Barry G Herstik, D.P.M

Absolute worst doctor I have ever encountered. Completely dismissed me, told me I need to do Yoga and stretch when I was referred to him with concerns about my foot and leg losing mobility and range of motion. I found out 3 weeks later after going to the ER that I have MS! I underwent brain surgery and had to learn how to walk with my foot and leg from scratch. If I had listened to him I would have been in terrible condition. I also told him I had athletes foot after I realized he was useless concerning my mobility problems and even that he couldn't get right. He told me it was dry skin but I insisted he write me a script as I didn't want to leave empty-handed after all the efforts I had made just to go see him.

Helped me with my plantar fasciitis the first time I came to see this doctor. But then a couple years later I started having pain in the ball of my foot. Went back to him and he completely dismissed my concerns and complaints. Said it was because of my calluses which makes no sense as the pain was inside my foot and not the outside. Didn’t order X-rays so how could he say what it actually was. 6 months later as the pain increased ended up seeing a different podiatrist to find out I have a hairline fracture in my foot! And to think that could have been taken care of half a year ago! Don’t waste your time with this doctor, go see someone else!

Friendly, but as a first time patient he seemed like he was in a complete rush and didn’t take me seriously. Wasted a $50 copay I can hardly afford just to have him only look at only ONE foot, didn’t check how I stand or walk, didn’t do a proper full new patient examination and didn’t even bother looking at the other foot only the one I was having an acute issue with. Did manage to tell me to lose weight at least twice maybe more (I’m a 27 on the BMI and not obese) instead of actually examining BOTH feet, stance, gait, range of motion, etc. Now I have to find another dr, take off work again, and pay another copay to have a basic comprehensive foot checkup on my feet. The doctors notes in the NYU app have blatant non truths in it such as “checking my stance” and info regarding BOTH feet when he only looked at and touched ONE foot. Additionally the office was very loud and very chaotic.

Worst Doctor I have ever encountered. He is lazy beyond belief.