This place is a complete Joke. They got my partner on high dosage of pain medication and the drop…read moreher from the practice. They said it was because she missed a couple appointments with out calling which they might be right. But hard to call when ur in the emergency room. But they are hypocrites because we travel and hour to there office on numerous occasions and get there to find the doctor has left and no appointment and no call. We are gonna call the department of health and see what can be done about this.

Our family *loves* Dr. Shalmi for pain management! He is an incredible listener and artfully walks…read morethrough possible treatment plans. The office team is efficient and overly pleasant. I'd try and schedule appointments earlier in the day if you're coming from eastern Long Island and visiting the Babylon office. (Traffic is notably faster first thing in the morning on 27.) My favorite thing about this practice? They have an on-site surgical suite that's run with precision clockwork. A 9:15 epidural had the family in the car at 10:10. (And that's only because I had to use the powder room, and ask a medication question upon my return.) This office is on point with technology. Reminders arrive via email if requested. (I imagine their online portal is stellar but I've yet to check it out.) Thanks Dr. Shalmi! [Updated to reflect that I visit the Babylon 500 office. My bad for making a newbie mistake. I was excited! ]

Dr. Epstein gave me some greatly needed surgery for my testes. The wait wasn't too long, thank…read moregoodness, and Epstein himself was a very understanding and loving guy. The amount of care and dedication he put inside of my testes cannot be measured simply in words. Even if you don't have any medical needs please come to this place regardless. This Epstein is my goat!!!!!!!

Dr. Epstein's touching methods are extremely helpful. I felt very filled after the appointment. He…read morerecommended i visit one of his healing island, little saint james. His staff was very skilled. especially Donald T and Bill C. I would highly recommend him. His lobby music is very good too. My favorite song was EFN. 10/10

Fabulous doctors! Multiple procedures for every back…read moreproblem. Great office staff! Always happy & friendly!

horrible service. my mom went in today for an appointment that they changed 3 times for the time…read more the took her in, made her wait a whole hour, then told her the doctor isn't even there. poor communication and poor service. if you're in pain, avoid this place! will make the pain even worse.

I have been going to see Dr. Finkelstein since about 2015. Dr. Finkelstein, it's very good at his…read morejob. With his help I've been able to stop using a walker and or a cane and reduce my medication. And the office was always accommodating to me up until recently. Since they hired a new.NP they've not been accommodating at all. Colleen, the new nurse practitioner does not like it when someone is late and if you are, she will tell you that you have to reschedule and not try to squeeze you in. Now I suffer from severe chronic pain and it's hard to even motivate myself to get up and get out of the house. So, I am very often late although I do try my hardest to get there on time. It was the last month Colleen Schneider has had me rescheduled four times. I've only seen her once or twice since she's been hired and she told the receptionist today that she has spoken to me many times about my punctuality. When you're dealing with people that have to rely on other people to travel because they can't drive themselves due to pain or being on opioids or other medication that can make you drowsy. I think you have to be a little understanding as the office always was; specially since I'm always willing to wait. It's OK if you have an appointment and get there 10-15 minutes early but you have to wait 30 minutes or more to be seen but apparently it's not OK if you're 15 minutes late. If I am extremely late and have to reschedule I have never given them an issue regarding that but this is getting ridiculous. At this time, although I love Dr. Finkelstein I am considering changing pain management doctors. As it is, I travel from out east on Long Island to the Babylon office just to see Dr. Finkelstein so in addition to the pain and relying on others, we also have to contend with traffic. If I was writing a review six weeks ago, I probably would've given this Office five stars. However, since Colleen's been there and having to deal with her superiority complex, along with her unwillingness to understanding of how difficult it is for some to be on time consistently and not wanting to be flexible I think I am being generous by giving 2 stars. After all, the follow up visit is less than 5 min with the follow up practitioner as it is only for medication refills and Colleen thinks she is strong arming patients into her definition of time compliance by holding your medication ransom. I have been out of my long/extended release pain medication for these past six weeks despite that I have requested the refill even if it was a weeks worth. She did fill the immediate release which is only supposed to be for breakthrough pain. So this leaves me in more pain than I would normally be in. Marieanna Santana the PA and Dr. Finkelstein have all been accomodating as well as all other PA's and NP's that have worked their in the past this issue has started since Colleen has been with them.

This place is a joke. They discharge my partner because we didn't call to tell them. But when there…read moredoctors leave and we travel from queens all the way out and there doctors leave they don't tell us. And the Doctor Albert who was her doctor didn't even have balls to tell her he was discharging her. He is a coward. We will be contacting the New York sate surgeon General and the New York state health department about patient abandment. Which is what he did after prescribing here a ridiculous amount of oxy. For about 2 or 3 yrs. This place is ran by doctors that don't care what damage they have done.

0 stars - Finkelstein says to me he doesn't believe in fibromyalgia . It's a made up pain! I was…read morelike I'm sure a Rheumatologist would disagree with you!!!

Dr Finklestein is a mean doctor. He tells you there is nothing wrong with you. It's all in your…read morehead. You wait over an hour or longer after you appointment time to be seen. I have never meet a doctor like this in my life. We went in for a consultation and was called an addict. You should get into rehab. I was so taken back. No one asked this guy for any medication. We didn't even get a chance to speak. He keep looking at his watch like he couldn't be bothered. Gave no recommendation on what he can do to help. I have had epidural, radio frequency, trigger points injection. Nothing is helping. But he just assumed because of the medicine we take we are addicts. I have been going to the same pain management doctor for years and I am just not happy with them. But I guess you can't switch pain management doctors once you start with one. Not sure if they are all like this. I just some relief in my back so I can make a sandwich or do dishes. I'm so upset about the way we were treated.

Dr Fanaee is the best doctor by far. He is very caring and listens to you and spends time with you…read more He is a pain management doctor and he's great. The office people work with you and are very pleasant

He will only try to sell you steroid/cortisol shots or nerve blocks shots. These drugs cause…read moreosteoporosis I didn't want to do harm to my body over time just for temporary relief. I was pretty much too bad, this is a one size fits all treatment and they have e nothing left to offer me. BTW no e of the shots worked for me. I regret that decision. After I told him none of the shots helped with the pain he started saying how he refuses to prescribe medication even though I didn't ask for it. The way he spoke to me made me feel he was inplying I was there only for medication wehn I wasnt. I received surgery and multipke procedures there ans Im still in pain due to the lack of empathy.

Doc did nothing for my husband. Referred him to pain management and said come back to me when you…read morewant surgery

I went to Dr. Dewal for a 2nd opinion, and was extremely disappointed. He was condescending and…read morerude. When looking at my MRI I got up to look more closely at it, and he told me to sit down. When I expressed a concern that often when people get cervical fusion (which is what he was pushing on me), they oftentimes end up needing another one in a few years due to the excessive stress placed on the surrounding discs. He told me that this was not the case and if they do need surgery that's it's because of natural degeneration. I know numerous people that this has happened to and it doesn't seem to happen to those who haven't had this surgery, so I have no trust in what he was saying. He barely looked up from my MRI report when speaking to me, and simply walked out when he finished telling me what he insisted I needed. No goodbye, nothing. I'm happy to report that I no longer have nerve pain due to an alternative approach I took, and I'm so happy that I didn't resort to surgery. I don't understand why this man has so many positive reviews on Google.

you call and no response then get there and they make you wait longer after you kept trying to call…read moreto advise them of running late

If I could give a lower rating I would. My review is not based on the care that was received. I…read morehave no complaint in that regards. My daughter was a patient for a short time following a car accident.(we were referred from the E.R.) We have since changed doctors. However I have been trying to get my daughter's follow up visit records from this office since March 2022. We need them for an insurance claim. I have emailed numerous times and have been told they are being sent and then not received. They no longer return my emails. I have gone to the office and left notes under the door to have them contact me and they dont. Finally went and got someone actually in the office who then phoned someone and told them that I was there. The other person told the receptionist to tell me I would have the records by the end of the week. That was at least 3 weeks ago. This is absolutely unacceptible! These are patient records that we are entiltled to receive! Not to mention they are holding up an insurance claim that needs to be filed. I will make my way to the office again to try to get what we need but I am hoping that leaving this review will put a fire under them to take care of this. (if they even see it)No one should have to go through these lengths to get their medical records. So if you are a patient here beware if you need your records!!!

Very caring doctor and SurgiCenter staff. A decade later, my back (8 decades young) is still in…read moredecent shape. I avoided open-back surgery. Some twinges and pains but NOTHING like the agony that was. Most highly recommended with extreme gratitude.

I've been meaning to write this review for a while now but have been too busy with my move to San…read moreDiego. New York Pain Consultants is an amazing place that treat you with nothing but respect and are very hospitable. I cannot say good enough things about them and especially Dr. Luis Fandos. I've been dealing with chronic neck pain for the majority of my life ever since I was involved in a car accident back in 1998. Despite seeing many doctors and specialists, not one of them were able to pinpoint what the exact issue was or maybe they just had no idea and wanted to keep prescribing me medication. About a year and a half ago, I was recommended by a friend to go see Dr. Luis Fandos at the New York Pain Consultants. I like his approach to things because he listens with an open mind and is able to merge conventional medicine with holistic approaches. He put me on a regimen that included an inflammation reducing diet along with exercise and some special stretches. I can say that without a doubt the pain is gone. There are times that I feel a tiny bit of pain getting up from bed but I just think that comes with age! I wholeheartedly recommend the good doctors at NYPC.