Weill Cornell Medical Associates West Side

Those reading probably think I am nuts for updating but I have so much love for this practice even years later.
I find this practice to be amazing because whether you call for insurance referrals or to make appointments everything is handled happily, quickly, and efficiently. And if I have to come in the check in /​check out is really a 3 second process. And I have never waited more than 10 minutes to be seen. I love the nurses here because they are the nicest but also the most gentle with blood draw (tiny veins over here).
And Dr. Baskin is really the gold standard of doctors. I’ve come to her sometimes really sick or really hurt but she manages to be really calming and reassuring and likes to joke about things like people talking way too loud on the train home on their phones. She’s definitely helped me so much over the years not only heal from whatever ails me but to de-​escalate fears I may have had along the way. She is also a major advocate of trying other lines of defense rather than medicating at the first symptom which I love. And if this isn’t amazing enough she’s always reachable via Weill Cornell connect and usually answers questions the day of.
And although I would love if no one reading this made an appointment with her because she’s already too popular as is I so wouldn’t blame you! I think finding her in 2012 was one of my greatest life decisions.

I can’t say enough great things about this facility and the care I received. This was my first pregnancy and being a nurse I am not the best patient. Dr Weinstein was patient and informative. She made the entire process easy and calmed my nerves. I never waited more than 10 mins to be seen and the appointments although short, I was always provided with all the information needed with all questions answered. I had a scheduled c section as my baby was on the larger side and breech. Dr Weinstein walked me through it and literally held my hand as I was a nervous wreck. I now have my healthy baby boy thanks to all the great care I received.
I’ll definitely keep her in mind for my next pregnancy!

I wonder why does this hospital still keep that doctor? Erika Weinstein! I was planning to have my labor there, but after reading all these awfull reviews and some very concerning ones on the other websites as well now I am scared that I might have to deal with her if she is the on call doctor during my labor.
I read tens of times that she made pregnant women cry before or during labor. Everyone is talking about how rude she is, how she dissappears when you need her, and what an horrible experience they had when they gave birth just because of her.
And this is wrong! Weill Cornell should do something about it. It is the most important day of your life and it’s not fair at all to remember that day with regrett and sadness…

This is my first pregnancy and I saw Dr. Weinstein exclusively until I was 26 weeks pregnant (about 4 – 5 visits), when my increasing dissatisfaction with her reached a breaking point. After a lot of stressful searching (many OBs and midwives won’t take you as a new patient after so many weeks), I have found a midwife at a different hospital who is refreshingly open and informative.
Dr. Weinstein is not very sensitive or responsive to my concerns but seems focused on getting me out the door and keeping my mouth shut. Our visits tend to take about 90 seconds, after which she asks us if we have any questions while looking like she wants to run out of the room. She answers the questions as curtly as possible and any information we bring up is immediately dismissed, or she becomes defensive as though we were challenging her personally rather than trying to become informed. I kept thinking, «Maybe she is just having a bad day,» but the last visit was so troubling that I had to switch out of her practice. I can’t speak to her competence because luckily I have a low-​risk pregnancy so I’m not sure how she would handle adverse conditions (and when we asked her what her philosophy/​plans look like, she shut us down and refused to have a conversation about it).
I say if you want to try her, give it a shot, but trust your gut and switch doctors early on instead of waiting until it’s (almost) too late like I did. The relief I feel now that I can talk openly about my wishes and concerns to my new midwife is making me feel a lot more confident about giving birth for the first time!

This review is specifically for Dr Weinstein. I had read earlier reviews of her when I was choosing an OB and was hesitant to go with her given some of the negative reviews. I wanted to keep with the Cornell Weill network and deliver at NY Presbyterian so I signed up with Dr Waterstone instead. However, on my delivery date Dr Weinstein was on rotation. She was completely the opposite of what I had expected from the negative reviews. She was friendly, professional and competent. I couldn’t have asked for a better and smoother labor & delivery. She adhered to my request for delayed cord cutting and even asked me if it was okay to cut when the cord had stopped pulsating. She also took the time to answer my questions about postpartum care. I usually like to go with a doctor with a lot of years (15−20+) of experience but Dr Weinstein really impressed me and if I had another baby I’d definitely consider switching to her as my OB.

I met Dr. Weinstein for the first time last week and she was great — thorough, friendly, answered all my questions, was very pleasant and she couldn’t have been nicer. I am due in July and decided later in my pregnancy that I wanted to delivery at the Cornell UES hospital instead of the Lower Manhattan Hospital where I had planned to delivery. Most OBs would not take me this late in my pregnancy but Dr. Weinstein did and she has been very nice so far. I’ve just met her this once but I’ll come back and change my review if I have any change in opinion of her, but so far she seems great!

My experience with Dr. Erica Weinstein has been just awful. She is the most rude and condescending doctor that I have ever been to. She doesn’t explain anything and won’t provide an opinion on anything. I can not emphasize enough how completely terrible she is to deal with. Her bedside manner is just plain awful. I am switching practices because of her.

LOVE Dr. Erica Weinstein!
I was looking for an OB when I found out I was expecting our second child. Came across her name in the internet but wasn’t thrilled with the reviews. Later decided to give her office a call and just try her out. They were so accommodating! Dr. Weinstein came early at 8:30am to squeeze me in on her booked up day and we were impressed. She is the quiet kind not really chatty but she answered all of our questions thoroughly and was really patient with us.
I am almost ready to give birth now and I am hoping that she will be there to deliver my baby boy. She has been amazing and supportive through out the process. We had a few issues during our 2^nd trimester, this doctor always made sure to call us and talk to us after every «specialist» visits. It meant a lot to us because it was a difficult time in our life. She made sure all the test were done and no stone was left unturned.
I am happy to say it was all a false scare and everything is fine.
I will always be grateful to this doctor for being there for my family. also a plus the wait time is never that long. I hope there are more doctors out there like her. Her staff is also wonderful especially the nurse!

Dr. Kelly Greening was the very first OBGYN I saw when I moved to NYC 14 years ago. I was 18 at the time and hadn’t had many «lady appointments» yet, but even with my limited experience I could tell she was fantastic. Unfortunately, for the last decade, I didn’t have insurance I could use in her office, so when I finally switched to a provider Weill Cornell would take, I actually did a happy dance because I could go back to her for my yearly visits and she could be my OBGYN when my husband and I decide to start a family. Seriously. A happy dance.
She is professional, knowledgeable, caring, and patient. I have never felt rushed in her office and I am always comfortably asking her questions. She just has this air about her– you know you’re in excellent hands. I highly recommend her!

My experience with Weill Cornell docs has been fantastic. Dr. Erica Weinstein is my OB/​GYN and she was wonderful during my recent delivery. I had a very big boy, nearly 10 pounds, and she was a great combo of an experienced doctor and a comforting coach. She made me feel like I could do it and I did! Also during all my well visits, I never waited more than 5 – 10 minutes to see her, which is so rare with docs.
We are also seeing Dr. May Chu as our pediatrician and she is AWESOME! Seriously, so warm and gives great info. During our first visit, she probably spent 30 – 45 minutes with us answering all our questions. She never rushes us and is so great with our son. So happy with this office!

I love this place. Dr. Weinstein has been my doctor for over three years. Recently she delivered my first baby. I was induced at week 41 and my experience with Dr. Weinstein was great. Although the induction process was long, the delivery itself was short and very smooth. She kept me informed on the progress and instructed the perfect amount of medicine being given to me which made the entire process smooth. My baby is almost 10 pounds and my delivery lasted less than 15 minutes. I wouldn’t have been able to do that without her.

I had a fabulous experience with Dr Kelly Greening for my prenatal care and highly recommend her! BUT my 1 star rating is strictly aimed at Erica Weinstein. She was on call when I went into labor with my second child, and she was absolutely miserable to deal with. I feel like I would have to go into great detail to explain fully why she was so bad, and I don’t want to do that on such a public forum, but she treated my husband and myself in such a way that I can’t keep quiet about her any more.
Here is part of why she has no place being an OB on rotation at the hospital– My nurses at NY Presbyterian were wonderful, as well as the anesthesiologist on duty that night, but Dr Weinstein was nowhere to be seen most of the time she was on call. I had been induced b/​c my water had broken even though I wasn’t having contractions, and after consulting with my nurses and the anesthesiologist and asking a LOT of questions making sure I was doing the right thing (b/​c again the Dr couldn’t be bothered with me), I chose to get an epidural at the time the anesthesiologist suggested. She was about to go into surgery and said it would be an hour or two until she could come back to me, and everyone assured me that getting the epidural before her surgery was a very good call bc I risked not being able to get one at all if her surgery took too long. When the Dr finally decided to grace me with her presence a couple hours later, she examined me and proceeded to yell at me for getting the epidural when I did. I explained the situation, but she couldn’t even be bothered to listen to me and just kept talking down to me, treating me like a complete idiot, and calling me a liar. When my husband tried to step in and again explain to her that we couldn’t find her and that this is what the several people I consulted with agreed on based on these certain factors, she continued with the use of the word «lies» and being very condescending. Even the nurses were visibly uncomfortable. When the Dr left, I sat in bed just SOBBING bc I couldn’t believe that she had just treated me in such a way. The day you give birth to a child is one of the biggest days of your life and there is absolutely no place for such behavior from a professional. I vowed there was no way that woman was going anywhere near me to deliver my baby, and thank goodness her shift got over shortly before I needed to start pushing. (She never even came to tell me she was ending her shift or introduce me to the new dr or anything… she just vanished. That was not how the shift change was handled during labor with my first child.)
The dr that did deliver my baby was AMAZING! I can’t remember her name, but she was this sweet, funny Asian dr (from their UES office I believe) who had us laughing through the whole pushing phase. Seriously, the mood was so light and fun and it was a completely wonderful experience. And when we told her what had happened with the previous dr, she actually listened, looked at my chart and took into consideration all the factors we were presented with, and assured me that we hadn’t done anything wrong. My labor hadn’t been affected in a negative way whatsoever by getting my epidural slightly earlier than ideal. My labor was short, had zero complications, and I only had to push like 3 times total. If I had royally screwed up and had deserved the lashing that Dr Weinstein had given me, then I don’t see how such a smooth delivery could have occurred. Please do yourself a favor and stay away from Dr Weinstein… she doesn’t care about you whatsoever.

I would give this office (80^th street) one star if it was not for Dr. Saltzman. I have been trying to receive my results for the blood work for the last three days. II called emailed, left numerous messages and I still haven’t heard back from anyone. Moreover, When I came for the original appointment I was not in the system because, once again, nurse forgot to put my information in it. I’m very upset and I think that they should work harder on their customer service skills. I actually booked an appointment at another location (68^th street) and I am very happy that I switched.

I live on the west side and recently came here for an injury I suffered. Dr. Kraft’s expertise and knowledge goes beyond anything I expected in the several visits I’ve had here. He gave his attentive diagnoses and recommended a great place to have an MRI done. I’m the type that tries to stay as healthy as possible to avoid doctor visits but when I come here I know I’m getting the best care a person can ask for. This place is as top notch as it gets.

I am a patient of Dr. Painter and Dr. Greening, and my son is a patient of Dr. Rosenberg. These are superb medical professionals who offer exceptional care, with such thoroughness and thoughtfulness. They take great pride in a well run office, have staff, nurses and PAs who are excellent, and offer the very best kind of care, compassionate and empathetic, and completely outstanding in terms of professional care. I highly recommend.

I’ve been going to Dr. Painter for a number of years and found her to be a very good physician. Her assistants are thorough and considered. Her office is well run and organized, especially now that the office location has been renovated.

Do NOT go to this practice for obstetrics unless you don’t mind not having a doctor present at your baby’s delivery. Dr. Kelly Greening assured me that although she does not herself delivery babies (although she does all of the prenatal appointments) the obstetrician on call from her practice would deliver the baby. That was fine with me. But, in fact, the obstetrician on call did not attend my baby’s birth because she was busy with someone else down the hall. I was alone with my husband and the nurse. When the baby was half-​way out I was told not to push because no one was there to catch the baby and, as you can imagine, having a baby half-​way out of your vagina is extremely painful, relieved only by getting the baby all the way out. After screaming at the top of my lungs to get someone in the room, NOW!, my baby was ultimately delivered by a random resident unaffiliated with the West Side practice. The baby then had to be immediately taken from me for three hours to get an xray because his head was so smashed from me being told not to continue pushing him out. Neither Dr. Kelly Greening nor her affiliates apologized to me or even followed up to see how I was doing after delivery. I strongly urge you to go to a practice that will have greater capacity to attend your delivery and more humanity.

I’ve been going to Dr. Kraft for more years than I can remember. He is by far, the best doctor I have ever had. I was living in Manhattan when I first met Dr. Kraft. I now live over an hour away in East Brunswick, NJ and still drive all the way to the Westside of Manhattan to see Dr. Kraft — he’s that good.
Dr. Kraft is the first, and one of the only, doctors I have ever had that really seems to genuinely care about his patients. And while I understand that most doctors aren’t known for their bedside manners, you can only imagine how much nicer it is to have a great doctor who shows a very concerned and compassionate side when you are sick.
One of the things I really appreciate is the time Dr. Kraft puts into an appointment. He is extremely calm and patient; not the slightest bit alarmist. Most appointments start with a sit down interview to help Dr. Kraft understand what’s bothering you. The exam, diagnosis, and treatment plan come next. And finally, you finish with another sit down interview where Dr. Kraft will give you the time to answer any questions you may have. This could all take a couple of minutes, or it could take a half hour or more. It all depends on your situation. Dr. Kraft will never rush his patients in and out of the office or treat them like they’re on an assembly line.
Yes, the downside of this can be longer than normal wait times for your appointment to start. Most of the time, though, my appointments have started on time or within 10 minutes of the scheduled time. There have been a couple of instances where it has taken longer, but both of the those instances came on a day where I had to make a last minute appointment for the same day — something Dr. Kraft has always managed to accommodate. I am more than happy to deal with this to have access to such a great doctor.
Dr. Kraft truly is the real deal. No matter how sick you might be, you’ll always go in to see him knowing that he is your best shot at figuring out how to get you healthy again. He’s not a part-​time comedian, cracking jokes, like some doctors try to be. He’s very serious, very down to earth, and very committed to helping you solve whatever is ailing you. I cannot recommend him highly enough.

I have been seeing Dr. Lucy Painter for 10 years. I feel so cared for with her. She is brilliant, funny, accessible and amazing. The office itself (from reception to check-​out) is impeccable. I am consistently treated with great respect and kindness. Just fantastic health care all around!!!

Most women would agree it’s hard to find the right OB/​GYN for you. I found Dr. Kelly Greening here to be absolutely wonderful. She takes her time with you and you don’t feel like she’s rushing off to her next patient. She is thorough with her examinations but gentle as well.
I can always get a hold of someone when needed for a question or a prescription refill. You can also request refills via their website.
She’s wonderful and now that I’ve moved away, I’m still tempted to travel the 2hrs to see her.