This respiratory illness season, wearing a mask is required in patient and resident areas at Sunnybrook. Read our visitor guidelines »

Hospital  >  Departments  >  Medicine  >  Divisions  >  Obstetrical Medicine
PAGE
MENU

Obstetrical Medicine

Parents and baby

We are a team of medical specialists and sub-specialists who provide expert care to women with chronic medical diseases and complications of pregnancy through the DAN Women & Babies Program. Integrating obstetric care into all medical services ensures our patients receive the best specialized care at any time during their pregnancy.

Making an appointment

All appointments in our clinics are available by appointment only. New patients can be referred by any licensed physician or registered midwife in Canada and are triaged according to urgency.

Referring a patient

To refer a patient, please fax our offices with your request. Please clearly delineate the gestational age or if the consult is for pre-pregnancy counselling or postpartum follow-up to assess with our triaging process. Please include all labs and documentation in your fax.

Contact Information

To contact any of the members of this division, please call 416-480-6100, and dial the following extentions: 

Clinics Extention Fax
General Internal Medicine Clinic – for non-urgent post-pregnancy medical issues (wait time 4-12 weeks) x6737 x6739
Obstetrical Medicine Clinic (M4) x5367 x5616

Drug Safety in Pregnancy and Lactation

The purpose of this clinic is to provide drug safety counseling to pregnant people and their families. We accept referrals for counseling during pregnancy planning and for those individuals who are currently pregnant. We also see patients with questions about drug safety during lactation.

Referral information:

  • Include current drug list and specific doses
  • Indicate the specific drugs the patient would like to discuss
  • Whether the referral pertains to planning pregnancy, currently pregnant, or drug safety in lactation (or combination)
Dr. Jonathan Zipursky x65367 x5616
Nephrology
Dr. Michelle Hladunewich x64773 x5755
Dr. Lisa Dubrofsky x64773 x5755
Hematology
Dr. Anne McLeod x65376 x6753
Cardiology

Dr. Jennifer Amadio

PDF icon. Schulich Cardio-Obstetrics Clinic referral form

x64822 x4722
Dermatology
Dr. Perla Lansang x64908 x6897
Infectious Diseases
x67249 x4786
Respirology
Dr. Anu Tandon x64758 x5153
Rheumatology
Dr. Sharron Sandhu x64580 x4233
Neurology
Dr. Brian Murray (Sleep) x62461 x6092
Dr. Richard Swartz (Stroke) x64866 x5753

Dr. William Spencer Kingston (headache)

PDF icon. SHSC Headache Clinic referral form

x61961 416.480.4990
Gastroenterology
Dr. Lawrence Cohen x4725 x5977

Endocrinology

For non-diabetes endocrine in pregnancy care all endos will take referrals for thyroid, pituitary, calcium problems during pregnancy.

Diabetes care in pregnancy is provided by an interprofessional team. Learn more about our diabetes in pregnancy clinic.

Endocrinology/MFM Clinic x64805 x5774
Dr. Ilana Halperin 416.480.6056 416.480.5122
Dr. Baiju Shah x65914 x4250
Dr. Angela Assal x64760 x6875
Dr. Alyse Goldberg 647.560.1818 647.490.7111

 

Location and contact

Obstetrical Medicine division

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
2075 Bayview Avenue, 
Toronto, ON M4N 3M5

Phone: 416-480-5376
Fax: 416-480-6753

Division Head:
Dr. Anne McLeod