Endocrinologists - Forest Hills, NY

" Be careful of this woman. Someone wrote a review about her saying to only go to her if you're Indian. Well, I'm Indian and that didn't stop her from trying to scam me. During my first 12-15 visits, she came across very sweet. She spent time with my husband and I during my visits and we bought it. After a while, when I realized things weren't looking so good & I expressed my frustration, she started getting angry. My husband also felt like there was something off about her & he mentioned this to me a few times but we decided to just stick with it b/c it was more of a hassle to find a new doctor & start all over again. During one of our visits, she said this to me & I will always remember it..."lay people don't understand that there is a science behind infertility. Everybody just wants to get pregnant. You might get pregnant with the next cycle or you might not....I can't promise you that. You just have to keep trying as long as it takes." These were the words that made me realize that she had no intention of getting me pregnant. I was 34 years old. She put me on so many medications for my 2 egg retrievals. The first retrieval ended up being cancelled b/c she told me to take my Hcg trigger the night before & by the time I went in for my egg retrieval with Global Fertility in NYC (which is only arranged through her), I had already ovulated. For the 2nd egg retrieval, 12 eggs were retrieved- 3 of them turned into day 5/6 embryos of good quality (PGT tested). She had me come into the office almost daily for "monitoring." I thought this was excessive but I didn't want to question her. For my frozen embryo transfer cycles (I had 3 separate transfer cycles to prevent a twin/ triplet pregnancy) she made me take so much estrogen...she kept telling me that my lining was not getting thick. Meanwhile, my estrogen levels were in the 2000s to 3000s because she had me on oral and vaginal estrogen then injections. I had 3 embryo transfers with Global Fertility (who might also be in on this scam with her but I can't be sure of this) & all 3 PGT tested near-perfect embryos failed to implant. I felt that she was doing something wrong here because we have 2 children naturally who are 6 and 8 years old & we were trying for a 3rd baby years later but weren't having any luck naturally. She had me and my husband take a whole bunch of tests with her to rule out any problems with my uterus, or any problems with my blood/ clotting, or any other issues & they all came back negative. We also went for genetic testing to make sure nothing was wrong. Finally, it came to a point where I had no more embryos left with Global Fertility in NYC so I decided to move on to another reproductive doctor just b/c I didn't trust her & I didn't want to keep doing these cycles w/ her. The meds made me have so many mood swings. I was very fortunate that my husband has EXCELLENT insurance through work which allowed me the luxury of trying again w/ another doctor. W/ my new doctor, I had just 1 egg retrieval & was able to get 32 eggs retrieved and 11 of them developed into great quality embryos (I had these PGT tested also). So basically, the number of embryos more than tripled with this new doctor b/c he put me on the correct medications suited for my body. Also, with this new doctor, I took oral estrogen only & I had no problem with my lining; it was 9.2 at my 14 day visit....& guess what? I got pregnant w/ my first embryo transfer. We have a beautiful, healthy 1 year old baby boy now. Best news is that, we still have 11 beautiful embryos waiting for us if we decide to have another child. Moral of the story is, run away from her as fast as you can & don't look back. She put me on all the wrong meds for my egg retrievals so that I don't get too many embryos & she can keep doing this over & over again to me so I can be her cash cow. This woman is repulsive."