Seth Finkelstein

Let me start with the negative and go to the positive. When my wife was heading towards the end of our pregnancy, we searched for the best doctor and came across Dr Finklestein.
On first meeting, we weren’t too fond of him because he seems very mean and blunt BUT it turns out he gets much better as you get to know him and that he cares very much about every patient.
As you see him, he slowly gets better when it comes to his bedside manner — he starts joking a lot more and is adamant about your wellbeing. Teaching him is very easy, he responds promptly at all hours to both emails and to phone calls.
When you’re baby is on its way, you can’t ask for a better, more caring Doctor. The day of our delivery, he ran out of a wedding he was attending in order to be with us even though our baby was nowhere close to coming out.
At the hospital, we had complications and that’s when his expertise and emotions really shine. Unless most doctors that show no emotion, we were able to see all of his emotions including sadness and anger.
His staff is also very friendly and easy to talk to. They encourage you to stick with him and will tell you that as long as you listen to his advice, he’ll open up a lot more with you.
The hospital staff also mentioned that many people don’t like his bedside manner but say that he’s one of the best doctors to work with and he’s second to none when it comes to c sections — they described his abilities as «beautiful work»
If we have another child, we would definitely go back to him. I’ve recommended him to many friends and family but you have to be willing to accept his initial personality.

Dr Seth Finklestein delivered my daughter almost 7 years ago. I am currently expecting my second child and am so terribly upset he is no longer in queens. This is one of the most caring understanding compassionate doctors I have ever met. If I were closer to the city I would in a heart beat have him as my doctor.

Should give zero stars.
I am writing this to warn everyone that Dr. Seth Finkelstein is guilty of medical fraud. I saw him once in 2014 after my doctor stopped practicing. I did not like him or his bedside manner. WHen it was time for my 2015 appointment, I went back to him as I was just lazy — my insurance had been accidentally cancelled and he would not see me. I just now, OCTOBER 6, 2015 received a bill from CIGNA from this appointment that DID NOT HAPPEN on April 2, 2015. The doctor fraudently charged the insurance company. I called the insurance company, an attorney, and the doctors office. The doctors office is insisting he saw me and HE DID NOT!!! I am going to pursue this until the end of time. How many other patients has he done this to? DISGUSTING!!!

I love Dr. Finklestein and his staff, especially nurse Astoria.
To say my situation was complicated would be the understatement of the century. They really took the time to make sure I was ok, and helped me hold it together during one of the toughest times of my life. I mean they went above and beyond.
Now, be advised, the nurses won’t tolerate your attitude simply because you rent the penthouse across the street, for $ 30,000 a month, and expect to be carried around on a throne – if you’re looking for that, keep looking.
I once saw a lady in a mink jacket storm out in a fit because she felt she’d been waiting too long (15 minutes), and couldn’t complain her way into an exam room.
As for Finklestein’s bedside manner… no complaints there. He’s the typical super-​smart, somewhat eccentric doc. While I wouldn’t call him a social butterfly, it is beyond evident that he really cares about his patients.
Do you want to be glibly coddled, or a no-​nonsense doctor who knows his stuff?
Yeah, thought so.

My wife and i were super excited to be expecting our first baby, we travel a lot and live bicoastal, as such er got a late start on searching for a OB, a friend in NYC recommended Dr. Seth Finkelstein. We did some research and found out that he is affiliated with a great local hospital
he is Board Certified OB by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology he also received a «Humanitarian Service Award» from the New York Senate and «Unsung hero Award» for Medical Work in Haiti, that all sounded great but by far our FRIENDS RECOMMENDATION was the driving factor in setting up the appointment.
We made an appointment at his Park Avenue location, the office was nice, the receptionist was well like a doctors office receptionist. When we met him he was cordial and professional, but after talking to him we realized and appreciated that he he really knows his profession, he does not waste time sugar coating, he obviously has an opinion and is straight forward with it, these are all traits that you will either appreciate or despise, there are a lot of patients that want a comfy feeling from doctors visits, we would prefer the best advise based on hard facts, no need for kid gloves.
Most patients will come away from a doctors visit with a good feeling or a bad one not necessarily based on the care but rather based on how they ere treated The University of Toronto’s Dr. Wendy Levinson is considered among the world’s foremost researchers on physician-​patient communication. Levinson reported no difference in the amount or quality of information doctors gave their patients; the never-​sued doctors didn’t provide more details about medication or the patient’s condition. The difference was entirely in how they talked to their patients. In his book Blink Malcolm Gladwell explains the same thing.
Pleasantries are always nice, but we were looking for EXCELLENT medical care, and that mattered a whole lot more then if the receptionist or the doctor asked us now our vacation was. We didn’t have a high risk pregnancy, but during birth (natural) Doctor Finkelstein Delivered a healthy baby, and when my wife started hemorrhaging he Saved her life (and her uterus) needless to say he will be the one to deliver our 2^nd baby when the time comes.
We highly recommend Dr Finkelstein to our friends and family.

OMG, «stay away» is all I can say. Disclaimer, I am only reviewing Dr. Seth Finkelstein, not his uncle, with who he works, and whom I have never met. I became pregnant and was looking for an OB-​GYN. So I found this guy, thinking, «Wow, Park Avenue, big deal». Not so. The office is shabby. The staff is disinterested in pretty much anything, and all I see them do is eat behind the partition. The nurse didn’t want to have my husband in the room with me. Um, excuse me? This is the father of this baby! It took 5 days to receive my blood test results after multiple calls, multiple messages left, and just me getting frustrated. The doctor has NO bedside manner. I get shivers just thinking of being in the dirty, disheveled office. Lesson learned.