Anyone using Dr Preston Sacks at Columbia Fertility?

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I thought he was "nice" but after several unsuccessful rounds got a second opinion and we found a significant missed issue. The new RE also was quite upfront about our situation in a way that Dr. Sacks had danced around.

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Anonymous wrote:I absolutely love Dr. Sacks. I was using him for treatments when my ex-husband and I was trying to have a baby. However, now I use Dr. Sacks as my regular GYN doctor and he is the best! The entire staff in his office is wonderful. Francis his assistant is awesome as well. I continue to refer all my girlfriends to Dr. Sack.

How would Dr. Sacks practice as a regular GYN when he's working at an infertility clinic? This sounds like a CFA staff post.

+1000. If you read back any thread that deals with Dr. Sacks you will find that as soon as someone has something negative to say, adoring fans come up and sing his praises. I used to be one of his patients and although he has very nice during the initial consulation, I NEVER dealt with him after that. Even during my procedure, he came did IUI and took off in less than a minute. In addition, the front desk was disorganized and rude at times and the billing department is terrible. I moved on and am much happier at another place.

I don't necessarily disagree but wanted to chime in that one-on-one care can be rather sparse. I did five IUIs and an IVF with Dr. Sacks, and he did all but one IUI, the retrieval, and the transfer. At Shady Grove, I've done all of the repeat testing, a fresh cycle, and an FET. I have yet to see "my" doctor. The whole system is infuriating, but Dr. Sacks was more personal than SG. There may well be options better than both of them on that front...

I agree with everything said above but having been a patient to both SG and Dr. Sacks, I would say that at least at SG although you don't see "your" doctor often, you do get to see "a doctor" and have a chance to ask questions and discuss your concerns which is a lot more than can be said for Dr. Sacks who pretty much uses his nurses as a barrier between him and his patients. He should at least call back patients and specially patients like one of the earlier posters in this thread who asked for him to call back after she suffered a loss. Actions speak louder than words and maybe he has seen so much that he is now insensitive to his patient's needs. Regardless of what we all say, infertility is a big business and both SG and Dr. Sacks will not suffer if one patient leaves because 5 more are coming in the door and maybe that is why Dr. Sacks and other RE's can have the luxury of not caring as much. Sad but true.