Guirguis Fayez

First of all, I’ve only been here once so far, so I may update my review as I continue visiting the practice for (hopefully) the remainder of my pregnancy and delivery.
I recently came here for my 8 week prenatal appointment. I chose the practice because Methodist is close to my home and I want to deliver there, plus I had read that the OBs and CNMs at this practice are supportive of natural birth and relatively low intervention births.
The office staff were kind and I waited less than 15 minutes for my appointment. I saw Dr. Swenson, who was really lovely. She asked me all the standard history/​background questions, performed the gentlest pelvic exam I’ve ever had, and did a quick ultrasound so we could see the heartbeat and get some measurements. You can’t see much at 8 weeks but she sent us home with some cute pictures!
After the exam she told me to get dressed and meet her in her office. There, my wife and I were able to ask all our questions about their practice, their approach to prenatal care, and their relationship with Methodist. I’m sure she has to answer the same questions over and over all day every day, but she was extremely patient and thorough. She then gave me a Rx for a blood panel to get done at Methodist (a 5 minute walk away) and a referral for the first semester down syndrome screening to do at Methodist’s Advanced Women’s Imaging center as well. I look forward to meeting the rest of the practitioners at my next appointments.
I also give this place 5 stars for queer sensitivity. They treated my partner and I just like any other pregnant couple, and I saw many other queer women in the waiting room.
Scheduling wise, Fridays are OB only at the Park Slope location.

Ive had such a great experience with Dr. Swenson and Elizabeth. I couldnt be more thankful for the care and kindness i received during my pregnancy and the birth of my son. The best experience ever, i wouldn’t mind doing it all over again… lol. just kidding.
Dr Swenson, to this day i think back and i am so appreciative of the care and how patient you were to me. Very on point and highly recommended. Excellent service!

I’ve been seeing Gillian, one of the Midwives, for about 3 years for my regular annual exams. So when I found out I was pregnant in May 2015, there was no doubt I wanted to continue with this group. I’ve since met Elizabeth, and have gotten call backs from Katherine and Dr Swensen also. Both were very nice and patient with me. The staff is so pleasant and have been total champs at dealing with my endless First Time Mom questions and phone calls. Elizabeth and Gillian are patient and so sweet. They deliver at Methodist, which is exactly what I wanted. I have waited about an hour for an appointment at the end of the day in Bay Ridge, but when I went for my last visit, I had an 8:30am appt in Park Slope. I got there around 8 with 3 family members. I was taken back almost immediately, got an ultrasound, and had my family ask Gillian a ton of questions, and was out the door and on my way before my appt time! I truly am so pleased with this group and know they will provide me and my baby with outstanding care.

I never understood why there was such a long wait either, but I finally found out that the trick for OB patients is to make your appointment on Wednesdays. This is the one day of the week that the Park Slope office sees ONLY OB patients. When I started booking on Wednesdays, I was always in and out in a flash! Always! I really LOVE the people at this practice also. I switched to Guirguis when I was pregnant with my 2^nd, because my experience with Westcare Medical (the practice I used for my 1^st baby) was so awful. I don’t think there was a single appointment where I didn’t leave Westcare in tears. Aside of being frustrated with the wait on a couple of occasions, I was never driven to tears while with Guirguis. I highly recommend this practice. If you are an OB patient and unable to have appointments in PS on Wednesdays, then make sure you get the very first appointment of the day and that you arrive at least 10 minutes early (because they definitely do book another appointment at the same time — so you want to beat the other person to the check-​in!) I should also mention that my baby ended up being born at 33.5 weeks via c-​section due to a placental abruption. My experience at Methodist hospital was nothing less than outstanding. And I really mean that. My daughter was in the NICU for 7 days, and our experience with the staff there was also top notch. People say negative things about Methodist, but for us, it was way better than our experience at St. Luke’s Roosevelt.

I have nothing bad to say about the doctors/​midwives here (they’re fine) but there is NEVER a time when this place is on schedule. Expect to wait an entire hour for your appointment every single time. It doesn’t matter what time of day you come. You will wait. And wait and wait. I am finding a new doctor.

I visited this practice this morning, thinking that I might transfer to it. I had heard good things about Methodist hospital, and it’s near home. My doula said she’d worked with this practice before and found it good.
Holy Expletive. This place is horrific. Like everyone else who has reviewed this place, I waited for an hour to be seen. Everyone else in the waiting room, which was tiny and packed, had also been waiting at least an hour, and was pissed. Then I was shown into an exam room, which was small and visibly dirty. The equipment looked old and unclean. The nurse – at least I think she was a nurse, because I heard a midwife ask her to do something involving progesterone – was dressed in a bright blue sweatsuit with sports team logos all over it and muttered «uh hun» in response to the midwife’s request, continuing to text someone on her smart phone.
The midwife I met did not inspire confidence in me, to say the least. When I complained that I had waited an hour, she said, «Well, I’m sorry, I was delivering a baby at the hospital.» Yes, OBGYNs and midwives deliver babies at hospitals. That’s what they do. But at every other practice I’ve been to, they manage to nevertheless schedule appointments at times when the doctor/​midwife is NOT at the hospital delivering a baby.
On top of it all, they charge you $ 100 up front (not via health insurance) for your initial consultation, even if you don’t continue with the practice. The receptionist had scheduled my initial consultation with this midwife, who told me that she’d tell me about the practice and then the doctor would have to look at my materials and decide whether to take me on.
That’s right: I would have had to pay $ 100 of my own money to wait in the hellish waiting room with the 10 other angry, frustrated women and their children, then spoken with this midwife and then the doctor could have decided not to take me on.
No thank you. I got out of there.
I would never want any of these people anywhere near my sensitive parts, not to mention my baby.
Unless you like being treated like crap and waiting forever and being examined in dilapidated and quite possibly dirty exam rooms by people who seem to me at least to be idiots, as well as being ripped off, I’d highly recommend you look elsewhere.
I’m sticking with Lexington OBGYN. I’m not thrilled that they’re associated with a hospital so far from my home. But man, are they efficient and courteous. I’ve never waited more than 20 minutes for an appointment. And they have clean rooms and new equipment.
Edited to add: Other women waiting in the waiting room had trouble with the secretaries having mis-​scheduled their appointments. Just to echo a complaint I’ve read other reviewers have.

The doctors are ok but these people don’t understand basic scheduling and appointments. Every time I’ve been I end up waiting for over an hour and on my last visit sat next to a woman who was given the same appointment time for the same doctor. Somehow she made it out in 20 min. After 45 min they put me in an exam room where I waited an additional 30 min. This just isn’t worth the time sink that it is.

I was a patient in this office for 6 months. I am now in my 32^nd week and needing to find a new doctor. I cant say much about the actual doctors as i have only met Dr. Fayez Guirguis once and that was 4 months ago. All other appointments have been with the midwives. They are all very sweet but waiting 60 – 90 minutes to have a 30 second ultrasound is pretty frustrating. They have only ever checked for the heart beat. Not thorough exams at all. What really got under my skin is the receptionists. I have been to all three locations and besides a really long wait time, they are incredibly rude. My experience in the Staten island office was the last straw. After arriving 20 minutes early for my appointment which should have been the first of the day the receptionist told me the doctor was running 30 minutes late and sent me away. She said she called but i never received any message. Upon confrontation she basically called me a liar and said she did leave a message. Not true. Sat and waited an additional 30 minutes in the office after sitting for 50 minutes in the car. She was not accommodating as i feel i should have been seen first. I have excellent insurance which pays them in full but apparently that’s not taken into consideration. I told her she lost the office a patient, she didn’t even blink. Now i am stuck looking for an office with 8 weeks or less to delivery. I recommended two friends to this office, after they heard what happened they are also leaving. No phone call no apology. I’m sorry i have never had such shitty treatment as a patient and expected a little more from an ob office

Fine enough doctors & staff but I’m just tired of waiting and waiting and waiting as the office runs late for all appointments late in the day. I mean minimum 40min late. Likely an hour late. And even at their bay ridge office they were 2+hrs behind. Where I come from doctors cancel your appointment if you’re more than 10minutes late. This place can’t get you seen for your appointment on time. Fact. Wasting my time consistently and repeatedly is not appreciated.

I think it’s time I updated my review since being able to see all the staff at this office. I first want to say how amazing they ALL are. I’m so thankful to have found this place because I’ve had a great experience throughout my whole pregnancy. Since Dr. Swenson has been on leave I’ve been able to really get to know the other Dr’s and Midwives. I want to say how great Katherine is. She’s so calm and I feel like I like ask her anything. Also Dr. Pete and His dad are really great at what they do. Dr. Pete delivered my son and I couldn’t have had a better experience.

I delivered both of my children at Methodist with this practice. The first was a C-​section (Dr. Guirguis) and the second was a VBAC (Dr. Swenson). I received amazing care both times and highly recommend every caretaker in this practice. In addition to having amazing doctors and midwives the office also has an incredible support staff.

I interviewed 4 OBGYN practitioners in preparation for my pregnancy and even joined the Brooklyn Birthing Center’s practice for a short time. After determining that I’d need to have antibiotics for GBS I decided to join a practice to birth at a hospital. I was recommended to this practice by chance and from the first visit had an exceptional experience. This was my first pregnancy and I’m from the south where maternity care is luxurious. Every doctor, midwife and nurse was extremely professional, caring and gave us the patience and time we deserved. Katherine was the midwife who delivered our sweet girl and I could not have imagined this experience without her. Methodist was a great hospital and I highly recommend this practice!!!

I actually did not have a problem with my previous OB/​GYN. My issue was with the front desk staff. They were very rude and inconsiderate when I attempted to schedule an appointment to confirm that I was pregnant. They refused to give me an appointment as soon as possible despite me explaining to them why I needed to see the doctor right away. Dr. Guirguis office was recommended to me by the urgent care center that I ended up going to in order to confirm my pregnancy. They were very accommodating as far as giving me an appointment. My experience from start to finish was great. ALL of the staff is wonderful there. Dr. F. Guirguis delivered my baby on ⁷⁄₃₁ via C-​section. I would definitely recommend this practice to anyone who is in need of an OB/​GYN.

I was a patient at this office for both of my pregnancies. I have to say the entire staff is great! I usually prefer to see a woman, Jillian and Dr Swensen are both awesome but last time I saw Dr. P Guirguis and he made me feel totally comfortable. I have called this office numerous times with questions, sometimes at 2 am and they always return my call ASAP. I won’t ever go anywhere else!

Loved him during my first pregnancy accept he did a terrible job on my sons circumscision I still have nightmares about having it repaired to this day I am so scared it will scar my baby for life. And messed up my credit cause I did not pay for the botch job. You dont mess with a mans manly parts you know. Second pregnancy total fail, I was mis diagnosed hap hazzardly treated not comforted in a devistating situation sorry, just dissappointing.

Last year, I saw another doctor in this office, but unfortunately, she left. Since I saw a lot of positive reviews for Dr. Guirguis, I figured I’d see him for my annual gyn exam. (Despite what I’m about to post about him, his office staff is truly friendly and wonderful).
Huge disappointment. Not only did I wait an hour past my appointment time, he seemed unwilling to give me the time of day. Did not introduce himself or ask any background information. When I mentioned wanting to change birth control, he didn’t discuss it with me, just asked «what do you want instead?» I picked something, mentioning how I use birth control to manage my endometriosis (not that he’d asked if I have any history of gyn problems, thank you very much). His response? «If you get pregnant, that will take care of that (endometriosis)». I told him I was not planning to have children, and he responded, «Well, I have to try to promote my business!» Said it with a straight face, but maybe he thought he was being funny. Sorry I can’t put more money in your pockets, Dr. G!
Seems to me that the rave reviews are for his obstetrics, not routine gynecology. I got the feeling that he was too bored by an annual exam to bother trying. I won’t be going back.