Brooklyn Womens Healthcare, MDS

I first visited Dr Mayer in 2008 and was not at all impressed by his behavior. I was kept waiting over an hour and he was dismissive and flippant in his treatment (conveyor belt behavior) and I vowed never to see him again.
I again visited the office with a friend and as before we were kept waiting over an hour.
But I tried again given the location and saw a female doctor and again I was kept waiting way too long. I was not even told she was not actually in the office. She breezed in an hour after my appointment and still I had to wait behind about 4 other women. I get that they might be delivering babies but to not tell anyone and just expect you all to wait is beyond condescending.
Now they are hardly ever open and, since I last saw her, even she has left this poorly managed practice and I could not contemplate going thru this all again. If you are looking for a new OB/​Gyn in Bay Ridge this is not the practice for you,

The staff here is appallingly unprofessional. I had to wait an hour to be seen after sitting in an empty office for nearly 30 minutes. Dr. Maher was OK, but he’s far too expensive for the overall service that is provided. I went in for an annual and ended up paying $ 450 between the visit and the lab.
The worst part of the experience, however, was dealing with the billing department. The woman I had the misfortune of speaking with was abrasive and extremely unprofessional. That’s actually putting it mildly. The way in which she conducts herself with patients is nothing short of disgusting. She cut me off and gave me attitude at every turn in our conversation. And when I asked to speak with someone else so that I could pay my bill without an attitude and get on with my day, she not only refused, but she started yelling at me and calling me a lunatic. I was forced to hang up the call. Now I can only hope that there is some hidden soul in that office with at least a little tact and brains so that I can take care of my bill and officially be done with this horrendous practice.
It’s remarkable that a doctor’s office allows its staff to communicate with their patients in such a way. Even if I did want to go back to Dr. Maher, I wouldn’t because his team creates such an uncomfortable, unprofessional, and unsafe environment.

Ive been going to see Dr. Maher for over ten years and never had a problem. He’s very quick and personable. I love the older staff thats been with him for years. They are at a new location on 4^th Avenue now and it seems as if he has become more popular because its always crowded and the time frame to get an appointment is longer. I’ve really never had to wait a long time to get seen and the process for the pap smear is fast and Dr. Maher tries to relax you and there’s always a woman assistant in the room. Dr. Maher follows up and appears to genuinely care about your health issues.

You can’t give no stars — or I would! I used Dr. Perlman for years. When I called to make an appt I was told she up and left for uptown Manhattan and left no word, not giving any notice and they had no information on her at all. I thought that odd, and I wanted to see a woman. None were downtown except for midwives, and I saw no reason to travel to see a gyn when I live in a neighborhood chock full of doctors. I relented to seeing Dr. M. My first visit, no one is in the office when I get there and am kept waiting almost an hour. He doesn’t know me and asks if an intern can come in to shadow him. Considering he didn’t even know me I thought this was presumptious at best and simply said no. Was given prescriptions for routine mammo, bone density and pelvic sono. Called the office several times looking for results, but no one calls back. Finally got hard copy reports from the Radiologist’s office and mentioned casually my discouragement with the lack of communication at Dr. M’s office. Radiologist said they heard this ALOT about the office. Also, they knew where Dr. Perlman was, in Brooklyn — 2 offices — 1 on 62^nd and 4^th Ave and 1 on Joralemon St. Clearly, whoever told me they didn’t had a clue as to where she went out and out lied. Just yesterday I called asking for a call back regarding 1 of the tests, neither a staff member nor the doctor called. This is totally incompetent practice and wouldn’t recommend it to anyone for anything. Ah, I’m also told that to get my records, which are MY records, written by Dr. Perlman they will likely charge me the maximum permitted by law which is 75 cents a page. I wouldn’t give them a penny a page. Clearly, they’re concerned about nothing but the $ 1. They don’t let you know in advance that routine pap smears are not going to be reported to you if they are «OK» only if they aren’t. So a person sits and waits and wonders. During the only phone call that I had with Dr. M. he told me they were short staffed and saving $$ on not stamping cards to let people know about pap smears, etc. This policy is not bad, but it’s a policy that should be told to the client in advance so they don’t sit and wonder. Something I only found out about after calling multiple times and finally getting this little tidbit of information out of Dr. M who insisted that as long as I called his downtown office on days that he was there he would return my phone calls. Well, yesterday, as always, he did not return my phone call. I will never set foot in their office again and if they want to keep my records, so be it. Can you tell I really don’t like anything about this practice?

Dr Maher has a well deserved reputation for unnecessarily inducing women prematurely so he doesn’t ruin his weekend, as he did to me. He and Dr Lederman delivered my first child, and when we went in to the office for the follow up, I thought my usually calm husband was going to punch Maher. They broke every promise they had made prior to delivery. I now see a responsible, female ob/​gyn and the difference is astounding.

I go to the Bay Ridge office and see Dr. Maher. I’ve been going to him for about around a decade. Some of the office staff are incompetent, illiterate idiots but Dr. Maher more than makes up for it. Dr. Maher is fast but thorough and is genuinely concerned about a woman’s well being. I absolutely hate getting pap smears but he makes them tolerable. You should be ready to wait despite having an appointment. Dr. Maher talks quickly and sometimes a bit loud. I had an issue with that and told him. Since then, he no longer does that with me. Dr. Maher is patient almost to a fault. They take insurance. Parking is a nightmare so be ready to feed a meter if you drive. I wish I could give another star but there’s only one good office staff person. The rest are truly unprofessional.