The answer to this question is, of course, different for each individual patient. However in general, you have been referred to the RAAMP Clinic for one of the following reasons;

1. Your family physician or another healthcare practitioner who you have recently seen was concerned about a physical examination finding, lab test, or diagnostic imaging test that could represent a malignancy and has referred you to the RAAMP Clinic to expedite your care. In this case, the RAAMP Clinic will review the testing completed to date, and book you for an appointment with our healthcare team within a timeframe of less than 7 days to a couple of weeks, depending on the urgency of the referral information provided by your doctor.

2. Your medical or radiation oncologist from the Cancer Center has referred you to the RAAMP Clinic because you have gone into remission, or your clinical status and disease has remained stable for many months or years. In this case, the RAAMP Clinic will act as a “step-down unit” from the Cancer Centre, providing regular monitoring and follow up or co-management alongside the Cancer Centre

The RAAMP Clinic is located at 2464 Howard Avenue, Suite 202 in Windsor Ontario. The RAAMP Clinic is currently run out of the Internal Medicine Associates of Windsor offices in Suite 202

The time that you will remain a RAAMP Clinic patient will vary for each individual. This may range from anywhere between a view visits to the RAAMP Clinic following your care for many years.

In general, at your RAAMP Clinic appointment, a physician assistant or nurse practitioner will first assess you followed by an Internal Medicine physician or a family physician, depending upon the reason you are at the RAAMP Clinic. For more detailed information on individual practitioners, please see the Our Team Page.

The RAAMP Clinic is composed of specialists, family physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. For more detailed information on individual practitioners, please see the Our Team Page.

Physician Assistants (PAs) are academically prepared and skilled health professionals trained under a medical model. PAs act as “physician extenders”, working alongside physicians in a variety of healthcare settings. PAs are not independent practitioners. They do work with a degree of autonomy negotiated by the PA and supervising physician, however the physician always retains an overall responsibility for the PAs activities and the care of the patient. PAs can obtain histories, performed physical examinations, order and interpret investigations (lab work, diagnostic imaging, etc.), perform diagnostic/therapeutic interventions, diagnose and treat illness, and counsel patients.

Nurse Practitioners (NPs), also known as Registered Nurses in the extended class, are registered nurses who have met additional education, experience and exam requirements set forth by the College. NPs are authorized to diagnose, order and interpret diagnostic tests, and prescribe medications and other treatments for clients. NP practice includes health promotion with the aim of optimizing the health of people, families, communities and populations. This enables NPs to practice with diverse client populations in a variety of contexts and practice settings such as acute care, primary care, rehabilitative care, curative and supportive care, and palliative/end-of-life care

The RAAMP Clinic is a program designed to provide more focused cancer-related care to our patients. The RAAMP Clinic will always communicate openly with the patient’s primary care provider throughout the entirety of their time in the RAAMP clinic.

However, should a patient feel strongly about having their family physician follow their progress, this decision will be respected and our recommendations and notes will be forwarded to the family physician to continue to provide the patient’s care.

Yes, the RAAMP Clinic will copy your family physician on all physician notes, lab results, imaging results and other investigations completed through the RAAMP Clinic. The RAAMP Clinic will always strive to inform and openly communicate with your primary care physician regarding your health status.

Referrals sent to the RAAMP Clinic will be reviewed and triaged appropriately by a physician, physician or nurse practitioner. This means that the wait times will vary based on each patient’s clinical details. The wait time may vary anywhere between less than 7 days to a couple of weeks, depending on the urgency of the referral information provided by your doctor for the Rapid Referral Clinic and up to a few months for “step down” care from the Cancer Center.

If you have completed the Self-Referral Form, this is a request for routine cancer screening, and thus is not urgent. Our goal at the RAAMP Clinic is to see this population of patients in less than 3 months.

You cannot book an appointment online. If you have never been seen in the RAAMP Clinic before, you will need a referral to be sent to us by your primary care practitioner or another healthcare professional. If you have completed a Self-Referral form for Routine Cancer Screening, the RAAMP Clinic will contact you via telephone with information regarding date and time of initial appointment. If you are an existing patient and would like to book a follow up appointment, proceed to our Contact Page, for further contact information.

There is no cost to be a patient of the RAAMP Clinic. All services provided by the Clinic are covered by OHIP.

While being evaluated through the RAAMP Clinic, you may be diagnosed with cancer. It is important to note, that the only true, definitive test to determine a cancer diagnosis is through obtaining tissue for pathologic analysis.

If you are diagnosed with cancer through the RAAMP Clinic, the next step will be a referral to Windsor’s Cancer Centre, at Windsor Regional Hospital Metropolitan Campus. Here, you will meet your medical oncologist and/or radiation oncologist, who will be the primary physician looking after your cancer care and treatment. It is at the Windsor Regional Hospital Cancer Centre where you will receive your cancer treatments which may or may not include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, etc.