Dr. Jay S. Berland, MD

Dr Berland is thorough and understanding. He works to help you to understand your concerns and treatment. However, his front office needs to work on being more courteous and on top of his appointments as I had at least 2 canceled at the last minute when they did not take into consideration his need to leave early due to no fault of his. They need to block out all his personal, professional, and religious times more carefully. Then, the office manager tried to put it on me that it was I who wasn't understanding his reason to leave early. Additionally, you can make an appointment and they called to confirm to say it was earlier and I had extra tests scheduled I knew nothing about. Again, Dr. Berland is wonderful. The front office needs to improve their scheduling procedures.

I see severa doctors and Dr. Berland is one of the best!

After getting the runaround for 4 months by an ENT whom I was told was a sleep specialist who was unable to replace my CPAP which was lost by an airline, Dr. Berland was able to replace it with a better CPAP in less than a week. He was empathetic, understanding and on-target with his diagnosis. His subsequent follow-ups were timely and meaningful. This is a Doctor that a knows his subject matter and goes the extra mile for his patients.

He doesn't get back to you for a very long time long time! The one time he did get back to me, he seemed perturbed that he had to take 2 mins out of his schedule to talk to one of his trillion patients. He's about volume and profit. It's a pulmonary factory, and his secretary is a young condescending snot who never followed through with ordering my machine. I ended up having to do her work and call Apria myself. Because of her, my insurance no longer covered it, because I had switched jobs. - Some doctors care; some just want a big house on Lon Giland.

Try and reach him on the phone--I dare you! Out of 10 messages--you'll get 2 calls back from the secretary and no calls back from the doctor.

Before I started seeing Dr Berland, I would get two-three major cases of bronchitis a season. Since I started seeing him and following his advice and treatment I have not had anything get beyond what one would consider a normal cold. The wait at his office can be long but that is due to his dedication. Emergencies come first and he often gets tied up at the hospital. You need to book routine appointments months in advance but every time I have called with something required his attention he fit me in the same day.