After years of endometriosis @ Dr.s One that was my obgyn for 15 years and another I do not even remeber her name. My reg. obgyn who has always agreed I had endo, but stopped doing surgery. excellent Dr. I had a laparatomy about the endo and what could be done. She did the procedure and told me I did not have any endo? Ru kidding me? They told me from my first period at age 13 I had it. went back to my reg obgyn and said you still can have it but just not see it. When I moved back to NY. I was recommended to Penfield obgyn. I researched the Dr.s and decided Dr. Laroia specialized in endo , repair and urinary incontinence, which I had since my first child. He was awesome, did a exploratory laparotomy without a flinch, wow !, what a godsend. And yes, i was covered from head to toe, just as I knew. Stated it was up there with the top worse cases he had seen, he tried to eliminate as much as he could, but did not work. I was 37 with a tubal ligation and did not want any more children. Most obgyn gives you a hard time because of that age but he didn't. On to the hysterectomy we go. We tried leaving the ovaries, but it was feeding the endo, so we took out everything and took care of the incontinence.After the total hysterectomy , I was still having endo pain. We just thought I had soo much it wasn't dried up yet. He never gave me a hard time about pain meds, which was soo nice due to I really was hurting badly. Come to find out this pain was not stemming from the left over endo , I had Interstitial cystitis. Dr. Laroia discovered this also, amazing. This was treatable. I was one of the first 50 women to have the Da Vinci robot used for the hyst. This cut down on recovery time by 3 weeks. Dr.Piquoin and Dr Klimmik has assisted in the surgeries and have also seen Dr. Daas. All excellent Dr.s! I have read the others reviews and am in shock! Now one incident as someone else stated was they were treated like a drug addict. I too had a conference with one of the Dr.s who basically accused the same, but he was not the Dr. I primarily seen. This was absolutely upsetting to me, but in the Dr.s defense I had several emergency call ins and a lot of pain meds written, it's his job to call an assessment, By looking at my chart...I would of thought the same..a drug seeking patient. Truly I was not and was still in a lot of pain. Sometimes they are booked up but usually got right in. Other than that one incident , I have the highest regard for these Dr.s and nurses and staff. They have performed cutting edge surgeries and detected things no other Dr.s were able to.I recommend them to everyone..love them! ...read more

Back to my $20 co pay I received a CERT. LETTER STATING I WAS TO PAY THE FEE AND NOT CLAIM IN MY BANKRUPTCY OR BE RELEASED FROM THE PRACTICE. I must have missed the release from practice part of the letter. I just called the office to make an annual appointment because I was in fear that I missed something in the mail and was overdue. I was told my Dr was booked until MAY! UNTIL MAY? I think I was due in Sept.? “I will have an office manager contact you.” This is the response I received. The next day my voice mail was from the office manager “Cathy “confirming “my annual was due in July however; I have been released from the practice!” Do you really want these people in charge of your care? I think not. When money and as little as $20 that was waived by my Dr in the first place, comes in the middle of your well being that is not a DOCTOR that is a MONEY HUNGRY Agency. ...read more

I was a patient to this practice after my regular OB retired in 2000. I had my medical records transferred reflecting that I had ongoing issues from endometriosis with cysts, liaisons and pain. I really enjoyed the bedside manner of Dr Piquoin as she is very friendly, knowledgeable and out of the box thinker. Over time I ran into many issues with the practice itself. My Dr was always over booked and even with an appointment you were looking at a minimal 45 minute wait. I missed a $20 co pay that was then billed to me for one of my routine visits for medication refill or pick up. I did dispute it because I was tired of paying time and again to pick up a prescription. The Dr. wrote on my paper to waive the fee. Billing continued to bill me. I wrote this fee off recently in my Nov 2009 bankruptcy. Remind you I was due for an annual checkup in July and was NEVER NOTIFIED. Is this there idea of an alternative practice to cervical cancer??? I have worked with much smaller practices and re ...read more