Review - Medical Appointment Dr. Zatzman in Toronto

[Clifford27 11]

I had my medical on Monday last week with Dr. Zatzman and I will say that it was such a breeze. He was nice and walked through all the steps.

Appointment was at 11am I got there alittle early and was in to see the Dr before 11am and the part with him was less than 10 minutes.

Getting the blood drawn and X-ray took about 30 minutes which was in the same building.

The Dr only accepts cash, but the blood lab and X-ray will take credit or debit.

Plus the Dr will courier result to you for an extra $20 which was perfect as it saved me a 90 drive back to get them.

There is a lot of parking located at this office also so don't worry about that and it's free.

[turtleprincess 2]

Thank you for this post! I'm seeing Dr. Zatzman in a week and I'm glad to hear it goes so quickly.

[Nalyne 0]

Hi just wanna if they are open in weekends.Thank u!

[turtleprincess 2]

http://www.health1stmedical.ca/contact.html

Nope.

[NikLR 13,227]

Please update when you get your medical packet back. The one item of information we don't have on the Toronto area doctors is how long it takes to get the medical package. Thanks so much!

[Clifford27 11]

Please update when you get your medical packet back. The one item of information we don't have on the Toronto area doctors is how long it takes to get the medical package. Thanks so much!

I got mine in less than a week from this doctor, but I did pay for express service and it was delivered to my office.

He offers the ability for pick up at the office also.

[turtleprincess 2]

Here's a write-up of my appointment on Monday.

First of all, I booked it online through their contact form like they specify. They returned an email within a few hours, telling me my chosen dates weren't available and suggested I could go to the consulate interview without the medical and just send it in later. But! they actually emailed me the next day to say someone had cancelled and offered me that earlier appointment, which was so nice of them.

The office was easy to get to; 20 minute drive for me coming from Aurora going to Vaughan (I know I'm lucky because someone was there from Calgary, and someone else from Kitchener, etc etc). It's a busy place, but there's lots of parking. Dr. Zatzman's office is on the second floor with a tiny waiting room and two very attentive secretaries/nurses. You just sit down and they remember the order you've come in and then ask for your papers; they need the packet 3 letter from the consulate, your passport and your immunization records. I was also asked for my phone number and for the address I'll be staying at in the US. The fee is $240 cash (they don't have a debit machine). They asked when my consulate appointment was and indicated since it was so close (a week and a half) I would have to pick up the medical package, and to mention that to the doctor as well so he could expedite the process. I felt like they REALLY cared and understood how time sensitive everything was. My appointment was at 2:15 but it was around 2:30 before I saw the doctor.

It was VERY fast but not so brisk that I felt brushed off. Just efficient. He went through the form with some questions about my medical history and indicated some of my past medical issues (hospital for asthma when I was 4 or 5, some achilles tendon issues around the same age) weren't worth reporting. From reading other people's encounters, I was a little worried how they approached the drug and alcohol question, but the exact wording was "Have you ever had any problems with drugs or alcohol" which seems to differ from how they ask it in other countries. The perks of applying from a low fraud country, maybe? Anyway, it was just a lot of 'no no no' across the board.

He took my weight and height and we made some small talk about where I was moving to. More small talk while he took my blood pressure and checked my heart. We went through my vaccinations. I needed a tetanus booster which his nurse administrated immediately, and he gave me the proper paperwork for that. Then he explained where I had to go for the x-ray and blood with a map on his computer, gave me the paperwork for that, and that was literally it! He was very pleasant. There was NO: eye exam, no throat or ear check, no poking around my stomach as other people said they had to do with other doctors.

The blood lab and the x-rays are on the ground floor. The x-rays had an hour long wait, so the receptionist checked me in, took my $60 and sent me to get blood done first. Blood lab was busy too, but you take a number and sometimes they call the actual number, sometimes they yell your name. The wait was about 15-20 minutes. It cost $7.76, and they take cash or debit. That went fast, then back to x-rays, which also went fast. They called four of us at once. They had four little curtained rooms to disrobe, everything above the waist, put on a gown, stand around and wait. In the x-ray room they put a vest on your back, you smush your chest on the board, they ask if you're pregnant like, three times and then take the x-ray. Super quick.

All in all, it wasn't worth stressing over at all. Of course many people told me this and I didn't take their advice, but it was really so easy. The worst part was that the tetanus booster gave me flu-like symptoms for the past two days. I'll report back when I have to go collect my medical package to give an idea of timelines!

[turtleprincess 2]

Just got the call from Dr. Zatzman's that my paperwork is ready to pick up in their office. So that was like 4-5 business days.

[NykahDeah 71]

On 6/1/2016 at 6:11 PM, turtleprincess said:

Here's a write-up of my appointment on Monday.

First of all, I booked it online through their contact form like they specify. They returned an email within a few hours, telling me my chosen dates weren't available and suggested I could go to the consulate interview without the medical and just send it in later. But! they actually emailed me the next day to say someone had cancelled and offered me that earlier appointment, which was so nice of them.

The office was easy to get to; 20 minute drive for me coming from Aurora going to Vaughan (I know I'm lucky because someone was there from Calgary, and someone else from Kitchener, etc etc). It's a busy place, but there's lots of parking. Dr. Zatzman's office is on the second floor with a tiny waiting room and two very attentive secretaries/nurses. You just sit down and they remember the order you've come in and then ask for your papers; they need the packet 3 letter from the consulate, your passport and your immunization records. I was also asked for my phone number and for the address I'll be staying at in the US. The fee is $240 cash (they don't have a debit machine). They asked when my consulate appointment was and indicated since it was so close (a week and a half) I would have to pick up the medical package, and to mention that to the doctor as well so he could expedite the process. I felt like they REALLY cared and understood how time sensitive everything was. My appointment was at 2:15 but it was around 2:30 before I saw the doctor.

It was VERY fast but not so brisk that I felt brushed off. Just efficient. He went through the form with some questions about my medical history and indicated some of my past medical issues (hospital for asthma when I was 4 or 5, some achilles tendon issues around the same age) weren't worth reporting. From reading other people's encounters, I was a little worried how they approached the drug and alcohol question, but the exact wording was "Have you ever had any problems with drugs or alcohol" which seems to differ from how they ask it in other countries. The perks of applying from a low fraud country, maybe? Anyway, it was just a lot of 'no no no' across the board.

He took my weight and height and we made some small talk about where I was moving to. More small talk while he took my blood pressure and checked my heart. We went through my vaccinations. I needed a tetanus booster which his nurse administrated immediately, and he gave me the proper paperwork for that. Then he explained where I had to go for the x-ray and blood with a map on his computer, gave me the paperwork for that, and that was literally it! He was very pleasant. There was NO: eye exam, no throat or ear check, no poking around my stomach as other people said they had to do with other doctors.

The blood lab and the x-rays are on the ground floor. The x-rays had an hour long wait, so the receptionist checked me in, took my $60 and sent me to get blood done first. Blood lab was busy too, but you take a number and sometimes they call the actual number, sometimes they yell your name. The wait was about 15-20 minutes. It cost $7.76, and they take cash or debit. That went fast, then back to x-rays, which also went fast. They called four of us at once. They had four little curtained rooms to disrobe, everything above the waist, put on a gown, stand around and wait. In the x-ray room they put a vest on your back, you smush your chest on the board, they ask if you're pregnant like, three times and then take the x-ray. Super quick.

All in all, it wasn't worth stressing over at all. Of course many people told me this and I didn't take their advice, but it was really so easy. The worst part was that the tetanus booster gave me flu-like symptoms for the past two days. I'll report back when I have to go collect my medical package to give an idea of timelines!

Did you need passport photos as well? I saw something that said they needed 5!

 

 

[JlovesA 109]

16 hours ago, NykahDeah said:

Did you need passport photos as well? I saw something that said they needed 5!

 

 

This post is 5 years old at this point, but when I had my medical with Dr. Zatzman in 2017, they wanted 5 passport photos. On their website it says you need four photos if your DS-260 isn't online. I think that might have changed since I had mine, so you might be better off just calling them to confirm.

[NykahDeah 71]

32 minutes ago, JlovesA said:

This post is 5 years old at this point, but when I had my medical with Dr. Zatzman in 2017, they wanted 5 passport photos. On their website it says you need four photos if your DS-260 isn't online. I think that might have changed since I had mine, so you might be better off just calling them to confirm.

I really appreciate you answering, I've tried calling them 3 times, left 2 messages.. not my lucky immigration process cause I seem to be plagued with Murphy's law. Web site says 4, email I got says 5.. but DS is online but didn't register the eMedical (not sure what that means). So I'll keep trying.

 

This post was the only one specifically giving a review and some really useful information about Dr. Zatzman.

 

Thank you!

Edited November 3, 2021 by NykahDeah

[JlovesA 109]

On 11/3/2021 at 10:46 AM, NykahDeah said:

I really appreciate you answering, I've tried calling them 3 times, left 2 messages.. not my lucky immigration process cause I seem to be plagued with Murphy's law. Web site says 4, email I got says 5.. but DS is online but didn't register the eMedical (not sure what that means). So I'll keep trying.

 

This post was the only one specifically giving a review and some really useful information about Dr. Zatzman.

 

Thank you!

Argh, that's annoying that you can't get through to them. They seem VERY busy so I guess it's not a surprise, but still. 

 

I wrote a review about my experience with Dr Zatzman back in 2017. Of course it's old now but it's probably still pretty similar. This is it here. Hopefully it can be of some value to you.

 

I would tell you to maybe just get photos done anyway, but I know it can be expensive to get 5 passport photos.

Edited November 5, 2021 by JlovesA
clarification