Dr. Lynne J Goldberg, MD

I waited months to see her after another doctor sent my biopsy to her for pathology. Dr. Goldberg's pathology report diagnosed me with a rare, painful and disfiguring disease. Original doctor said that my clinical presentation and Dr. Goldberg's pathology report did not match and that she could not ethically treat me for a disease that she didn't think I had. She called Dr. Goldberg who stood by her findings and told me to go see Dr. Goldberg. After the long wait when I saw Dr. Goldberg she said that she agreed that I did not have this disease. Imagine thinking you had a horrible disease and have to wait all that time to find out by Dr. Goldberg that she didn't stand by her pathology report. She offered no treatment or different diagnosis and told me she's see me in 6 months. During that time my condition worsened and I called to try to get in earlier and was told no. At that 6 month appointment she dismisserd my concerns, and told me to basically deal with it. She took 2 more biopsy's… that day. When she called with the results she said that she was "surprised" and that the results from the 2 sites were completely reversed from what she expected. Told me that "it was possible that that the samples were swapped" "but I don't think so" and then said "let's go with these." 3 biospy's and no diagnosis and no treatment plan. She wants to take a "wait and see approach" and that she'd see me in 3 months. Unacceptable. Run. Don't walk, run and find a competent medical professional who will actually offer recommendations and treatment for your health concern.

Waited a whole year to see her because she was highly recommended. Bedside manner is awful. Immediately told me IUD was not the problem and didn’t think my problem was grave. I pushed for a biopsy which she didn’t think it would reveal anything. Her assistant called three weeks later with a diagnosis of androgenic alopecia. Did not offer options nor follow up.

I have been seeing Dr. Goldberg for many years now. She was the first dermatologist to diagnose my problem and provided me the correct medicine to help me. She changes up my dose to ween me off certain medicines. Without her expertise, I feel I'd still be looking for help.

Long wait time - almost 3 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No bedside manner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Long unexplained wait time. 1 and 1/2 hours. Quick rushed visit. (matter of fact attitude Re: disease) Kind but not very caring.

Dr. Goldberg is a capable and smart physician. Problem is, she is rigid, certain about what she knows, and not particularly interested in learning about what she does not yet know. I waited months for an appointment with her, then found to my dismay she was only willing to prescribe heavy antibiotics and drugs for my medical conditions - even when there was plenty of medical evidence that the drugs had already caused toxic side effects in my immune system. She was not interested in hearing about that, saying she prescribed the drugs routinely, to many patients, with no problem. She had no alternative or milder treatments to offer for my chronic - but not life threatening - conditions. I have managed to cure myself, since that visit, largely through simple herbal remedies and lotions that she should have known about, and which I found out about by reading other people's advice and suggestions on the internet! Dr. Goldberg would have had me on toxic drugs for several months instead, with… immune-compromising side-effects. When a doctor's mind is closed to anecdotal evidence, and the person quick to prescribe immune-compromising drugs and antibiotics, it violates the basic Hippocratic injunction to "first do no harm".