All the staff, nurses and physicians at Thornhill Medical Centre wish our patients a safe, healthy and happy holiday! 

After Hours Medical care options: 

For any medical emergency or life-threatening condition, please dial 911 or proceed to your nearest hospital emergency department.

1. Urgent weekend clinics (booked appointment, same day)
Saturday, December 27, 2025 9 am-3 pm
Saturday, January 3, 2026 9 am-3 pm

These clinics are for our enrolled patients for urgent problems only. They are not walk-in clinics. Call reception on the day of the clinic to book an in person appointment (Last appointment 2:30pm).

2. Mackenzie Health Urgent Care Clinic in Vaughan (walk-in only).
Weekdays 4pm-10pm;  Weekends/Holidays 10am-4pm.
Location: 9401 Jane Street, north of Rutherford

3. Call Telehealth for Nursing Advice 24/7 by chat or phone.

4. COVID testing locations for Patients 65 and older, and other high risk patients.

Regular flu shots and seniors flu shots are now available at our office. Please call our reception at 905-889-3634 to book an appointment with our nurses. Flu shots can no longer be booked online.

If you have a booked appointment with your doctor, you can also ask for your flu shot at that time.

If you receive your flu shot at a local pharmacy, please let us know. You can call us or send us a message through the Ocean’s Portal.

We are not giving COVID vaccines at our office. Go to a local pharmacy.

Find out about other vaccinations recommended for Adults, including RSV, Shingrix, Prevnar 20

During the Canada Post service interruption, we are unable to request FIT tests to be mailed out to our patients. Unfortunately, this will not resume until the postal strike is over.

Notices from the Cancer Screening programs, colon and breast, will also not be mailed out until the postal strike is over.

If you currently have a FIT test that you have provided a sample for, please visit locations.lifelabs.com/locationfinder to locate a Lifelabs in your area, in order to drop off your sample. You can also contact them by phone at 1-877-849-3637 to ask for the location nearest you.

Please contact our office directly if you have any questions or require further assistance.

It is with sadness that we share the following news of the passing of one of our original physicians, Dr. Ed Pamenter. He was at Thornhill Medical Centre for 32 years, retiring in 1996. He was instrumental with Dr. Peter Morse in establishing the high standard of care at Thornhill Medical, and is remembered fondly by many patients who knew him. If you wish to share your condolences with the family, you can mail to the Pamenter family, ℅ 18 Centre St, Thornhill, L4J 1E9, and it will be passed along to his family.

Obituary

September 21, 1937 – July 28, 2025

Dr. Edward James Pamenter, M.D., died peacefully, with his children at his side. Ed lived and left on his own terms. Predeceased by his wife, Lou (nee Taylor), the love of his life, in 2024. He leaves behind son, Andrew (Deb); daughter, Kate (Ed); and grandsons, Cameron, Calum, Spencer and Eric. Brother to Carol and David (Terri), Shirley and Ruth. Born and raised in East Toronto, educated at U of T, and was a family doctor in Thornhill for 32 years.

Ed and Lou moved to Port Hope. They continued to be active in the community and their garden. The restoration of their home occupied Ed’s early time in Port Hope as did work with the ACO. A capable man of many talents, Ed was always active: gardening, woodworking, rugmaking, restoring furniture or buildings, travelling, reading, patching jeans. Ed had a keen interest to learn and solve problems. He was gentle, practical and moved confidently through life with a sense of humour. He will be missed by his family and friends. There will be no service. If you would like to make a donation, please consider supporting your local community.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Measles is a very contagious viral illness, but ensuring you are up to date with your immunizations can help protect you and prevent the spread of this virus.

You can learn more about measles here, as well as learn whether you would benefit from getting another measles vaccine.

In order to ensure you are up to date on all the immunizations as per current Ontario guidelines, please contact the public health unit where you went to elementary school and high school to request the most accurate summary of all the immunizations you received during your school years.

You may also have a yellow immunization card and/or other documentation slips. You may also send those as well so that we can consolidate all your records for you. The most accurate documentation of school-aged immunizations would be from public health units.

Once received, please email a copy to us. We will review and make recommendations for any further immunizations required, if applicable.

Durham Region Public Health – 1-800-841-2729
Toronto Public Health – 416-392-1250 or 416-396-4228
York Region Public Health – 1-877-464-9675 ext 73542

For York Region Public Health
https://www.york.ca/health/immunizations

For information about Catch Up Clinics – for missing school vaccines
https://www.york.ca/health/immunizations/public-health-community-immunization-clinics

For Toronto Public Health:
tph.icon.ehealthontario.ca

We have been made aware that some of our patients have been receiving unsolicited fraudulent emails that are not from our office. The email sender name is listed as “Thornhill Medical Centre” but the email address is not from our office email (info@tmcdocs.info) or from Ocean (no-reply@cognisantmd.com). The body of the email may contain a link to an unknown website; please do not click on the link!

We do greatly appreciate that some of you have alerted us about these emails. We encourage you to restrict your use of our general office email. We are continuing to use secure electronic messaging through Ocean, so please use this link to send non-urgent secure messages to our staff and physicians.

In consideration of elderly, immunocompromised, and other high-risk individuals, it is still mandatory for all patients and visitors with infectious symptoms (ie. fever, runny nose, coughing, etc) to continue to use masks while they are in the office. For all other patients, masking is now recommended but optional. You may still ask for a mask at the front desk if you prefer.

Thank you for your patience as we changed our electronic platform to Ocean platform. 

Effective April 30, 2023, all access to Pomelo/Health Myself is closed. Please note your physician still has records of your previous blood work and imaging results saved in your patient chart.

Incoming Emails: See our Contact Us page for more details.  We encourage you to book appointments for any medical concerns. 

Our doctors and administrative staff are now sending emails with sender-“Thornhill Medical Centre” (no-reply@cognisantmd.com) to relay forms or quick information. Within the body of the email you will notice reference to “Ocean” technology. This messaging system is user friendly and does not require difficult passwords. If you see an email from “Thornhill Medical Centre”, please view the contents as it may contain important information from our office.

Find out if you are eligible for antiviral treatment at a COVID clinical assessment Centre (new April 11, 2022). Patients need to present to the COVID Clinical Assessment Centres within 5 days of their symptoms if they are eligible for treatment.

COVID Treatment Ontario Screener

COVID Clinical Assessment Centres