Dr. Jennifer MacDonald, ND

How It Works - Before Your First Appointment:

• Appointments are fully VIRTUAL. No in person appointments are being offered.
• Health forms: When you book your virtual appointment you will be given access to the patient portal. You will be emailed a detailed health questionnaire that needs to be completed before your first appointment. This online questionnaire includes your health information, health concerns, diet, lifestyle, and health history that help to streamline your first appointment. Please allow sufficient time to complete this intake form in detail. Generally, 30-60 minutes is sufficient to complete the forms.
• The time spent gathering information and answering the questionnaire will help you focus on your health goals and prepare you to discuss your health during the initial appointment.
• Patient Portal: The patient portal will be where you will find your treatment plan following your first virtual appointment. Labs can be uploaded by you into the Patient Portal and this is where your Lab Assessments run by Dr. Jen will be uploaded.

Initial Appointment (60-90 minutes duration):

• Book an Initial Virtual Appointment Here. Appointments are only virtual.
• Your Virtual initial visit lasts up to 90 minutes and includes a detailed health assessment discussing your current health, past health concerns, diet, lifestyle factors, supplements, and medications.
• We will review your health timeline in detail to help reveal triggers, patterns in your health, and changes with hormone transitions.
• Initiate lab testing: Targeted lab assessments are very useful for guiding treatment. Lab assessments could include metabolic bloodwork, hormonal bloodwork, a urine hormone panel, organic acid testing, and stool analysis. Lab assessments discussed during the first appointment could vary from no lab testing to several different types. Each individual is different, and each treatment approach is targeted to different needs and situations.
• Starting your treatment plan: At the end of the first virtual appointment, we will discuss the first steps of your personalized treatment plan. We will discuss your health goals, habits, and begin the first steps of creating a treatment plan that will be achievable to help you feel your best again.

Second Appointment (60-minute duration):

• Book a Follow up Virtual Appointment Here
  
• Lab connections: During the second virtual appointment we will discuss the results of your targeted lab assessments, reviewing how the labs show an overall picture of what is going on and make connections between systems (hormones, digestion, liver, etc). We will discuss how the lab assessments will guide our treatment approach.
• Following up from the first visit: We will discuss how you are feeling since you began the treatment plan from your first appointment. We will make changes accordingly.
• Continuing treatment plan: We will discuss your treatment options including a detailed explanation of why certain treatments are being recommended. Treatment options could include lifestyle changes, nutritional counselling, vitamins and supplements, etc. Acupuncture is not offered for virtual appointments.

Follow-up Visits:

• Third appointments and subsequent follow-up visits are booked every 4-8 weeks or so, until we reach a maintenance phase. Appointment length is 30-60 minutes, depending on the required time.
• Our follow up appointments will continue to address your health concerns, and anything new that may come up over time as well such as perimenopause, pregnancy, a new health diagnoses, etc.

• Do you still have questions about how it works, naturopathic medicine, or anything else? Then book a Free 15 minute Discovery Call with Dr. Jennifer MacDonald ND 
• Ready to book an appointment? Book an Initial Virtual Appointment Here

Fees:

• Initial Appointment: 60-90 minutes $250
• Follow up Appointment: 60 minutes $190
• Follow up Appointment: 45 minutes $150
• Follow up Appointment: 30 minutes $110
• Free 15-minute Discovery Call

To cancel or re-schedule an appointment, please give 24 hours’ notice to avoid a cancellation fee.

Fees are charged at the end of each virtual appointment. Direct billing is not currently being offered but is being considered for the future. You will be charged with a credit card that is stored on file at the end of the appointment. An invoice will be provided to you for insurance purposes and you can claim the appointment cost if you have extended health care coverage (Insurance/benefits). Naturopathic appointments are not covered by O.H.I.P.