Dr. Sharon Lynne Patrick, MD

I absolutely LOVE Dr. Patrick!! I've been going to her for years. She delivered my daughter 4 years ago. I refuse to go to anyone else.

Average doctor- cold and detached and uninterested. i could tolerate that if her staff was not shockingly unprofessional. I had been going for 5 years before i was diagnosed with breast cancer and tolerated their rudeness and bad mood. when i was diagnosed, i had to get a copy of my pap smear from them. I called and spoke to the very nasty jessica. Not only was she insensitive to my diagnosis, she said, "next time, call a few days in advanced. we are very busy here." next time?? next time when i get another form of cancer? STAY AWAY FROM THIS PRACTICE if you want to be treated with dignity!

I was a patient since 2007 and when I became pregnant in 2014 I hoped she would be the doctor delivering my baby. However, Jessica in there office told me she accepted Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield but "forgot" to tell me she didn't accept Pathway Enhanced under the plan. Now I had to switch doctors and it took forever for this girl to get me my medical records. Dr Patrick was wonderful, even though the wait time was longer than usual 15-30 minutes or more some visits, I was comfortable with her but her employee is a complete mess. My husband liked her too but found that waiting time was longer than the time of the actual appointment. I had to call and make sure Jessica received my emails and she told me "oh it went to my junk folder" - Common sense is you check it when you are expecting email from a patient who never emailed you before. Incompetent.

Dr Patrick is the best of the best. She is warm, caring, excited about what she does and takes time to listen to any questions or concerns. She is incredibly competent in her work. Her priorities are the safety and well being of her patients. I have sent more than a couple of friends her way and they feel the same. There is the occasional wait when seeing her but I plan on that knowing she gives everyone the time they need. I won't go to anyone else.

The very first time I went to see Dr. Patrick, I had to wait an hour past my appointment time. An hour!!! The staff is seriously rude, and VERY unprofessional. Whoever answers the phones there is snippy, and clearly thinks they have better things to do. Some of the other reviews on here are totally spot on about that, so I won't bother elaborating on that topic. Of course, I would be willing to deal with those issues if Dr. Patrick was amazing, but alas, she is not. I have HPV. Dr. Patrick found the abnormal cells and had me in for a colposcopy. I have had one in the past, and it was marginally uncomfortable, but my Dr. then walked me through what she was doing, and tried to make me feel as comfortable as possible. Not only did Dr Patrick NOT talk to me AT ALL during the procedure, but it was VERY painful!! Also, before she even had the forceps out, her cell phone rang and SHE ANSWERED IT!!!! A little kindness and bedside manner can go a long way in situations like mine,… and she just couldn't be bothered. Then, she told me to call for my results two days later, and when I called (exactly when she told me to) she was on vacation for the next week. It took her another week to get back to me with them. Seriously?! I don't think she could care about me as a patient, or as a human, any less. Maybe I am wrong, but I expect that in situations like mine, with someone who has any kind of abnormal diagnosis, the Dr. should try to help me understand the situation, my options, and be caring and concerned for my well being. Maybe that's a lot to ask, but I don't think so. I am writing this review because I would want to know these things about a doctor before I booked an appointment with them. There are 100's of OBGYN's in NYC, and plenty of them have great reviews, so there is no reason to bother seeing someone who treats their patients this way.

Dr. Patrick is super nice, but this doesn't make up for the fact that she is impossible to get in touch with about test results. She "forgot" to tell me and two of my family members / friends that they had HPV. It took two weeks total to get a hold of her and actually speak with her directly on the phone, instead of speaking with one of her rude and snarky staff members. Dr. Patrick is completely overbooked and is only in the office 2 days a week. I would highly recommend seeing ANYONE else if you want to actually be able to speak with your doctor in a prompt manner about diseases they "forgot" you had.

I will keep it brief: she is very skilled as an OB but she lacks compassion. Very dismissive when you question her opinion which is every patients right. Definitely wish I had gone with a different doctor.

I was chose Dr Patrick because I had high risk pregnancies. She is clinically the best OB I found. She has seen me through 2 pregnancies, a miscarriage, difficulty getting pregnant and abnormal mammograms. My first pregnancy turned out to be a breeze & I had an amazing recovery from a c-section. My second was more difficult & I went into labor 5 weeks early in the middle of the night. A covering doctor delivered & I had a very long and complicated recovery. I believe if Dr Patrick had been there, my second c-section would have been no problem. Although I will not have more kids, I still go to her bc she is who I would want if I have a serious problem. I have utmost confidence in her skills, and I have worked in NYC hospitals for many years.

If you want a doctor who truly respects you as a person, I can not recommend Sharon Patrick. Because I had a hard time getting pregnant and had to go through fertility treatments, I assumed my pregnancy would be "high risk", which is why I went with Dr. Patrick. In fact, I had a totally healthy and normal pregnancy, and in retrospect should have chosen a different kind of doctor. But I was just so happy to be pregnant that it was good enough for me to hear a heartbeat at every pre-natal visit. As others have said, Dr. Patrick was pleasant enough at our visits, but didn't spend very much time explaining things or asking questions. She would answer my questions very briefly. Around 32 weeks, I brought in a birth plan, which she looked over and said would be no problem. The gist of it was that my husband and I wanted to be well-informed of what was happening during delivery, and wanted no interventions unless absolutely medically necessary. I wish Dr. Patrick had been more honest… about her style, which seems to be somewhat interventionist, so I could have been better prepared for my delivery or even tried to find a different Dr.I went into labor at full term (almost 40 weeks) and had a long labor (60 hours, 48 of which were at home.) I was doing great laboring "naturally" at home, but as soon as I got to the hospital, the interventions began. I was hooked up to the fetal heart monitor and told not to move -- difficult when having strong back labor! Soon after that I was told they were going to break my water, and then that I would need Pitocin to move my labor along, etc. etc. All of these decisions were probably medically responsible, but Dr. Patrick spoke over my head, basically ignoring me and my husband in the process. She did not inform us clearly of why things were necessary, and largely ignored our birth plan. It was scary and upsetting to suddenly feel shut out of the process of my own delivery, and very disheartening after what had been a challenging but empowering laboring process up to that point.The pushing was the absolute worst. I believe she told me to start pushing too early to "just get the baby out" as I was only 9.5 cm. dilated and ended up pushing for almost 3 hours. She was not a good coach at all, kept leaving the room for long stretches of time, and when she was there kept barking at me that I wasn't doing it right. She kept saying over and over "Pull your knees to your ears! Open your pelvis!" Her instructions weren't getting through to me and I felt totally defeated after almost 60 hrs. of laboring. As my doula (who has attended many births) later said, Dr. Patrick's strange lack of confidence in me was very palpable. She didn't seem to believe I could push the baby out, and so neither did I. At one point she said something along the lines of, "I know you don't want a C-section, but that's what's going to happen if you don't push better." (this is with the baby's head descended and bulging). In the end, we used a vacuum extractor to help deliver my son.I had a lot of tearing, and Dr. Patrick was efficient and skilled in her repairing. I do believe she is a competent surgeon, but her communication skills are really lacking and she was not sensitive to my or my husband's feelings.To sum up her attitude toward patient needs: when she came to circumcise my son two days later, I asked her about how long it would take. She gave an exasperated sigh and said, "Between 2 minutes and an hour! What difference does it make?!" I was so stunned I could barely say anything, and then burst into tears as she wheeled my newborn baby out of the room. It took me a while to get over that... I felt so humiliated and disrespected, and I felt like a terrible mother for letting someone so insensitive whisk my baby away like that -- not how you want to feel two days postpartum!In the end, I was so dreading going back to her for my 6-week follow-up that I actually switched to a new practice (and am now dealing with the insurance nightmare that ensued). I guess it's pretty telling that I couldn't bear the thought of exposing myself to her again (I also knew she would not be as thorough as I needed with my questions and concerns). I ended up seeing a wonderful, caring, gentle mid-wife, which just made me realize even more how different my birth experience might have been with a kinder, more respectful doctor.One other thing to note: the office manager/receptionist at Dr. Patrick's practice is AWFUL... extremely hostile and rude, even combative with patients. I swear I got high blood pressure on the visits when I had to deal with her... again, not what you want to (or should have to) deal with when pregnant.In the end, I do believe Dr. Patrick is probably a competent surgeon, and I even believe that the medical decisions she made during my delivery were probably largely grounded in necessity, or at least caution, but she was not able to communicate any of this to me in a respectful way. Yes, I ended up with a beautiful, healthy baby, and for this I am eternally grateful, but I did not need to feel degraded and dismissed in the process. If you are someone who wants to be involved in your own pregnancy and birth experience, I would highly recommend finding a more sensitive doctor.

MD and her stuff- very arrogant. Secretary rude and yells at the patients. If you need to do amniocentesis dr. Patrick is very confidant and good , but is clearly overbooked, forgetful and overall comes unprepared to the appointments. Her and hear stuff failed to sent the paperwork to the hospital before my delivery, in spite the fact I called her on Monday ( when my contractions started) and delivered on Wednesday early morning. When my water broke and I went to the hospital- they didn't know anything about me, didn't have anything about me on file. Since it was 2:00 AM- calling the office obviously wasn't an option. I agreed and signed for the C section as I was advised by the stuff at the hospital at the time , because they didn't know anything about me in terms of lab results. later I learned that U had a C- section for no reason!!!Dr. Patrick never apologized nor gave any explanations she came to see me next morning and told me " at least you have a healthy baby". She… continued to be arrogant on the follow up visit as well. I don't understand why is she listed as a 15 best MD's in New York magazine?? She might be very skilled, but she clearly benefits now from popularity she gained in the past, ( and perhaps a snobbery of her patients) but she doesn't have good people skills and doesn't care about patients.