Extremely rude. Nice staff but terrible bedside manner as a physician. I would not suggest

Dr. Lubin manages a pain management clinic with Gessler in Winter Haven. He must be popular, he schedules new patients 4 months out. His specialty is anesthesiology. He's a graduate of Yeshiva University in NY. His clinic on the corner of Avenue D and First Street is a stand alone. His office people are behind a glass window making it hard to hear. They have a sign that says "social security card required" but didn't say that prior to the appointment. They asked me to come 30 minutes early to fill out paperwork then took me 20 minutes after scheduled appointment time. Several who arrived after me went before me. The nurse said it was her fault I was 20 minutes late--she wanted a room with a desk and had to wait for another patient to vacate rather than giving me an available room. Hour waits are not fun. They shoved a urine cup at me, required before appointment. They never announced purpose as a "tox screen". I thought this was shady behavior to not explain their policy to newbies. They require you to sign a 20 point checklist that makes you sound like a drug addict. Their waiting room is scary--a guy sat there when not pacing, using profanity and acting agitated, talking to himself. The office people were oblivious (behind glass window). The doc came in quickly when my turn finally came, but was pretty arrogant-the kind who doesn't hear you but has a lot to say. This is clearly a "drug" center who does not believe in other alternative therapies like biofeedback, acupuncture, etc His pushy attitude made me uncomfortable to try him. I won't return. I guess I need a higher degree of desperation. read more

Dr. Lubin is now at Tampa Pain Relief on Hillsborough Ave. I booked my procedure with Dr. Lubin as first available appointment. Dr. Lubin only operates on Tuesdays. My appointment took a month to schedule. On my scheduled surgery date Tuesday 2/26/19, Dr. Lubin abandoned me and approximately 6 other patients in pre-op prior to our scheduled procedures. I was on a gurney and had been through a bag of saline waiting to be taken into the operating theater. According to staff Dr. Lubin stated to staff at 12:45, he had a prior commitment and had to leave at 1:00. He arrived extremely late to the operating theater around 10:00 a.m. Patients had been waiting since 6:30. I was later told by another staff member that there was not an anesthesia supervisor on the floor, only an anesthetist. WTF? How can that be if he performed procedures from 10 am until he left at 1:00. From listening to staff conversations in the operating pre and post op area there were 2 patients already "under" and several others waiting to be taken into the operating theater when Dr. Lubin walked out at 1:00, leaving those of us who had been waiting for hours for procedures untreated. From reactions of staff, Dr. Lubin's walk out was totally unexpected. This is far from professional, it is gross negligence on Dr. Lubin's part. Finding a pain management specialist is very difficult. Dr. Lubin took over after my pain management specialist left the practice and over half of the staff, doctors and PAs left with my former doctor. What does this say about this practice and the quality of staff they hire? read more