Dr. Michael Sanford Sofman, MD

I saw Sofman. He was nice and patient with me . Listen to each of my concerns and address each patiently . I would recommend him .

Doctor Softman is very good He diagnosed my condition which is pretty rare and he has been treating me for my relapses from my untreatable issue for years . With out his diagnosis and treatment of my condition, I could not have lived a normal life. (LSR patient for over 10 years)

I have been to this doctor several times. He has always seemed very knowledgeable regarding my dermatology issues and has provided proper treatments.

Being seen by this doctor is wasting money,he does not seems knowledge at all to me.He do not read outside the box to make a diagnostic and he does not look real to me and what type a pill to take prescribe me is a with a question mark.

I have a science/engineering background and I understand the proper methods used to establish objective conclusions. I visited Dr. Sofman only once for a second opinion on a biopsy of a moderate-severe abnormal nevus I had excised by my dermatologist, Dr. X. When I met Dr. Sofman, the very first question he asked me was what Dr. X had concluded and recommended. I was speechless. By asking this question, Dr. Sofman immediately sought to relieve himself of the responsibility to make an independent judgment. To make matters worse, Dr. Sofman also had access to the report written by the pathology lab Dr. X is contracted with. Before making my appointment, I specifically requested that only my biopsy slides be made available so Dr. Sofmans pathology lab can make an independent analysis. Dr. Sofmans nonchalant attitude and access to previous reports rendered the second opinion useless. When I brought up my concerns on having a re-excision based on my research, Dr. Sofman was quick… to silence me and began to lecture me (without providing justification) on the futility of self-education/research on medical issues using the internet- regardless of the sites credentials. As you read my review, you are acknowledging that the internet is a limitless resource for both valid and invalid information. After establishing his firm position that the nevus must be re-excised, Dr. Sofman began his casual yet pressing offer to perform the operation right there and now. When I asked him at what margin he would re-excise, he stated .5cm. When I informed him that other professionals had recommended a .1 to .2 cm margin, he quickly and unworriedly accepted (without documentation) in order to please me and said he can do it at the smaller margin. As we further discussed the procedure, he often repeated that the procedure is no big deal as opposed to thoroughly addressing my concerns on the medically necessary minimum margin and scars/aesthetics. Dr. Sofman should be working in the field of marketing, not medicine. Without a doubt, my procedure is a no big deal for dermatologists when compared to the more complex and imminently life threatening conditions they treat on any given day. For a patient who is considering to be cut open by a total stranger however, the perspective is completely different. I recommend you to avoid this Doctor. You might be at risk of receiving below average treatment in addition to wasting your time and money.

Doctor billed me $120 for work that I did not ask to be done. He told me that the charge was minimal. Maybe in his world it's "minimal", but in the real world, that amount is significant.