Dali Mardach, MD

Super unprofessional. I wish I had read the reviews below me before.
While very charming at times, the system in place at that office is ancient for 2015. I’ve been overcharged by this doctor with my insurance (that has for some reason worked everywhere else) and at one point I heard her screaming with expletives to her secretary about how she refused to see me unless I paid the full amount for my visit.
Hours are also so peculiar. It really is a shame that the people of this neighborhood have her as their primary care physician.

Oh you made an appointment? Wait over an hour for the 10 walk-​ins to be seen before you. Then be seen for 2 – 5 minutes, where your problems will be blown off. Can’t come in right away and need a prescription refill? Sorry, your money is more important than your health, not going to give you refills. Seriously people, just ride the train into Manhattan for actual quality health care. The convenience is NOT worth it.

I came in here to get a prescription written up because it said that the doctor is part of my insurance network and I live in the neighborhood. Gave the receptionist my insurance card and waited for them to give me the okay.
They said I didn’t owe any fees or copayments. I would have never went in if I knew I had to pay an extra ridiculous fee for a shady clinic.
Then I got a check in a mail saying I owe 132 for just a written prescription and a simple walk in that took less than 5 minutes!
NEVER GO HERE! ZERO STARS IF I COULD. THere are bad reviews on here for a reason.

I wish I could sue this woman. I’ve known her for about 10 years now. She simply does not care about your health. I had blood tests with her before and low counts of white blood cells/​bacteria findings and other complications and I had asked her about it and she said «You really think I would risk my practice over you?!» and didn’t go over the blood work with me.
It’s a bit creepy when I enter her room. She tells me how cute I am, and asks me whats wrong then invalidates whats wrong with me IE if I had bronchitis. She has misdiagnosed simple colds and has given many prescriptions of anti biotics for no reason. She also comments on why I haven’t seen her at all. Well, guess!
Any medical issue I’m going through she does not help me what so ever, no medical advice and sees me for 5 minutes, and most of it is about personal conversations that are inappropriate.
When I have to lift up my shirt she tells me how beautiful I am and sometimes touches my back NO that is NOT okay. I know that is harmless but I am uncomfortable when she does this. She doesn’t even know the symptoms of hypoglycemia and even battles with me about it. She (jokingly hopefully) said how she hates me.
I wanted an HIV test done with a full STD blood work, she replies «Oh whats wrong doll, did a guy do something wrong to you and rape you?, really do you think you have HIV?» And I replied «No this is standard».
She also gives prescriptions to my mom for xanax for just sleep problems. Shes no psychiatrist.
This is nothing what I’m describing to you– I simply forget all the stuff that went on with this doctor. I just don’t know how she went to med school and works at saint Nicholas and has her own practice.

1.5 stars…
You can read my previous review on the doctors’ sketchy office and their friendly disposition but this review serves to go more in depth into the workings of the office. Dr Dali does a great job telling you what you want to hear and smiling to your face but when it comes down to it she’s a liar (or perhaps just ignorant or absent minded, which is entirely possible).
First of all, their office doesn’t have the ability to take blood and send it to a lab (which was totally foreign to me that a doctor’s office couldn’t do this) so she had to send me elsewhere for this. As I didn’t absolutely need blood work done but thought it would be a good idea since I was at the doctor I wanted to make sure I didn’t have to pay for it. Dali told me that I wouldn’t have to pay to go get blood work done with the way she was setting it up. A week after I got blood work done I received a $ 100 bill for the procedure that I have no choice but to pay (I already called my insurance about it).
Secondly, when I talked to Dali about the blood work she explicitly told me that it would take about 1 week for her to get the results. She said that she would call me when she got the results and would tell me if there was anything to be concerned about. She said if I didn’t hear from her in a week that I could call her. Well I waited 3 weeks to hear from her before I decided to call. I asked the receptionist if I could talk to Dali and she asked me what it was about. I told her I just wanted to know the results of the blood work and she put me on hold just to come back and tell me that Dali wanted me to come in. I told her, as discussed with Dali, I could find out the results over the phone. The receptionist just told me that Dali wants me to come in for the results. As I was being tested, among other things, for HIV I was terrified that this meant bad news. I told her I couldn’t take off a day of work and didn’t live anywhere near the office and if I could just talk to Dali, she refused again and told me I had to come in (and pay for another doctors visit by the way). I told the receptionist I had to figure what to do and call her back. When I called back I asked for the Dali again and I was told she was at her other office. I called the other office and asked for her and the receptionist asked how she could help. I told her I needed my test results but it was from the other office. She let me know she would request it from the other office and get back to me about the results. When no one got back to me I called again. The receptionist said she would take down my number and Dr. Dali would call me back at the end of her shift (she never did). Cut to the following week, I’m about to go home for Christmas, and I wouldn’t be in NYC for awhile. I call the office again and ask for Dali for the results and not only does Dali refuse to talk to me on the phone (despite originally saying she would) but the receptionist again claims she wont tell me results over the phone and I have to come in. I told her I’m out of town, can’t come in, and if she could please just let me know if there’s something serious I should be concerned about for the safety of me or anybody else. She told me she couldn’t comment on the matter. Now I’ve got a knot in my stomach throughout my Christmas break running the worst scenarios through my head about how I’m going to die of AIDs or something like that. When I got back in the city I just went after work to one of NYC’s free STD clinics and got tested. Yes I still don’t know how my cholesterol or anything like that is but I left the clinic knowing that I was HIV negative and it only took about a week to find out (online) that I was negative for everything else as well.
Call me crazy but I want a Doctor who tells the truth, keeps their word, and doesn’t have a problem talking to you directly over the phone if you want to talk to them. I also would like a doctor who’s office doesn’t look like someone’s apartment and an office that has the ability to send blood to a testing lab themselves. Do yourself a favor and if you’re considering Dali or Vana, think again and find someone else.