Jonathan N Lazare, MD

1: They overcharged me by nearly 6 fold. I caught the error a couple of weeks later. They corrected it.
2: When a urinalysis came back positive for infection, I was not informed that the results had come in. If there is a test result stating that I’m sick, I should be informed immediately by phone. Also, I was forced to schedule an appointment to come in and hear the result before I could receive a prescription for the doctor’s presumed diagnosis.
3: When coming in to hear the test results, the doctor had forgot about other tests that were performed and didn’t seem to remember much about my situation even though my first appointment was just one week prior.
4: I had had bladder pain for 2 months. I and my girlfriend had already been tested for STDs — out of an abundance of caution, mainly just to rule them out — and they had come back negative. Dr Lazare knew of this and also had been informed that I was in a monogamous relationship. His diagnosis after seeing indications of infection in my urinalysis: ‘Most likely an STD.‘
I didn’t flip out because I figured an infection is an infection, and even if he was wrong about what kind of infection I really had, it probably didn’t matter because he would just prescribe antibiotics regardless. Woah was I wrong. 3 weeks later and still suffering, I saw a new doctor, who immediately correctly diagnosed me with a prostate infection, which requires much more serious and prolonged antibiotics to be treated fully than an STD. That doctor was not a little bit shocked and was somewhat ashamed that a fellow urologist couldn’t correctly diagnose what is apparently a very common reason for a man under 40 to see a urologist (prostatitis).
5: Dr. Lazare was friendly enough to make me feel a little bad posting this, but the diagnosis process involved such a lack of trust in what I was telling him about my situation that I felt I needed to share.

Great Doctor! I visited Dr. Lazare at 326 7^th Street to get a second opinion after another urologist told me to take painkillers for painful bi-​lateral varicoceles. The blood analysis and the semen analysis tests showed that everything was otherwise fine, but telling me to take painkillers for the rest of my life to treat the pain wasn’t what I expected a professional surgeon-​urologist to tell me, especially when the condition has a long history of being cured with surgery. I did plenty of research on this condition beforehand and knew that only surgery can provide permanent pain relief. Dr. Lazare performed ultrasound and confirmed that the condition requires surgery. I can’t even begin to describe how great it is to know that after so many years, I will soon be free of it (had it since 13, felt too ashamed to admit to family, lifting weights exacerbated it). While I haven’t underwent surgery yet (according to the doctor, it will be sub-​inguinal varicocelectomy), it is great to know that I found a professional doctor who really cares when his patient complains of pain in the most important part of his body. A sincere thank you, doc! Also, the staff was very pleasant and courteous and the wait time was practically 5 minutes.