Epstein Robert MD

I am currently working on my doctorate in public health and changed my course of study away from medicine because I felt that doctors were being trained more like businessmen looked as patients as clients (quantity is better than quality). Dr Epstein epitomizes what I feel is going wrong with medicine — I had to see Dr. Epstein once because my regular doctor at the time was unavailable, due to having a lot of acid in my stomach and a lot of pain swallowing. He asked me what I did for a living (I work 1 FT job, 1 PT job and I go to school part-​time at night) and basically said that «I need to relax because it’s probably from nerves». I ended up getting an endoscopy as per the recommendation of Mid Hudson Medical Group’s GI and guess what I had? 3 polyps (benign, thank God) in my esophagus and an ulcer in my stomach. Thanks for nothing, Dr. Epstein! If my polyps had kept growing, it would have required emergency surgery since they could have created a blockage.
He seems very cocky and has a very big ego (but not a lot of skill to back it up) — not a great doctor. Go to someone else in the group.

I’ve known Dr. Epstein for many years and he is an outstanding Physician. He is very insightful and seems to genuinely care about his patients. I would give any prospective patient full confidence that Dr. Epstein will give the treatment you need.