I'm sure I'm going to be in the minority of people who have not had a good overall experience with…read morethis practice, but it is the truth and it needs to be told. In the end, Dr. Majchrszack's business will continue to thrive, but I can at least shed some light and a caveat emptor should you venture here.
Several years ago I had come here at the recommendation of a friend. I read reviews; they were great, but I missed a few negative ones. Note to yelpers prolific and casual: always check the negative reviews, even if they are few and far between. Who's to say those 4 and 5-star reviews aren't coming from friends and even bot posters to make sure a business shows up with a high score? It happens all the time. You've been warned.
When. you come in, the first thing you get is a vulgar girl who has been there forever. She will not greet you and can even be antagonizing. The only person I have to state is maternal is Magda, who has in the past given me my flu shots. However, with this girl, you get sharp language and an attitude that she's not there to care for you and you're a nuisance to her. I can only assume she works there because of a family relation; otherwise, she'd have been replaced a long time ago, but after this review, I shall never go back there, so that's it.
When I met Dr. Majchrszak, he was of the impossible-to-spell name, he was still and resembled something out of a time machine. He speaks into a dictaphone -- yes, you heard it -- and demands you take tests to ensure you are not sporting some unknown disease or health condition. I was subjected to endless tests with his cardiologist Ferayoon Kohan who determined I had a heart condition. [I didn't, but more to that later.] I was placed under strict medication on high blood pressure medications, all of which made me gain untold amounts of weight. Eventually, when the pandemic happened and all one could do was jog, masked, throughout empty streets, for hours, I proved that no, I never was hypertensive.
But wait! Majchrszak had determined I needed to get a colonoscopy at once! It's just that the doctor was way out of my insurance. I declined. [I will get a colonoscopy... just at my discretion.]
At the moment I am battling COVID-19. When I call, because he is my GP (well... until today, no more), I get the same rude girl, and the message that he'd call me back. Reader, it took 6 hours - almost a solid 7 - before that happened. In the meantime, and because I was very, very sick and desperate, I contacted my insurance, procured an impromptu meeting with Teladoc, and got my medication. I feel much, much better.
Also alarming is the fact that at 9:00 and until 9:30 you don't get anyone on the line, and during the hours of 12:00 and 1:00 pm, your call will show as "Your call did not complete as dialed. Please check your number, and dial again." So, if there is an emergency, and you don't have the doctor's number (or anyone else's for that matter), what do you do? This is unacceptable for a practice that presents itself as one that takes care of the sick.
Meanwhile, Majchrszak? Oh, he called back. I got prednisone and dextromethorphan - not Paxlovid (although granted, I did get this through Teladoc, so high-five, Teladoc). Prednisone makes a person gain enormous amounts of weight. What is with this doctor's fixation on dispensing medication that does nothing but make you retain water?
When I stated I'd go and procure it at the pharmacy he yelled at me [he always yells] that I could not go get my medication myself and that he would be closely monitoring my health to include tests upon tests to make sure I am disease-free. I hung up, frustrated and angry because he failed to come through when I needed him the most, but began with his usual vaudeville act of being a doctor caught in his own ego trip, in a different century, a dictaphone at his side. Sometimes some doctors should retire.
Go at your own risk. Or who knows; perhaps you adore him. I can assure you that I do not.
