This review is for the Astoria office, not Elmhurst.
The Astoria chapter used to be called "Astoria Medical Group" (same doctors, different location). Well, the name may have changed but the service is just as terrible. This clinic seems to serve those who don't speak English (Immigrant Medical Service would be a more accurate name than "Queens" or "Astoria") and treats them accordingly - like exploited illegals, they get the worst of everything. First, the average wait time is 2 hours (yes, I kid you not) so if you've ever wanted to see what it was like to live in a developing country with really bad health care, just come here. The office and equipment looks run-down, it's hard to see the same doctor twice, and the waiting area feels like the Port Authority bus station.
If you speak English fluently, run like hell. I had the flu and was misdiagnosed by two doctors here (one of whom was too afraid to even touch me during the exam!) and the drugs they gave me were ineffective. I ended up having to go to an Urgent Care place in Forest Hills where the doctor were dumbfounded by the incompetence I experienced.
What is worse, the doctors will even try to get you to do more tests than you wanted. Even though I was sick, the doctor immediately scheduled me for a mammogram after she saw I hadn't seen my gyn in a year. She processed my paperwork before I had a chance to say no and set up an appointment with the radiologist! It was such a scam I immediately canceled the mammogram as soon as I got home, for why should I trust any weird gyn associated with this place when you can't even treat my illness properly? STAY AWAY. read more