Belkin Medical P.C.

I don’t usually leave reviews, but I was specifically asked to by the doctor, so here we are. This was the most bizarre doctors visit I’ve ever attended and made me question whether ZocDoc is a functional platform. The doctor clearly did not review my intake forms and asked if I was aware I had ADHD upon meeting me for the first time. I said I had been medicated when I was younger and it increased anxiety. She waved that away, saying that I was probably over medicated (not asking what dosage I was on). She then explained, and this is a direct quote, that “people with adhd brains are stuck with a child’s brain walking around in an adult body.” This is a gross oversimplification of ADHD and as a reminder, this was not my intent for going to the doctor (I was trying to establish a basis of care with a PCP since I’m new to NY). She then pointed out that my feet were flat and that I “have a lazy eye” (I do not, and have been to optometrists and competent doctors throughout my life). She recommended experimental eye surgery that “sometimes corrects it for adult patients, but you really need surgery as a child.” I had to remind her I am on antianxiety medication despite adding it to the form, and she said “that’s a high dose, it’s probably what is managing your ADHD.” She also incorrectly talked about the left and right brain being “out of sync” and that was the reason for my malformed “lazy eye.” She looked in my ears and said they looked red, I said I’d cleaned them with qtips and know that’s not something I should do. She recommended gel tips (also not recommended by ENTs). I told her I have a ganglion cyst on my left wrist, she mentioned in Russia they’d hit it with a bible but in the US you have to get surgery. I was taken aback by her insistence that I get elective experimental eye surgery and that my entire form was maladapted from having ADHD. Her bedside manner was intense and it was such a chaotic appointment start to finish, ending with her arguing with front of office staff in front of me. Bizarre experience start to finish and I will not be back.

Please do not go here, just like other reviews their billing system is a scam. I just came in as a new patient for an annual physical and now I end up paying for all lab work because their office refuse to give my insurance information to the lab. I even called the lab to give my insurance and it wasn't taken care of either. This office is super hands off and do not care and just submit tons of lab work knowing that the patient will be billed for everything. Additionally, I was never told from the start of my visit in this office that it is the patients responsibility to contact the labs to make payment. It's ridiculous. What a crazy process. Be aware if they have worked out something with the lab where this can be a potential scam of overcharging people.