Prechter Irene, MD

Dr. Prechter was incredibly inappropriate during my visit. She was rude, condescending and even tried to «quiz» me on my past medical history when I didn’t fill-​out my patient information form to her liking. That may not sound so bad, but she was clearly intentionally patronizing me. She also brought up the Bible numerous times during my appointment. I have no problem with anyone’s religious beliefs, but it’s very inappropriate behavior during a Pap smear, especially during a first visit when she has no idea who I am. I would NOT recommend her to people, and I would actively dissuade anyone from going to see her. I found out a friend of mine had a similar uncomfortable experience with her. I felt uncomfortable the entire time, and unconfident in her ability to do her job. Whatever medical school graduated her should raise their standards. She is an embarrassment to the profession. This is the first review I’ve ever written on Unilocal (or anywhere), but I wanted to warn people about her. I wish I had read the Unilocal reviews before making my appointment. If there is one person you want to be comfortable with, it’s your gyno.

I’ve seen this Dr for several years. She’s great but staff in the office is ridiculous and waits are very long. i put up with it out of laziness. Today I tried to refill my BC pill prescription and was told it had expired and I needed a Dr auth to refill. I therefore called the office to ask for the courtesy refill — and got a chick with attitude telling me I would need to come in for my annual first. I explained I had not gotten any notice or postcard, had no idea it had been a year, and needed a refill as I had taken my last pill today and am sexually active. Woman on the phone gave me attitude and said «we’ll let you know» if they would offer a ONE TIME REFILL on a NON ADDICTIVE BIRTH CONTROL PILL! I said, don’t worry about it — there are plenty of other OB/​Gyns in town who can treat their clients with courtesy and respect. This place SUCKS. DON’T GO.

The staff here is awful.
I waited over 20min after my scheduled appointment to be seen. I went in to this wanting to discuss getting an IUD, as a woman without children, under 25, so I expected some resistance.
I was pleasantly surprised when Dr. Prechter was on board with my decision and agreed that it was my best option. Beginning the process, however, was a nightmare. I had previously been to the Tulane Healthy Mother’s clinic a few months prior, so there was no need for me to re-​take the Pap and STD tests. The medical assistant insisted that I have them done regardless. I said I was unable to afford them and that I had already spoken with my insurance company at great lengths about what they would and would not cover and another STD test was out of the question. They finally caved and agreed to have me fill out a release for Tulane’s records.
I went back and forth every few weeks with the staff for 3 months trying to get confirmation that they had my records. Finally, after being told they would call me when they had my records, and having a 4^th appointment rescheduled, I called to find out that the STD test results, which they had misfiled all this time, would expire THE DAY OF my appointment, and thus they would need me to take a new one. The medical assistant had no understanding of my frustrations, kept insisting the insurance would cover it, and failed to handle the situation with any level of customer service. This office wasted months of my time.
Avoid at all costs!

I never write reviews for anything, but I just had to vent somewhere about how awful this office is. I’ve been a patient of Dr. Prechter’s for almost 4 years now and every single time I go, I swear it’ll be the last. Today, I went for my yearly checkup (which would seem easy enough) and I vow that this is the end. I can’t take it anymore! She consulted ¾ of my appointment with the door open, standing in the threshold trying to leave. I had a few questions, and instead of taking 5 minutes to address them, she made me feel stupid and that she had better things to do. I was truly offended and so angry, I left crying. This is all after a dozen screw ups the office has made with my appointments, test results, etc. DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME HERE. They’ll just make you feel crazy even though they are.

Having been experiencing extreme problems with hormonal birth control as well as severe pelvic pain, I came to Dr. Prechter in attempts to figure out a better birth control option for myself as well as to get to the bottom of my pain issues. She not only belittled me for the questions or issues I was having, but she was extremely dismissive and left me sitting on the table crying hysterically as she walked out of the room saying «Well I don’t know what to tell you. It’s not a reproductive problem. Figure it out yourself.» The blood work that I had had done previously never made it to the office (not my fault) and rather than helping me figure out why, she intentionally made ME feel responsible for this error saying that I had wasted her time by setting up this follow-​up appointment without her having the necessary records in her hands. I would not recommend her to ANYONE. If there were a way to file an official complaint so that no other woman would have to feel as I have, I would. Her boundaries are terrible, and she has absolutely no concern for the patient, but would rather talk about herself and make you feel like you’re stupid an crazy. DON’T GO TO HER!

I actually called and scheduled an appointment. The staff was so rude and brusque that I called back and cancelled. If the staff is like that, I don’t want to trust them with my medical records.

Dr. Prechter is old school. You probably won’t be happy with her services if you are under 50. She is pretty insensitive when it comes to talking about reproductive health care choices and she isn’t really hip to evidence-​based gyn care.
Being old school has some nice touches, though. She meets with you first and discusses your concerns and then you undress and have your exam. No hanging off the end of the table in a paper gown describing your complaints. She also spends plenty of time with her patients and you don’t feel rushed. Her staff is considerate about fitting you in for problem visits and appointments are scheduled well with little wait.

Dr. Prechter is awesome! She is really nice and patient and very easy to talk to about any problems I’m having. She’s clearly very smart and knowledgeable about her field. Her assistant, Darcell, is really nice too.
The rest of the office staff is pretty incompetent, and I always have to wait for a long time, but I don’t mind because i know she’s worth the wait. That’s the only reason I’m not giving a 5.

She is the WORST doctor I have ever been to! She insulted me numerous times for my ethnicity, first asking me if my name was Muslim, then saying that «people from my region of the world start having babies when they’re 12 – 13.» First of all I was born in America!
Then she continued to talk over me, not listen to me, or answer any of my questions.
Then she spoke about personal issues she has with her family while she continued to violate me vaginally and anally without any sort of explanation or warning.
I honestly felt like crying after the examine, and felt completely raped and violated.
She needs to have her license revoked.