Surgical care close to home.
Dr. John Stirrat operates at South Bruce Grey Health Centre and Hanover and District Hospital, and takes referrals from across South Bruce, Grey, and neighbouring counties.
Patients
Need to see Dr. Stirrat?
Appointments are by referral from your family physician or nurse practitioner. Ask them to send one; the office will call you with a date.
Referring clinicians
Fax a referral letter
Include a patient profile (medical history, medications, allergies) and demographics (name, date of birth, health card, best phone number).
About
Who you will be seeing
Dr. Stirrat earned his medical degree at Western University in 2015, completed general surgery residency at the University of Toronto in 2020, and has been a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada since 2020. He has practised in Walkerton since 2020. Most of his operating is laparoscopic or day surgery, and he works closely with the region's family physicians and nurse practitioners.
- Specialty
- General surgery, FRCSC
- Training
- MD, Western University, 2015
Residency, University of Toronto, 2020 - Hospitals
- South Bruce Grey Health Centre (Walkerton)
Hanover and District Hospital - Office
- Physician Offices, 2nd floor, Walkerton Hospital
- CPSO
- Registration no. 107109
Services
Scope of practice
Unsure whether something fits? Your family physician can call the office to ask.
Hernia repair
Inguinal, umbilical, incisional; laparoscopic or open
Gallbladder
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, usually day surgery
Colonoscopy and gastroscopy
Symptoms, positive FIT, surveillance, polypectomy
Colon cancer
Assessment, staging and surgery
Breast
Lumps, abnormal imaging, cancer surgery, sentinel node biopsy
Skin cancer
Basal cell, squamous cell, melanoma; sentinel node biopsy
Vasectomy
Consultation first, then the procedure
Lumps, cysts and abscesses
Insured when medically needed; cosmetic removal is not
Emergency general surgery
Through both emergency departments when on call
Uninsured services
Cosmetic lesion removal, some forms. Fees
For patients
Getting an appointment
Request a referral
Your family physician or nurse practitioner faxes it to the office.
Hear from the office
Referrals are booked by urgency; you are phoned with a date.
Consultation
2nd floor, Walkerton Hospital. Bring your health card and medication list.
Next steps
Any procedure is booked at SBGHC or HDH; your family physician gets a report.
For referring clinicians
Referrals and on-call
Referrals are welcome from South Bruce and Grey counties and from neighbouring counties, including Huron. A referral letter is all that is needed; no form.
In the referral letter
- Reason for referral and the question to be answered
- Patient profile: medical history, medications, allergies, anticoagulants
- Demographics: name, date of birth, health card number, address, best phone number, interpreter if needed
- Relevant imaging, endoscopy, laboratory and pathology reports, with the facility named
Urgent
Mark the cover sheet URGENT for a new breast mass or suspicious imaging, a lesion suspicious for melanoma, a positive FIT or rectal bleeding with change in bowel habit, unexplained iron-deficiency anaemia, gallstones with jaundice or repeated attacks, or a painful or irreducible hernia. Anything that cannot wait for an office visit belongs in the emergency department.
- Fax
- 519-364-0920
Referral letters and reports.
- Office
- 226-909-2772
Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4 pm, for urgent discussion.
- On call
- Hospital switchboards
When on call for general surgery, Dr. Stirrat is reached through the South Bruce Grey Health Centre or Hanover and District Hospital switchboard.
Contact the office
226-909-2772- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4 pm
- Fax
- 519-364-0920
- Address
- Physician Offices, 2nd Floor, Walkerton Hospital
21 McGivern Street, P.O. Box 1300
Walkerton, ON N0G 2V0 - Privacy
- privacy@johnstirrat.ca (privacy questions only; please do not email health information)
Hospital locations
- South Bruce Grey Health Centre, WalkertonConsultations, endoscopy and surgery. 21 McGivern Street, Walkerton.
- Hanover and District HospitalEndoscopy and surgery. 90 7th Avenue, Hanover.
In an emergency, go to the nearest emergency department or call 911.