How to make your first appointment
Depending on the specialty or clinic, there are different ways to make a first appointment at the MUHC.
Your doctor must send your request directly to the Centre de repartition des demandes de service (CRDS) for the following services:
- Cardiology
- ENT
- Gastroenterology
- General surgery
- Hematology-oncology
- Internal medicine
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics
- Physiatry
- Rheumatology
- Urology
- Vascular surgery
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- Microbiology
- Geriatrics
- Allergy-Immunology
- Respiratory
- Psychiatry
- Medical oncology
- Plastic surgery
- Gynecology
If you have been referred by a specialist for one of the following specialties, please send your referral to our appointment centre by email: [email protected]
- Allergy & Immunology
- Breast Centre
- Cardiology
- Colorectal Surgery
- CVIS
- Cardiac Surgery
- Dermatology
- ENT
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- General Surgery
- Head and Neck
- Hematology
- IDTC
- Infectious Diseases
- Internal Medicine(RVH ONLY)
- Nephrology (RVH ONLY)
- Nutrition
- Orthopaedics
- Plastic Surgery
- Respiratory
- Rheumatology
- Tropical Medicine
- Urology
- Vascular Surgery
- Vestibular Clinic
- Voice Lab
Since April 6, 2021 surgical ambulatory clinics no longer use the appointment centre (ARC) to book patient appointments. This impacts the following surgical clinics:
| Site | Clinic | Phone | Extension |
| Glen | Otolaryngology, Head and Neck, Voice Lab | 514-843-2099 | |
| Glen | Breast Clinic | 514-934-1934 | 32829 |
| Glen | Colorectal Surgery | 514-934-8486 | |
| Glen | Urology | 514-843-1608 | |
| Glen | General Surgery | 514-934-1934 | 34957 |
| Glen | Plastic Surgery | 514-934-1934 | 34957 |
| Glen | Transplant Clinic | 514-843-2240 | |
| MGH | General Surgery | 514-934-1934 | 48025 |
| MGH | Plastic Surgery | 514-934-1934 | 44341 |
| de Maisonneuve | Ophthalmology | 514-934-1934 | 44089 |
Required information
To facilitate the processing of your referral, you must include the following information:
- First and last name
- Date of birth
- Medicare or health insurance information
- Reason for consultation
- Phone number(s) to be reached
- Name and license number of your referring physician
Note: Referrals which are not intended to one of the specialties listed above OR are incomplete/illegible will be returned.
Follow-up appointment
If you would like to book a follow-up appointment or to cancel or reschedule any existing appointment in a clinic that you were referred to by a specialist listed above, please call the appointment centre at 514-934-8488.
Please note that you can ask for a follow-up appointment at the clinic reception, following your visit.
Clinical departments and services
Certain specialties manage their own appointments and are not integrated with the Appointment Centre. Consult the list of clinical departments and services if you need to contact a department or send a referral from your specialist to a department that is not listed above.