Ashutosh Kacker

I have been a patient for Dr. Kacker for many years due to recurrent coughs and sinusitis. He has a wonderful bedside manner, is compassionate and an excellent physician. I always feel as if I am in the best of hands with Dr. Kacker — highly recommended.

I am a huge fan of Dr. Kacker after a recent tonsillectomy. I had been sick with tonsillitis and mono for more than a year and now am well again. I feel quite lucky that he takes my insurance and than I am back on the road to feeling great.

I am very upset to learn that I have empty nose syndrome from a procedure done by Dr. Kacker. He reduced my turbinates giving me a condition known as Empty Nose Syndrome. I am too dry and open. He did not explain that you need a turbinate to give you humidity. It has been a life changing condition and I can no longer breathe through one side of my nose. It has been a horrible experience. He should have explained why you need a turbinate and discussed my personal history and not done this procedure. I would not recommend Dr. Kacker to anyone!

Dr. Kacker did an incredible job on my polyps and deviated septom. He is a great guy with wonderful bedside manners, and is always eager to help when needed.
Another ENT doctor wanted to use a procedure that was outdated and Dr. Kacker urged me to let him do it his way. The results were astounding. I can breathe, no longer snore, and am very happy. I have since referred two other patients to him.

Great experience. Dr. Kacker was to the point with great bedside manner. He listened to all of my concerns and I really felt like he was genuinely interested. He recommended a few courses of action and all of them seemed the least aggressive but effective. I would really recommend him for anyone looking for an ENT in NYC… also, the staff at Cornell Weill are professional and the building is immaculate!

My experience with him was great. I had major blockage causing pain and he was able to get it out, even though it was horrible. He was very gentle and apologetic with the pain that was caused when trying to take out the wax. He provided me with sample drops so I did not have to buy them from the pharmacy. I thought he was very pleasant and my ears are feeling great.

This fellow has struck out twice with me, and therefore I am posting my displeasure and advise those reading to go elsewhere.
My visit to Dr. Kacker was a result of some ear blockage that had persisted over an exyended period of time. I thought maybe he’d be able to dig it out or something. In the office, In tell him there’s blockage, and what can he do. I get a hearing test, and he tells me that I have «moderate to severe» hearing loss, and that it may well be permanent, as a result of my delay in coming to see a doctor. He recommended an MRI and gave me some antibiotics.
Having a doctor tell me that I lost much of my hearing in one ear had me crying all the way up York Avenue. Of course, after the head scan, he tells it is blockage, which I thought all along.
But he was quite assured in the first appointment that my hearing was gone. I’m no doctor, but I think that statements like permanent hearing loss shouldn’t be put out there unless one is damn sure of the statement.
Once I hear I’m OK, I don’t stay mad at the guy. I ask him about earplugs for my fiancée, because I tend to snore a bit. He says those drug store things are junk, and they’ll be able to custom-​fit some plugs that are far superior.
OK, so months later, she makes an appointment, leaves work (which costs her money because she’s hourly IT consultant) and visits the office. She pays her co-​payment, and sees Kacker, who diagnosises her ears, and then says an assistant will be in to fit her for the plugs. She comes in, and says with complete certitude, that these custom ear plugs will NOT assist with a snoring problem, and recommends drug store ear plugs.
In this case, someone is wrong, and my fiancée left the office absolutely livid at the incompetence of this office.
Because of her experience, I am making this post, and including the disregard in which he served my needs.