RVH Simcoe Muskoka Regional Eating Disorder Program
Specialty: Eating Disorders
Location: 201 Georgian Dr, Barrie ON, L4M 6M2
Estimated wait time: Not published
Phone: 705-728-9090 ext. 43054
Fax: 705-797-2961
Languages: English
Who they see: Children and transition-aged youth until 25th birthday with an eating disorder; outpatient family-based treatment or enhanced CBT and medical monitoring.
Not accepted: Medically unstable patients cannot be seen in outpatient clinic; send patients meeting hospitalization criteria to nearest emergency department. Source thresholds and stability contact are preserved in notes.
What to include: Within 4 weeks: blood work, ECG and growth chart. Growth curve or historical height/weight data required for acceptance. Orthostatic vital signs; LMP, amenorrhea history/current status and weight before amenorrhea if applicable.
Services: Eating Disorders
Additional information: The Simcoe Muskoka Regional Eating Disorders Program through Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre and Orillia Soldiers Memorial Hospital provides comprehensive assessment and treatment for eating disorders. We treat children and transition-aged youth up to their 25th birthday with an eating disorder. We offer outpatient treatment, which involves Family Based Treatment Therapy or Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and medical monitoring. We are unable to see medically unstable patients in our outpatient clinic. Please ensure you include the following with your referral to avoid delays: content list AXListMarker • Recent (within 4 weeks of referral) blood work, ECG, and growth chart. The referral is not complete and will not be accepted without the patients’ growth curve or historical height/weight data AXListMarker • Orthostatic vital signs AXListMarker • Date of LMP, history or current amenorrhea. Weight prior to amenorrhea (if applicable) If they meet criteria for hospitalization at time of this referral (see factors supporting hospitilization below), please send to the nearest Emergency Department for evaluation and assessment. If you have questions regarding medical stability, please contact our team at 705-728-9802 extension 43054. content list AXListMarker • HR < 50bpm AXListMarker • Orthostatic HR: increase in HR greater than 30bpm (40 BPM for adolescents 12-18 yrs old) AXListMarker • BP less then 90/60mmHg (Less then 90/45mmHG for adolescents 12-18) AXListMarker • Orthostatic BP: greater then 20 mmHg drop in SBP AXListMarker • Glucose 3.5mmol or less AXListMarker • Hypokalemia AXListMarker • Hyponatremia AXListMarker • Hypophosphatemia AXListMarker • Hypomagnesemia AXListMarker • Temperature less than 36 Degrees C AXListMarker • BMI Less than 15 (For adolescents 12-18, BMI less then 75% of median MBI for age/sex) AXListMarker • Greater than 10% weight loss in 6 months, or greater than 20% weight loss in a year AXListMarker • Compensatory behaviours (i.e., purging, laxative abuse), occur frequently and have either cause serious psychological consequences or not responded to treatment at a lower level of care AXListMarker • Prolonged QTc greater than 450 ms or other significant ECG abnormalities AXListMarker • Acute medical complications of Malnutrition (seizures, syncope, cardiac failure, pancreatitis) (or arrested growth and development in adolescents 12-18) This recipient currently receives referrals from the referral network via eDT*, as part of eReferral Ontario. As such, updates on the status of the referral (or other updates) will not flow back through the referral network, and any follow-up requests should be sent via other means. Further, if you need to cancel or modify this referral, you will have to cancel or modify the referral in the referral network, AND notify the recipient provider directly. (The recipient provider will not receive the cancellation or modification automatically via eDT*). *eDT (electronic Data Transmittal), similar to eFax This listing does not update the eRequest status in the referral network. Contact the listing directly as needed for follow-up.
Last verified: 2026-09-23