Referring a Patient to Dr. Baldwin

What She Treats

• Therapeutic Botox - TMJ dysfunction and bruxism, chronic migraine, and hyperhidrosis, plus trigger point injections.
• Medical skin conditions - acne, rosacea, eczema and dermatitis, mole and lesion checks, benign lesion removal, and keloid and scar injections.
• Hypermobility-associated symptoms - the jaw, migraine, and sweating concerns that cluster with hypermobility and EDS, treated symptom by symptom with that context in mind. This is symptom-directed care, not EDS diagnosis or connective-tissue work-up.

What Falls Outside This Practice

So referrals reach the right service without delay, please note what Dr. Baldwin does not provide:

• Diagnosis or work-up of Ehlers-Danlos syndromes or hypermobility spectrum disorders. Dr. Baldwin treats specific symptoms in patients who are already hypermobile; she does not make the connective-tissue diagnosis. Patients seeking an EDS diagnosis are best referred to medical genetics.
• POTS and dysautonomia work-up or management - please refer to internal medicine or cardiology.
• General management of multisystem or undifferentiated illness - best coordinated by the family physician with internal medicine.

When to Refer

Common reasons colleagues refer include: bruxism or TMJ pain that would benefit from masseter treatment; chronic migraine for preventive management including Botox and CGRP-targeted therapies; focal hyperhidrosis; treatment-resistant acne, rosacea, or eczema; suspicious or uncertain skin lesions; benign lesions for removal; and symptomatic keloids. If you are unsure whether something is a fit, an assessment is a reasonable referral in itself.

How to Refer

Medical (MSP-covered) concerns - skin conditions, lesion checks and removal, keloid injections - are seen by referral. Send a referral by letter or fax to either clinic:

• Hillside Medical Clinic, 1644 Hillside Ave, 2nd Floor, Victoria, BC V8T 2C5
• Kensington Medical Clinic, 6548 Hastings Street, Burnaby, BC V5B 1S2

Therapeutic Botox consultations (TMJ, migraine, hyperhidrosis) do not require a referral - patients can book directly, and the Victoria clinic offers online booking. You are welcome to refer, or simply to let a patient know they can self-refer.

What You'll Receive Back

You will receive a note summarizing the assessment and plan for any patient you refer, so the care stays connected. Where a patient is better served by another route - their own dentist for a night guard, physiotherapy, or onward specialist referral - that is arranged and communicated rather than kept in-house.