, but we are really happy to have a strong team of 9 full-time doctors:

Dr. Richard Thorner retired at the end of August 2022 after more than 38 at Dixie Road Medical.  We will miss Dr. Thorner so much, we wish him all the very best for happy and healthy retirement years ahead, and we are very pleased to welcome Dr. Indraneel Karnik.  Dr. Karnik arrived on September 6, 2022 to take over the care of Dr. Thorner’s patients.

Dr. Akram Baeshu departed for Alberta at the end of February 2022 and his practice has been taken over by Dr. Imran Ansari, who joined us May 2 2022.  This was the roster of patients previously under the care of Dr. Dave Thorneloe, who retired in January 2020.

Dr. Stephanie Finn retired from general Family Medicine at the end of March 2022, Dr. Fahmy provided locum coverage from April to October 2022, and we welcomed Dr. Yashna Vaidya as the full time incoming physician on October 3 2022.

Dr. Umesha Abeysinghe was off on maternity leave from spring 2022 and returned to work April 3 2023.  Dr. Omar Elmasry provided maternity leave coverage for Dr. Abeysinghe’s patients and we are grateful for the contributions he made to our team over the past year.  Thank you Dr. Elmasry!

Change is always hard, but we’re excited to welcome these outstanding new physicians to our medical team.  Please refer to the detailed practice announcements at the bottom of this home page, in which we provide a lot more detail about these practice transitions.  Please rest assured that your medical care is our top priority, and all patients at our practice will continue to have uninterrupted access to care.

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Important Practice Announcement

Dear Patients of Dr. Richard Thorner and Patients of Dixie Road Medical Associates,

This letter is to inform you that Dr. Thorner will be retiring at the end of August 2022 after more than 38 years of practice at Dixie Road Medical Associates. We are so happy for Dr. Thorner that he will get to enjoy his retirement with his family, and we thank him for the enormous contributions he has made to our team. Dr. Thorner will be sorely missed at our office as his humour, wit, kindness and medical savvy have been so appreciated and valued by his colleagues and his patients over his career.

We want to assure Dr. Thorner’s patients that their care here at DRMA will continue to be provided. Dr. Indraneel Karnik will be joining Dixie Road Medical Associates on September 6, 2022 to take over Dr. Thorner’s practice and roster of patients. Please refer to the biography of Dr. Karnik that we have included on the next page. Dr. Karnik is a kind, capable and experienced family physician with super communication skills, and we are very excited to welcome him to our DRMA family. On a nice personal note, Dr. Karnik went to school with Dr. Thorner’s son Grant, so the Thorner family has known him for years. We can’t think of a nicer way for Dr. Thorner to be passing the care of his patients on to a trusted incoming physician.

Copies of this practice announcement will be emailed to all of Dr. Thorner’s patients who have provided an email address for their office chart, will be mailed to all patients who do not have an email address on file with us, will be posted on our website at drma.ca, and will be available in hard copy form at the office front desk. We ask that all patients of Dr. Thorner’s who wish to have their care transferred to Dr. Karnik complete the FHO Enrollment form that is included with this email or mailing as soon as possible. The Ministry of Health requires this to confirm your spot at the practice with Dr. Karnik. The completed form may be returned by email, mail or in person.

Thank you and best regards,

Dixie Road Medical Associates

Important Practice Announcement

Dear Patients of Dr. Stephanie Finn and Patients of Dixie Road Medical Associates,

This letter is to inform you that Dr. Stephanie Finn will be leaving Dixie Road Medical and the practice of general Family Medicine at the end of March 2022.  Dr. Finn has been a valued member of our Dixie Road Medical physician team since 2010 and we know that our staff and her patients will miss her greatly.  We thank Dr. Finn for all her hard work and her friendship over the last 12 years, and we wish her all the best as she pursues other medical career interests including Women’s Health Menopause Care in the future.

We want to assure Dr. Finn’s patients that their care here at DRMA will continue to be provided.  Dr. Yashna Vaidya has been carefully selected and hired to take over Dr. Finn’s practice and roster of patients.  Since Dr. Vaidya is currently expecting her first child in April 2022, Dr. Sherry Fahmy has been hired as an experienced locum physician who will provide Dr. Vaidya’s maternity leave coverage from April 4 to October 3, 2022.  Dr. Vaidya will begin work full time after her maternity leave on October 4, 2022.  Dr. Vaidya will be a wonderful addition to our DRMA team and she is looking forward to joining us to practice full time Family Medicine with her own dedicated roster of patients.

Please refer to the biography of Dr. Vaidya that we have included.  Dr. Vaidya is a very enthusiastic, capable and friendly physician with excellent communication skills, and we are very excited to welcome her to our DRMA family.

Copies of this practice announcement will be emailed to all of Dr. Finn’s patients who have provided an email address for their office chart, will be mailed to all patients who do not have an email address on file with us, will be posted on our website at drma.ca, and will be available in hard copy form at the office front desk.  We ask that all patients of Dr. Finn’s who wish to enroll with Dr. Vaidya complete the FHO Enrollment form that was emailed or mailed out to them as the Ministry of Health requires this within 6 months of a physician’s departure to confirm your spot in the practice.  The completed form may be returned by email, mail or in person.

Thank you and best regards,

Dixie Road Medical Associates

Important Practice Announcement

Dear Patients of Dr. Akram Baeshu and Patients of Dixie Road Medical Associates,

This letter is to inform you that due to personal and family circumstances, Dr. Akram Baeshu will be leaving Dixie Road Medical to move to Alberta at the end of February 2022.  When Dr. Baeshu joined DRMA in January 2020 to take over the practice of Dr. Thorneloe, he expected to be with us long-term, but sometimes life unfolds with other plans for us.  Dr. Baeshu has made a huge contribution as a valued physician and colleague on our team, and we wish him and his family all the very best for their future in Alberta.

We want to assure Dr. Baeshu’s patients that their care here at DRMA will continue to be provided.  Dr. Imran Ansari has been carefully selected and hired to take over Dr. Baeshu’s practice and roster of patients.  Dr. Ansari joined us on May 2nd, 2022 and he is a wonderful addition to our DRMA team.

Please note that because all of our physicians have full and busy practices, we are not able to accommodate requests for Dr. Baeshu’s patients to transfer to another physician that they know within our group.

Please also refer to the letter of introduction below from Dr. Ansari to his patients that we have included.  Dr. Ansari is a very qualified, capable, and kind physician and we are delighted to welcome him to DRMA.  We know that Dr. Ansari will work hard with the rest of our team to make this a smooth transition for all.

Dr.Imran Ansari

A Few of our Doctors
are Accepting New Patients

Dr. Imran Ansari and Dr. Indraneel Karnik are currently accepting new patients. If you are a patient at DRMA and have immediate family members who need a new family doctor, please speak to your own doctor or our Business Manager Bernadette Kieley or our Assistant Business Manager Kayla Bennett as we may be able to help.  If you are interested in becoming a patient at Dixie Road Medical, you can put yourself on our waiting list by clicking on the button below or calling front desk for registration instructions.

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A Great Place
for Medical Care

Dr.Reg Perkin established a family medicine practice in Mississauga, Ontario in 1956 and it grew to become Dixie Road Medical Associates, now a group practice of nine family physicians. As a Family Health Organization serving Mississauga and neighboring communities, the family doctors of this practice pride themselves in looking after the health and wellbeing of their patients and their families for generations.

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Alpha Laboratories

We have an on-site laboratory for all investigations. The lab operates MON - FRI 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM. For further information, please call the lab at 416-449-2166 ext. 1386

New Patients

We currently not accepting new patients However, we have a waiting list to register with one of our family doctors once they have availability. Our doctors speak English, French & Arabic.

Preventative Care

Here at Dixie Road Medical Associates, we offer immunizations for all of our patients.

Same-day & Routine Visits

Dixie Road Medical Associates offers in-hours and after-hours services for routine and urgent issues to our registered patients. For more information click here.

MDM Pharmacy

MDM Pharmacy is an independently owned community pharmacy proudly serving the Mississauga and surrounding community since 1989.

Frequently Asked Questions

Want to know how to register? Would you like to know what types of appointments we offer? Want to know how we operate? Click here to check out our FAQs page.

We Are Your
Partners For Life

At Dixie Road Medical Associates, our doctors value the partnership they build with their patients. Having a good doctor-patient partnership will lead to better medical care and most importantly, better health outcomes. Dr.Reg Perkin set the standards for our clinic 67 years ago and our doctors continue on with the same goals and dedication.

Best Quality

DRMA is highly valued within our community for looking after multi-generation families over many years. We care for families and participate in their life journeys in sickness and in health. We always strive to offer the best care possible to our patients.

Before You Go To A Walk In Clinic

Before You Go To A Walk In Clinic

Before you go to a walk-in-clinic please STOP and think! It is always a safer plan to get in to see your own doctor, or to see one of your doctor’s colleagues at our office. Here at Dixie Road Medical Assocaites we offer routine appointments as well as same-day URGENT Appointments (FHO appointments).  We know that we can fall ill unexpectedly and it’s best to see your own physician. Dixie Road Medical Associates offers in-hours and after hours services for urgent issues to our registered patients.  After-Hours Care : Monday to Friday 5:00m- 8:00pm – please call our office as early in the day as possible to reserve a same-day appointment. All of our physicians have same day appointments incorporated into their daily schedule to provide for urgent same-day visits. You can be offered a same day appointment anytime between our regular office hours of 8:30 am-8:00 pm. Saturdays 10am-3pm – Doors will open at 10am, and patients will be seen on a first-come, first-serve basis.  Please note that the doctor on call may have to limit the daily total of patients to 40-45 registrants for safety of patient care if the clinic is particularly busy on a Saturday.

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