Mark Vaynkhadler MD – New Life Obstetrics & Gynecology

I made an appointment based on a positive experience of someone very close to me. Called on Thursday and got an app for the following day. Specifically asked to see Dr​.MV.
The wait was not too bad. The bathroom was not the cleanest but bearable. All the typical stuff you see and hear in a [specific demographic here] medical office once i got inside. Personal info taken by a medical assistant with the door open. Employees badmouthing patients in the background. I am now being seen by a PA who seemed very nice. After a lengthy discussion about my medical history i find out two things. 1. The sonogram machine is broken as of an hour ago. I cannot get a sono which is essential to my diagnosis. 2. The PA will be examining me as the Doc isn’t even in on Fridays. This is NOT what I signed up for. Not only do i prefer a male doctor, but I really prefer an actual doctor… I tell her that without a sonogram it makes little sense to continue this appointment and I am here for a specific reason. She proceeds to offer me medication (for the reason I mentioned) which she will happily phone into a pharmacy of my choice. I am not here for meds, I am here for a diagnosis. One that cannot be provided for me by her today because there is no way we can do a sonogram.
The office manager tried to smooth things over claiming that their Thursday phone receptionist is a fill in and should have told me I am not going to see a doctor. She offered to put me in any time or day that is convenient. However, seeing what this office has in store for my future, I will keep looking. Sucks that I took a day off for this and they wasted my time.

It’s hard to know where to begin with this review. I had found this doctor through various cross references and thought I would be in good hands. I was coming to see him in order to confirm a pregnancy. I’m considered a «high risk» due to previous loss. Anyway, making the appt was easy and they have late hours, which is great. However, that’s where it ended for me. The office is disorganized. I came in and was called fairly quickly. The lady that called me was a medical assistant, I believe. I wouldn’t know, she never introduced herself just told me to follow her. We go into a room, she doesn’t close the door. Starts asking all the personal background questions with people passing by and hearing our whole convo, automatically switching to Russian after seeing my name. I normally don’t mind, but I came here very young and a lot of medical terminology is lost on me if it’s not in English. I respond in English but she continues to ask in Russian, fine no biggie.
I’m then told to follow her to another room. She brings me into, what seems to be, the doctors office. I sit there for about 5−7min. A lady comes in and says, you’ve gotta come with me, we will do a sonogram first. OK, I go, undress, we do the sono, see the sac, lady says I also have a cyst. I’m a little freaked out since I have never had a cyst in my entire life.
I’m sent back to the «dr. office room». I wait another 10 min, and a lady walks in. Introduces herself as a PA, and starts getting my medical history. She’s very pleasant by the way. I give her my med history, explain that I had a loss and wanted to know what kind of plan this office would have in place for someone in my situation as I wanted to compare it to what my original OB suggested. PA tells me, she doesn’t know and I should ask the doctor directly… um, ok? Where’s the doctor… Oh he comes in on Tue and Fri. What? I’m high risk and the doctor is only available 2 days a week? Wunderbar! I continue asking questions, like, their c-​sec vs natural delivery rates, who will be present for delivery. All she could tell me that it’ll be either the doc or the midwife (neither of whom I have met at my FIRST EVER appt with this office) She then insist that I do my annual and a PAP. I was reluctant to do the PAP but she told me there’s nothing to worry about. Fine, I undress again, we do the PAP. I say that I want my progesterone checked. Did the blood draw went home. This was on Fri evening.
Sat I had an afternoon event that I went to. About 3 hrs in I use the ladies room and **WARNING TMI** blood in the bowl. My heart dropped, I was certain that this was it. I tried calling the doc office, no luck. Dr. Google calmed my nerves a bit but I was still an anxious mess.
I called back Mon afternoon to get my results. Spoke to a lady on the phone, telling her I need my lab results. She asks for my name and says that my results are not ready. OK, when will they be ready. 10 days!!! –Excuse me? For HCG and Progesterone? — Oh, hold on… she puts me on a 5 min hold. Comes back. –yeah it’s ready. –Great can I have the numbers? — The midwife or doctor will call you. (In my head I’m thinking this is bad) I ask her to just give me the numbers. I get my results (which were totally normal) and I’m told that someone will follow-​up. At the end of the day I get a call from the midwife who say and I quote «you wanted to speak to me?» I told her that I just wanted my results. She said something alone the lines of. well they’re fine so I’m not sure why you wanted to talk to me. Such sweetheart.
As you can imagine, I never went back there again. Followed up with my previous OB, who told me I don’t have any cysts it was just a corpus luteum, which is what is supposed to happen at the beginning of the pregnancy. And the on/​off spotting, which lasted for 9 days, came from the PAP irritating the cervix, which apparently happens often, but the PA forgot to give me a heads up.