Martha Anthony, MD

Horrible horrible horrible! If you can help it, don’t go here! She’s my primary physician but I need to change it because I don’t even feel like she knows what she’s doing. I’ve gone to her multiple times for a pain in my side and she brushes it off every time and gives me new prescriptions, I refuse to even take them. I called this morning at 9am for any appointment and they gave me Dr. Anthony and I’ve been sitting here since 12:30pm… It’s now 2:20pm. It’s a joke that I’ve been here for so long, and all other patients keep going ahead of me.
I need to find a new doctor, because every time I’m here it’s always over an hour wait guaranteed! I’m currently waiting almost 2 hours.
This place is a joke!

This rating doesn’t apply to Dr. Anthony alone, but rather to the whole office experience. I have gone to see her twice for a specific problem requiring bloodwork/​evaluation and also a general physical. She herself is truly a «people» doctor – empathetic, a good listener, not arrogant – looks you in the eye and offers a thoughtful analysis without rushing you out. She admits if she is not the authority on whatever a particular problem is although she is of course quite knowledgeable. I would definitely recommend her as a general practitioner for men and women. There is an X-​ray/​MRI office nextdoor in case you need to get these done, and a lab down the block for bloodwork. My experience lost two stars because both times I have waiting well over an hour and the second time, it was chaotic, no one knew who was being seen and not. The receptionists are generally very on top of your insurance issues and helpful. Easy to set up appointments. Recommended, just bring a book and don’t get frustrated.

Update — today I get a call from her office reminding me, FOR THE SECOND TIME, about an appointment I didn’t have. I couldn’t help but comment that it was the second time this had happened, and the girl on the phone dished me some serious attitude. Oh, hell no.

I think I was there the same day Athena D. was…
I have just moved to the Park Slope area from Westchester and need a new Primary Care physician. After looking up reviews for Martha Anthony and finding she was quite close to my apartment, I scheduled a Wednesday appointment to get aquatinted with her and get my prescriptions refilled. That morning I had also developed a nasty pimple around my eye and my eyelid was incredibly swollen and I wanted her to check it to make sure I didn’t have to worry.
It was yet another day after a huge snow storm that seems to be plaguing the New York City metro area as of late and I trudged over to the building. There are no signs on the actual address of this place that say where her office is. I originally went to the door way on the left but couldn’t get in. I finally called the office and they told me I had to walk to the door next door to get into Dr. Anthony’s office.
When I got there, the staff was incredibly rude. I waited in the waiting room and over heard the colorful language of the receptionists working there. One such conversation was about how one of the ladies recently «cut up» her «baby-​daddy» with a knife while they were in a fight. Uh? No.
I should have got up and left at that moment. Instead I gave the Dr. the benefit of the doubt and went in for my appointment. She seemed very disinterested in me and spent a few minutes checking me over before refilling my prescriptions and sending me off. Her idea of a cure for my eye was some eye drops (I didn’t even fill it, the issue just went away after a day or so anyway.)
I also asked for a recommendation for a psychiatrist in the area and she suggested the «lovely» Ulla Kristiina Laakso, MD (go ahead, look her up on Unilocal.) I am not sure Dr. Anthony can be trusted with my medical needs if she refers me to that quack.
The real kicker was that a week later I get a call from my credit card company saying that they were going to close my account. Uh, what? I hardly ever use my Master Card and only whenever places don’t accept American Express (even though this office clearly states on the door they accept Amex.) Turns out, the only place I recently used this card was at Dr. Anthony’s office and after my appointment, someone started using my credit card number through Staten Island and New Jersey buying everything from gas and groceries to shopping sprees at Bloomingdales, eventually racking up a charge of over $ 2,000.
DO NOT GO HERE.

I called at 10 am, they were able to schedule me for 11:40. I arrived at 11:20, and wasn’t seen until 1:25. EEEK! But that might have been a result of the squeeze in.
She’s lovely. I really liked her, and she listened thoughtfully to my concerns. The staff was really friendly, too. I have found my new PCP. I’ll add another star if I go back for a normal appointment and get seen sooner.

I found Dr. Anthony after I left my other terrible doctor. I loved that when you call her office, you aren’t put on hold, they speak to you right away and are very friendly. Even though you do wait awhile in the waiting room (probably an average of 20 min), you don’t mind it because the receptionists are so friendly that you don’t feel like you’re being punished, which is how i normally feel in those situations.
Dr. Anthony is very easy to talk to, caring, and thorough. I like her a lot and would recommend her!

My roommate sent me to Dr. Anthony shortly after I moved to the area and came down with a scary mystery illness. Dr. Anthony’s office was able to get me in the next day, was very supportive, and very helpful. I have had to spend a huge amount of time in her waiting room (45 min once), but I have been very happy with her and her office staff. Even if you have an appointment made well in advance, be prepared to spend a long time there. Extra props for the nurse calling to check on me in between my initial mystery-​illness appointment and my follow up (I guess I was that bad…). It also helps that she’s so close to my house.