Preventive care
Physicals and periodic health reviews
Routine physicals, screening, bloodwork requisitions and preventive counselling with Dr. Harris Hashim, MD, CCFP, at 750 Dundas St W #11, Toronto. It is part of ongoing family practice, booked by phone — not a walk-in visit.
What a periodic health review covers
A periodic health review is the appointment you book when nothing is wrong. Rather than treating a single complaint, it steps back and looks at the whole picture. Four things make it up:
- Routine physicals
- The examination itself, booked as an appointment rather than taken as a walk-in.
- Screening
- Checks done because of your age and history rather than because something is wrong. Which ones apply to you is decided with the physician.
- Bloodwork requisitions
- The form for laboratory work, written at the visit and taken to a lab to be done.
- Preventive counselling
- The part of the visit that is a conversation rather than a test — what to keep an eye on, and what you have been meaning to ask.
This page is not medical advice. It describes the service and how to arrange it. It does not tell you which checks you are due for — that is a conversation with the physician, not a page. If something is urgent, do not wait for a booked review: walk-in is open, and for anything that could be life- or limb-threatening call 911.
Annual physical or periodic health review
Most people call it an annual physical. Practices increasingly call it a periodic health review, and the difference in the words is real: “annual” fixes an interval in advance, while “periodic” leaves the interval to be set with you. If you phone and ask for an annual physical, you will be understood. This page uses both because patients use both.
On coverage, here is what this clinic can actually tell you: family medicine visits at 750 Dundas St W, Toronto are covered by OHIP, you bring your valid Ontario health card, and there is no fee for insured services. What counts as an insured service in your particular case — a form an employer wants completed, a letter, a check you have asked for specifically — is not something to work out from a website. Say what you are coming for when you book, and ask then. Coverage under UHIP or GuardMe is handled the same way, case by case.
What happens at the appointment
Bring your Ontario health card, photo ID, a list of current medications and doses, and any known allergies. If you are transferring from a previous doctor, a summary, a referral letter or recent results all help — your care does not have to wait on the full records arriving.
A first visit as a new patient is a longer one, and the enrolment page sets out what it covers. Later reviews start from that baseline instead of rebuilding it, which is the practical argument for seeing the same physician over time rather than a different one each visit.
Come with your own list. The single most useful thing you can bring to a review is the question you keep not asking at the end of visits about something else.
Screening and bloodwork requisitions
Where testing is part of the picture, the visit produces a requisition. A requisition is a form, not the test itself: you take it to a laboratory to have the work done, and it is worth asking at the appointment which lab is convenient for you and how the results will be followed up.
Which screening applies to you is decided with the physician. It depends on your age, your history and what you are already being treated for, so this page deliberately does not publish a schedule of tests by age — a list like that reads as advice, and the only version that is any use is the one worked out with the person in front of you.
If you are already being monitored for a long-term condition, testing usually runs on that condition’s own rhythm rather than waiting for a yearly review. Ongoing management of diabetes, blood pressure, asthma and thyroid sets its own intervals.
Preventive counselling
Preventive counselling is the half of a review that is neither an examination nor a test — the discussion about what to watch, what has changed since last time, and what you would like to do something about. It is the part most easily crowded out of a visit booked for one specific problem, which is much of the reason a separate review appointment exists at all.
Immunizations sit alongside it as the other preventive service given here. MMR, RSV, Shingrix, Prevnar and tetanus are administered on site — bring any immunization record you have, including records issued outside Canada.
Booking one
Booking is by phone. There is no online booking form and no virtual care; the visit is in person at 750 Dundas St W #11, Toronto, ON M6J 3S3 — Bathurst entrance. Call (416) 681-0444 and say that you are booking a check-up or periodic health review rather than a single-concern visit.
Appointments run Mon – Thu 9:00 am – 5:00 pm; Friday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm · 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm. The clinic closes midday — Mon – Thu 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm; Friday 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm — and the front door can stay open through that closure because the pharmacy on site keeps wider hours than the practice. All three schedules in full.
Do not use the walk-in queue for this. Walk-in exists for a single immediate concern and does not guarantee a specific physician on a given day — the wrong shape of visit for a review, and it takes a slot from someone who needs to be seen today. The physician’s credentials and areas of practice are on Dr. Harris Hashim’s page.
Common questions
Do you do annual physicals at 750 Dundas St W?
Yes, as part of ongoing family practice with Dr. Harris Hashim, MD, CCFP — routine physicals, screening, bloodwork requisitions and preventive counselling at 750 Dundas St W, Toronto. It is a booked appointment rather than a walk-in visit. Call (416) 681-0444 to arrange one.
Is a periodic health review covered by OHIP?
Family medicine visits at 750 Dundas St W, Toronto are covered by OHIP — bring your valid Ontario health card, and there is no fee for insured services. Whether a particular form, letter or check you want at the same visit counts as an insured service depends on what it is, so say what you are coming for when you call (416) 681-0444 and ask.
Which screening tests will I need?
That is decided with the physician at the visit rather than from a list on a website, because it depends on your age, your history and what you are already being treated for. Bring your Ontario health card, a list of current medications and doses, any known allergies, and any records from a previous doctor — and raise whatever you specifically want looked at.
Where do I get the bloodwork done?
A requisition is a form, not the test. If laboratory work is needed you leave the appointment with the requisition and take it to a lab to have the work done. Ask at the visit which lab is convenient for you and how the results will be followed up.
Can I get a check-up as a walk-in?
Walk-in is built for one immediate concern — a cold, an infection, a minor injury — and it does not guarantee a specific physician on a given day. A periodic health review is the opposite shape of visit, so book an appointment instead: Mon – Thu 9:00 am – 5:00 pm; Friday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm · 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm. Booking is by phone on (416) 681-0444; there is no online booking form and no virtual care.
I am not registered with a family doctor — where do I start?
Dr. Harris Hashim is currently accepting new patients at 750 Dundas St W, Toronto, and no referral is needed to register. Registering is what makes a periodic health review possible in the first place, since the review is part of ongoing care rather than a one-off visit. Call (416) 681-0444 to enrol.