Oliver H. Drabkin, M.D., S.C.

After taking my son to three different dermatologists for his severe acne
with zero succss, Dr. Drapkin had his acne cleared up in less than three
months. I will be forever grateful to him. I also went to him for a mole removable.
beautiful job no scar at all.
Down side is the wait time, but with results like this who cares!!!
He is tops in my book. I would HIGHLY recommend.

I wish I could give no stars. TERRIBLE experience. Long wait, spent just a few minutes with my kids. Did not even say hello when he walked in. talked the whole time and didn’t listen to a thing I said. The nurses and front desk staff were rude also. Within minutes my son was being shot with freezing agent on his wart with no warning of how painful it would be. He was screaming his head off. Dr. did not even acknowledge his pain. It was like out of the Little Shop of Horrors movie. Then, he left the room and talked loudly about another patient, insurance, billing issues while I waited with my wailing son for an extended period of time for a prescription. will NEVER return! There are too many good docs to waste your time on this one. I mistakenly took recommendations from Moms of Beverly but should have researched more apparently.

I as well would not have even given a star to this dreadful, creepy, disorganized office and staff. For basic acne i was told to come back once a month for about 6 mos! I naively did not know derm protocol so after a few 37 second appt intervals with ol’ doc Drabkin, i spaced them out. As others have pointed out he wants to assess you in under a minute, its like he will get a free pizza if he can do it. He tried about4 or 5 topical creams with me that went nowhere, finally settling various antibiotics. I didnt care for his lack of personal space either even as a doctor theres a limit! He writes every rx with zero refills to ensure you will have a painful time having your pharmacy call for it. The receptionist who just looks like she hates life, snippy on the phone and in person, gave me the wrong face wash after i called and specified which one to hold for me. The piece de resistance if you will, is the giant kinkos copy laminated animal photos tacked up all over the office. Some real talented designer googled those I assume.

My experience with Dr. Drabkin was horrible! His office is disorganized and I waited well over an hour, despite an appointment. There was no explanation or apology. He didn’t spend 5 minutes with me, and had no interest in listening to me or communicating any significant information. He gave me a commercial for his private label shampoo and had his secretary give another. It was 3X the price of the same at Walmart. Then the lady passed a blue light over my head for 30 seconds and asked for money. Worst Dr. appt. I had in the last 15 appts. Worth the drive for someone else who has skills.

I too wish I had read Unilocal before I saw Dr Drabkin. Waiting room was ridiculous! Waited one hour and 20 minutes. I was prepared to discuss my issue with a bit of history of the prior treatments but he wanted none of it. He gave me a cursory glance from 4 feet away (for an issue with my eyelid) and wrote down a prescription in the chart. Then a mole was discussed, he barely looked at it and said «let’s just get rid of it» and I was escorted by the nurse to a different room, laid on a table and local anesthetic applied. He came in, took the scalpel and cut within seconds. There was no care taken, and obviously no concern about what the scar would look like (on my décolletage, where I would want minimal scarring). Bandage, done. I found out later that my insurance was giving him a hard time about covering the mole removal since he didn’t follow protocol by getting an approval beforehand.
He needs to retire. Seriously.

The previous reviewer was RIGHT ON, I wish I would have read her review before going to see Dr. Drabkin. I waited over an hour to see the Doctor for about 1minute. I have been dealing with a skin rash for about 4 months and he was COMPLETELY uninterested in my previous experiences and only wanted to push his own diagnosis. I was prescribed some new cream after repeatedly telling him that creams have not worked. I am planning on writing a letter to my insurance provider as well regarding this visit. TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE experience.
When I left in tears the nurse didnt even ask if I was ok, just handed me my prescription and left. THey were however more than happy to schedule me a follow up appointment… I will not however be following up with them.

Dr. Drabkin has some sort of listening deficit. When I brought my daughter in for an appointment, he kept harping on ACNE issues (she’s in high school but has pretty good skin) although we were there for an unrelated condition. He kept bringing the conversation back to acne, and when we left the office, my daughter said to me, «Gee, do I really look that bad?» I said, «No, but he probably makes aa ton of money on teenage acne anxiety, so that’s why he’s pushing it.» I mentioned this to a friend who formerly went to Drabkin and she had a similar experience with him – he did not want to address the problem she went in for and kept insisting on pushing another issue. Then he accused HER of not listening!!! Also, as with many doctors, his waiting room time is out of control.