Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

I highly recommend Sylvester and the doctors and staff, being going to this facility for over 8 years to the same Oncologist Dr. Joseph Rosemblat the best of the best. There’s no other Cancer Center that I recommend over this Cancer Center, from the valet to the entire staff the professionalism is thru out. 10 stars if I could. Thank you

I agree, this place will keep you waiting, and waiting, and waiting. The chemo infusion room is dirty and that says it all. Old food from lunch overflowing out of garbage pails, discarded medical equipment covers and cases all over the place, and this in what is supposed to be a sterile environment. Sylvester has a long way to go in order to be considered a top cancer treatment center. The best part of my experience was interacting with the folks at the front desk and at information desks. Otherwise the rudeness and incompetence was way over the top. The doctor and his assistants were, meh.

Dr. Reshma Mahtani is probably the worst doctor that I have ever seen. The first time I saw her, she was unprepared, stating that she just got off a plane. Is that a reason not to read my medical records before I arrived. My second visit wasn’t much better. I requested pain meds because I am constantly in pain because of my condition, breast cancer. She refused my request and wrote in my medical records «requires narcotics on a chronic basis.» What kind of statement is that to make about a patient that she has only seen for a total of twenty minutes.

Although we were very pleased with my wife’s surgeon, the majority of the nurse staff in recovery range from useless to incompetent. The anesthesiologist was as mean and rough as they come.
In discussions prior to surgery, my wife was told by the doctor she would have an overnight stay. Be warned now, this does not mean in a hospital room. He failed to provide that detail. She and others stayed overnight in the surgery recovery area. Terrible situation. No chairs for visitors, which are needed because the nurses fail to monitor properly. The morning nurses are very good, but it goes down hill very quickly. Not only were the afternoon and evening nurses rude, they were unhelpful. They brought her a spirometer, but never explained what it was for. Literally laid it on the table and walked away. We found out a day later it should have been used every hour to help clear her lungs from anesthesia. Now she is home trying to get rid of phlegm, it’s horrible.
At one point, her cardiac monitor stopped reading and showed flat line. It beeped, spit out paper, but no one came over. After 5 minutes I tracked down a nurse who fixed the connections and said «oh, it shows she flat lined, good thing she didn’t.» Really!!! You’re here to monitor this.
The overnight nurse was the worst. Disappeared for hours. Gave medication late with mean attitude. Questioned doctor prescriptions with the pharmacist and eventually gave her medications together that should not have gone together, causing her to vomit on the ride home.
And back to the overnight stay in recovery. 5am the next morning was kick out time. Whether you improved or not. The mean nurse handed her clothes, told her get up and change that they had to prepare beds for next day surgery.
Horrible experience. Even though they have some of the best surgeons in the field, I would travel out of state for care before going to this facility again.

There is no other place in the world I would recommend over Sylvester Cancer Center when it comes to cancer treatment. The doctors and nurses employeed here were born to do this. They treat each patient as their life’s mission to help and cure from cancer. These people are passionate about curing cancer and their records show what an amazing job they are doing. Cancer is very serious an anyone can be affected by it. Knowing that Sylvester Cancer Center is nearby gives me peace of mind. South Florida is very fortunate to have them here.

Do not recommend interventional radiology nano procedures here. The scheduling department does not know how to prioritize life saving interventions over routine ones. It’s a first come first served basis. You can die waiting as far as the scheduling department is concerned. Waiting times cost lives when dealing with aggressive cancers. The staff seem grossly undereducated and under trained for their positions.

This place will make you wait! Upon registering with the front desk, I had to wait 30 – 40 minutes just so that I could make it to another person who would then see me to finish my registration. The young lady who helped me told me to wait in the wrong waiting room– I waited there for 1 hour and 30 minutes before I took matters into my own hands & spoke with someone. The irritated woman who helped me (which at this point I didn’t care what her attitude was) led me to the right place. Here, I only waiting 40 minutes and once I was able to see the doctor, everything went smoothly. Even the staff at this department felt bad & tried to get me to see the doctor ASAP. I can appreciate that.
Moral of the story: go here with ample time & make sure to re-​confirm if where you are waiting is the correct place.

What can I say of a place that is treating my moms Cancer But Thank You!
They have valet parking and its not that expensive. I pay $ 3 with my mom’s handicap parking placard. The inside is clean and the staff and doctors are Awesome!
I would recommend this cancer center to any who is looking for great doctors and treatment.

Thankfully this wasn’t a cancer issue that I went for, I am donating Bone marrow soon and I had to go for pre operative screening and testing. We had a patient rep follow us around to make the testing waiting time more bearable but even though our rep dissappeared and got switched in the middle of the 5 or 6 tests I had to go through, the waiting times were not bad. The hospital was easy to navigate and very clean. There seemed to be plenty of people in each department and everyone i spoke to, especially the people who were performing tests in radiology and EKG were amazingly nice!
If you have to go here for any unfortunate reason I think at least you will feel cared for.