Jeffrey L Zilberfarb, MD

I have been seen by Dr. Zilberfarb three times for a torn meniscus and arthritis. He is a terrific doctor — skilled, professional and kind. His office staff are lovely and very helpful. I would highly recommend this practice and I am grateful to be a patient there.

Made an appointment, only to find out as I remarked that the waiting room was quite full that the person they were going to have me see is no longer in the practice. Instead of telling me ahead of time to make another, dedicated appointment time, they were trying to squeeze everyone in and it didn’t work. After waiting for 40+ minutes, I gave up and found another doctor closer to home who values their patient’s time.

Now Mr. Zilberfarb is attempting to rewrite history. As I said in my original post I arrived EARLY. I was 10 minutes early to be exact. He still took another patient before me and made me wait. His staff confirmed than I would have been turned away if I was 23 minutes late… oh and so does their cancellation policy document which they make you sign the first time you are seen.
He cannot justify such unprofessional behavior so he just makes up lies instead.

I was referred to Dr. Zilberfarb by Dr. Meeks (his colleague in the office). Dr. Meeks had performed successful surgery on my knee (ACL) and when he diagnosed my shoulder injury he referred me to Dr. Zilberfarb (specializes in shoulders). After trying rehab to fix my injury, we determined that I would need surgery in order to have the quality of activity that I wanted. Dr. Zilberfarb performed surgery on my shoulder to fix my labrum and remove a bone spur from my rotator cuff.
Everything about the surgery — office pre-​op, hospital pre-​op, the surgery, post-​op and the physical therapy was excellent. Dr. Zilberfarb and his staff made me feel very comfortable and thoroughly explained every step so I would know exactly what to expect. The surgery exceeded my expectations and I was back to all of my sports within 4 months (ahead of schedule).
I highly recommend Dr. Zilberfarb. My shoulder is stronger than ever!

I had a good experience with Doctor Zilberfarb and his staff. The diagnosis of a torn meniscus was accurate, and the outpatient surgery at BI was quick and easy. The followup care was also good. I would recommend Meeks and Zilberfarb to anyone with orthopedic issues.

Just recently I’ve gone back there for another issue I’m having. They’ve downgraded the furnishings in the waiting room. Before they had these awesome couches and stuffed chairs on oriental rugs. People of any age, height and size could find a comfortable place to sit. Now all the furniture has been removed and replaced with these utilitarian waiting room chairs with rigid arms. The chairs are ugly, don’t suit the room décor, uninviting and tremendously uncomfortable for the petite, people with long legs or wide hips. The wait can sometimes be long which was much easier to bear when they had the couches and not those wooden horses to sit on. One size does not fit all.

When I’m told that I will see a doctor and not a nurse, I expect to see a doctor. When I don’t, I’m not too happy. Especially when she’s as dull as a cardboard box. Her advice was to rest and make another appointment for in a couple of weeks, which I did. I was once again told that I would see the doctor. I show up for my next appointment and the nurse takes me into a room, then says «Oh my your here soon why did you make an appointment you need more time». WTF. I make another appointment for a couple weeks later, again being promised that I would see the doctor. I show up, and she asks me if I want a cortisone shot. Youve got to me kidding me what the hell do I know if I NEED a cortisone shot!!! At this point I’m livid and demand to see the doc. He finally comes in, nice enough guy but still kind of blows me off. He suggests a cortisone shot. Now I’ve got to deal with this nurse that I’m completely pissed at for making me show up 3 times for already with no improvement and no insights. She’s probably not my biggest fan either but she gets to stick a needle in my arm. Anyway I get the cortisone shot but I’m done with the place. If I can’t see the doctor that I’m supposed to see I’m going to go somewhere else and not waste my time.