Going to see Dr. Dormer was truly one of the worst experiences I've had in New York. She is without a doubt one of the most unprofessional ""doctors"" I've ever had the displeasure of meeting. I went in for a vein treatment and afterward I was pressured to buy a cream for my leg. The cream contained vitamin A which is extremely sensitive to oxygen and must be kept as airtight as possible. Dr. Dormer's version was packaged (by herself, presumably) in plastic jars that would not have maintained the integrity of the vitamin A for very long at all. So I declined buying it at her office and asked instead for a prescription of the cream so I could pick it up at my pharmacy. She ultimately refused to write the prescription, probably out of anger that I wouldn't buy her overpriced and carelessly packaged cream from her, and while refusing to do this simple courtesy (that is, if the cream were so necessary, wouldn't it be ethical to ensure I get it, no matter where I choose to purchase it from?) she behaved in such an unprofessional and blatantly nasty way that even my pharmacist was taken aback. \r
I really couldn't discourage you enough from going to Dr. Dormer for anything. It concerns me that there are doctors like this out there who first pressure a patient to purchase a poorly packaged and overpriced product and then not only scorn them for not purchasing it, but refuse to write them a prescription for this same ""necessary"" item which the patient has elected to get from a pharmacy. To be honest, the whole experience left me so shaken and uneasy for days afterward that I couldn't even bring myself to go to my free follow-up visit. I don't even want to walk on 71st street ever again.
Cons: everything about the establishment
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