Tribeca Pediatrics

I do babysitting job & this is where I bring the baby when he needs to do check-​ups, when he’s not feeling well, when he needs to get some shots.
I like how it because they have some small play spot on the side which kids can play while waiting for their turn to get check. Front desk & nurses are nice too!

TriBeCa pediatrics warren street location has been horrible and I would urge Parents to find a better pediatrician for your kids. Below is one of my experiences that will hopefully better guide parents.
I have two young kids, both less than 4 years old. My older one, this past weekend (2^nd week of January 2016), started vomiting and also had a range of mild to medium fever and severe cough. On Day 2, I took her to TriBeCa pediatrics, who after a routine checkup, including weight mentioned that it’s just stomach flu and the kid should be fine in a matter of days. The entire day my kid exhibited the same symptoms, including high fever. I called TriBeCa Pediatrics again in the afternoon and was told that the fever should go away but in the meantime we should give Tylenol. On Day 3, my child had high fever in the morning and my wife called again notifying that our kid is not feeling well for the past few days now. We were again told that it’s stomach flu and the kid should be fine soon.
The entire day my child was lethargic and did not feel well. When I returned from work on day 3, I noticed that the condition had worsened and I took my kid to Weill Cornell Pediatrics ER. The hospital did some basic tests and mentioned that my child has pneumonia in both her lungs and couple of viral infections from RSV and Rhino virus. My child was immediately admitted to the hospital for 48 hours, was put on IV and started getting a dose of antibiotics.
I would also like to note that not once did anyone from TriBeCa Pediatrics proactively call me to check on my kid. It’s just a money making machine and has no regard for your kids.
On Day 6, my kid was back to normal.
After hearing my experience, hope existing TriBeCa Pediatrics patients will reconsider their Pediatrician and prospective patients will not make the mistake of joining TriBeCa pediatrics.

Had a decent experience. Long wait, but the front desk was courteous. Doctor was capable, if not super warm. Best thing this place has going for it is that it accept Oscar Insurance, our new provider. Second best thing is the super cute décor. Kudos to their interior designers for making a very kid-​friendly space and exam rooms.

I have a 13 months old son and my experience so far here has varied greatly, mostly depending on which Dr you are dealing with. This past Sunday, I was speaking to an on-​call Dr (woman with heavy accent) who was SO rude, impatient and nasty. I had grave concerns about my sick son and she kept cutting me off and eventually hung up on me because she did not want to listen to me or answer my questions any longer! To deal with a concerned mother with a sick child like this was appalling to me. I’ve had to meet many doctors to find one that I wanted to stick with. Dr Varma is excellent but moved to the NJ office so now my son sees Dr Elliston regularly who is very good, competent and kind. I don’t have much faith in the nurses here since every time I’ve spoken to one on the phone (bc it’s very difficult to speak to a Dr or have them call back within a couple of hours) to ask whether something is serious or not, they always say ‘yes your baby needs to come in to see a Dr’. And when I bring him in, the Dr basically says I didn’t have to bring him in and it was a waste of trip and time.

We visited TriBeCa pediatrics for our daughter’s two month visit. When I called to schedule an appointment as a new patient, they would not make an appointment until they received her records (which is normal) and they said once they did receive the records, I couldn’t make the appointment for at least a week because they would need time to review her records. Once we arrived, not only had they not reviewed our daughter’s records, but they didn’t even have them in her file and asked if I had an extra copy they could quickly go over!
The doctor who saw her was fine, not warm or showing the least bit of compassion for our baby, but seemed fine, which is why I’m giving 2 stars instead of 1.
I agree with the other reviewers. The doctor told me to sleep train our daughter at two months by letting her cry all night. Maybe some people feel comfortable with this technique at such a young age, but I did not. When it was time for our 3 month visit, I received this email, and I quote,
«those who have tried our strategies are so appreciative of having recovered sanity after months of sleep deprivation. If you have not done so with Francesca for philosophical reasons, or simply because you just don’t have the heart to let your baby cry at night (which we totally respect), here is a friendly warning: If your child does not sleep more or less through the night by now, chances are it will be difficult for her to learn to do so. Most likely, you will have to attempt sleep training when she is able to call your names, which will be a more complicated process.»
For a new mother trying to figure things out, basically telling me too bad you screwed up haha is pretty terrible. There are lots of philosophies and strategies to sleep training and choosing not to let your two month old cry for 12 hours does not mean you’re out of options til your child is walking and talking.
Needless to say, we did not return and found a more caring, knowledgable pediatrician. I did end up sleep training my daughter at 5 and a half months and did not use cry it out. It worked immediately, I didn’t wait too long as their email suggested and she now sleeps 12 hours and we couldn’t be happier.

This is a review for the birthing class — really felt the class was disorganized and did not learn anything new. There was no focus on techniques/​exercises before labor that could help with the birthing process but rather too much time and attention was given to naming certain hormones and the different «Stages» of labor, none of which is actual practical advice? Much of the experience was focused on how a medicated birth has soooo many cons and was really pushing unmedicated births (and techniques that go along with that, such as being in a bath, etc., none of which is useful if you’re know you’re going to deliver in a hospital that won’t let you do those things!).
Felt it was a waste of time and definitely a waste of money. Was also promised links to websites and studies for exercises after the class, never received any emails…
Finally, there was no air conditioning in the middle of August for a room filled with pregnant ladies…

I have taken my daughter there for almost two years an her check up visits have been great and so is Dr. Cohen, he is amazing. That said, other than him, the rest of the doctors are not great and the nurses and nurse practitioners are rude and not good at all. Every time you call for a sick visit they always try to send you to be helped by a nurse practitioner or even worse by a nurse and most of the time their diagnosis is so wrong. Even the doctors diagnosis are wrong. You always have to come back a second or third time as their first diagnosis is almost always incorrect. If you call and ask to speak to a doctor you have to wait hours, approximately 4 to 5 hors and sometimes they never call you back. I find my self having to call back over and over again and its all for nothing. Attention and quality of care is not good at all. The receptionists are really nice though. Its like a McDonalds, quick, fast, not personalized or attentive and bad quality.

I brought my daughter to Tribeca pediatrics on Warren St. for anything and everything from age 5 to 10 (until we moved out of NY). Her father and I were so pleased with the care she received from all of the nurse practitioners as well as from all of the doctors. We were happy to meet Dr. Cohen during some of the visits as we really enjoyed his book and wanted to meet the man behind the book and practice but as stated previously, we were always very pleased with the care our daughter got from everyone in the office. So grateful to have had such a wonderful pediatric practice to turn to for our time in NY. Thank you so much Tribeca Pediatrics.

I don’t usually visit this office of Tribeca Pediatrics (Warren Street), it was an emergency Saturday appointment and I was so disgusted by the visit I really felt compelled to write a review: Not only was I not informed that my child would be seeing a Nurse Practitioner instead of a real doctor, she was arrogant and gave a completely wrong diagnosis. She (I think her name was Fabrizio) flippantly told me at the end of the appointment that if I didn’t like her diagnosis I should go see a dermatologist. Really? Thanks, I would, but it’s Saturday and that wasn’t possible. I really didn’t think determining the proper treatment for a skin infection was so difficult — all you need to do is look it up on the internet. They also overcharged me for the visit co-​pay. I’m willing to over-​look their system where my children have never seen the same doctor twice because the local office we use is down the street for convenient well-​visits and the occasional strep throat test (& if I’m really concerned about something I’ll ask for Dr. Gold, who’s super nice), but really, there is no reason for attitude Warren St.

I took my daughter to the Chelsea location from ages 3 months to 9 months (about 5 visits). I was referred to Tribeca pediatrics by colleagues and have no idea why anybody would refer this practice. We saw 3 different doctors and none of them were caring or spent more than a few minutes with us. The last doctor we saw was rude and judgmental and that is when I decided to find another pediatrician. The exam rooms are nice and so are the toys in the waiting room, but it’s a factory where you feel like you’re barely being tolerated. I just took my older daughter to Flatiron Pediatrics and will definitely transfer my younger child there.

I just left my son’s first well-​visit at Tribeca Pediatrics. As soon as I entered the office I was impressed – funky, modern, stylish décor, a play area for the kids, and a warm welcome from the front desk assistant.
The medical assistant confirmed records, and then did the standard checks, asked us if we had anything specific to talk about, and then left to get the doctor.
Dr. Cohen could not have been nicer. He welcomed us to the practice, looked over my son, asked how he was developing, and then patiently answered my questions. Yes, the appointment was brief, as many people have noted, but it was totally comprehensive and did not feel rushed at all. It was exactly what it needed to be. I had a great experience and completely trust my son’s health to Dr Cohen and Tribeca Pediatrics.

Prospective patients be warned, unless you have been going to TriBeCa Pediatrics since birth, they cannot be bothered to read your records for your appointment! The attention to details department is seriously lacking.
We took our 4 month old baby in for her routine check up and vaccination and since we recently moved to NYC, we brought in our vaccinations records to the clinic a week in advance to have the info imported into their systems. We chose TriBeCa pediatrics because they actually require a scan of old records before they even allow new patients to make an appointment. That sounded great to us, since that should put everyone on the same page in terms of the child’s medical history. Apparently that’s just all talk.
We were suppose to get notified within 3 days of receiving our records to let us know that our info has been updated and then be able to make an appointment, 4 days roll by and not a word. Ok, we will just go ahead and try to get an appointment anyway and got one for the following day, one day before her 4 months mark. We confirmed that she needs her 2^nd dose of two vaccines and one oral. They said fine, we said great.
The next day, we went in for the appointment. There was no wait which was fantastic, we immediately got called in to one of the exam rooms by one of the assistants. She did the typical head circumference, weight and height measurements. My child’s weight showed 15.3 lbs, the assistant announced 15 lbs 3 oz, we pointed to the scale reading, she said, «yeah, 15 lbs 3 oz». Ok, so units of measure and conversion is not her strong suit, fine.
What she said next, should have been a clear warning sign, she asked us if we would like to schedule our child’s 4 month check up and vaccines. What? That’s what we were there for! She did a few clicks on the computer and said, «oh yeah, sorry». She left and brought back one vaccine and one oral, we asked her if we needed a second vaccine because we got two during our 2 months, and she said TriBeCa pediatrics follows their own vaccine schedule so there should not be a 2^nd vaccine. Ummm, ok, but does that mess up my child’s vaccines schedule? She had no idea and told us to ask the doctor.
10 mins later the doctor comes in, does all the routine poking and prodding, asked us a few questions about her development. She asked us what we were there for, we told her just regular check and vaccines and she asked us about her history. We told her to check our records, she said there were none besides birth measurements. So what did they take our records for? She then asked to see the records which the clinic still had. She spent another 15 mins to locate the records, flipped through it and said, yes, one vaccine today and one oral. We asked her to double check since we got two shots at 2 months. She assured us that it is correct.
We administered the oral and shot, Then she proceeded to ask us whether we want to schedule a 4 month check up and vaccines! WHAT?!? We told her, no, this is it, this is 4 months. She said, oh, wait a minute, looked through the record book again and said, oh, yeah, you need another shot. No kidding, we have only mentioned this a handful of times already. Since my child wasn’t crying at this point, I asked her if she can just give her the 2^nd shot on the other side, she said no, ripped the bandage off of my baby, rubbed some cleaning alcohol pad on the spot, at this point my child is wailing, and stuck the needle in. After a new bandage is put on, I asked if I can stay in the room and nurse my baby to ease the pain, she told me I can do whatever I want, we are done, and walked out of the room.
My baby was fine and won’t remember any of this, but I will, so we will be bringing her elsewhere for her 6 months.

This is for the ues location. We love dr Modi!
All the things we like about tribecca peds:
— they always work us in next day or usually day of
–our calls are typically returned within two hours or less
–they accept our insurance BCBS!
–they use a paperless system and email you about your upcoming appointments and the details included
–the offices are very clean and updated
–the newborns are scheduled during their own time slots so they are not sharing waiting room space with sick toddlers
The only thing we dislike is if our daughter gets sick on the weekend, we have to go all the way down to tribecca.

I was recommended to this place by friends and it happened to be near our place in Financial District when we were living there.
When you read the reviews, it is absolutely true that this place is an assembly line and you will get the full factory treatment. You almost never see the same doctor when you go and they have nurse practitioners staff the place as well, so if you don’t specifically make an appointment for a doctor, your child will likely be seen by a NP, not a doctor. Call me crazy, but I just would feel better that an actual MD checked my kid out.
So we started asking specifically for a MD when we made our appointments. It took us 3 or 4 visits before we actually found a doctor that seemed like she cared. The previous 3 seemed so disinterested in the care of our child that it was a total turnoff. They would literally spend 2 minutes during the exam and race out of the room. Yes… no exaggeration when I say 2 to 3 minutes tops. We finally met one doctor that seemed OK but in the end, the whole experience of this place was a total turnoff.
Also, all the doctors here dole out Dr. Cohen’s «philosophy» on sleep training at 2 or 3 months… which is you throw your kid in his room and lock the door for 12 hours and do not enter for any reason and 5 days later, voila, the world is perfect. They really are not open to discuss what you, AS THE PARENTS, want to do *GASP*. Then when you don’t do it, its almost as if you get this shame speech on why didn’t you do it. Later on, we ended up lying to the doctors about the sleep training because we didn’t want to hear the BS anymore (because truthfully, our kid was sleeping fine the way we did it, and we never asked for their sleep training advice).
It was a great relief when we moved to the suburbs and found a pediatrician out where we are now and realized what inadequate care we got at Tribeca Pediatrics. Now we get real exams of our child where they actually take the time to carefully exam everything and have real discussions about our child’s care with us based on our needs rather than getting a one size fits all regimen stuffed down our throats.
Yes, this place has some nice staff with clean and modern facilities, but in the end, all we care about is getting adequate and professional medical care for our child… and we never had any confidence we were getting that here. I can’t even bring myself to give this place 2 stars.
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After a few years at this practice the best thing I can say for them is that they have an efficient online medical records system making it easy to track your child’s healthcare yourself.
First and foremost, the growing negative at this practice is the overall assembly line feel. Yes, the staff is nice and friendly, and generally speaking the facilities are clean. But seeing a different doctor every time we go to their offices (even when visiting the same office of their multiple offices) is kind of a bummer. Zero continuity is not a good thing when monitoring the health of a growing child. I think this lends to the doctors not being very invested in each patient. I think the several doctors I have seen are not lacking in expertise, but there is a certain vacuousness about each visit. As a patient the child is not connecting with a familiar doctor and the doctors have no real need or reason to make that extra effort with the child because likely they will not see that kid ongoing.
Secondly, I have gotten quite a lot of negative feedback from outside pediatricians, and parents of former patients (their kids) when I state that we are (were) at Tribeca Peds. The general consensus seems to be that t’s gone steadily downhill since it’s start about 15 or 20 years ago from what I have learned.
I don’t think any practice is ever entirely perfect, but I’ve got to give it a downgrade since I last reviewed it. Tribeca Peds could be definitely doing things better.
(Answering their phones with a human instead of having a recording put you through hoops would be a good start!)

We’ve been coming here for eight years, and we love it! Dr. Yasmin Lyons is an amazing, thoughtful, smart, caring – not to mention beautiful – doctor who has given all my three children the best care possible. She takes her time, listens, and answers all questions. When something seems out of the ordinary, like when my baby had a fever that lasted a week, she was prepared to check his bloods and urine. Thank goodness his fever broke just in time. I know they’re in good hands with Dr. Lyons, and we adore her.
Andrea and Carrie are simply amazing as well – and they are my go-​to people if Dr. Lyons isn’t available. They’re incredibly smart and so knowledgable. Most importantly, I trust them.
I can always get an appointment, thanks to the wonderful and incomparable Johnny and Aaron at the front desk. They’re simply the loveliest pair and always greet with a smile. They go out of their way to take care of us.
With three kids, sometimes (especially in the winter months) we practically live there because someone is sick with either strep, a fever, or some other ailment. They’re now open seven-​days-​a week, which is really fantastic.
Tribeca Pediatrics also has a collaboration with NY Presbyterian Hospital, which has the best pediatric wing in the city and happens to be where all my kids were born. Too bad they got rid of newborn home visits. Andrea showed up when my first was born in 2005 and my second in 2006. I wish my 18-​month-​old had one, too.

During my first encounter with Dr. Cohen, he came across as an arrogant, one trick pony. He seems to have dogmatic responses and is very pleased with his own mantra. I came to him with concerns about my son’s eating habits. He staff suggested i get a «food consult», which i agreed to, even though it sounded rather pretentious. I was interested to hear what Dr. Cohen had to say and desperate for some advice.
Instead of listening to me patiently or asking follow up questions to understand the situation, he immediately dismissed my concerns, told me i have no problem, and inaccurately pegged me as a type-​A, neurotic parent, nervous about everything. (I couldnt be further from that mold.)
He then preceded to give me some sort of diatribe on time-​outs and discipline that was totally irrelevant to why i came to the appt. and then gave me some cookie cutter advice for parents of picky eaters. This is despite the fact that I told him numerous times that my son is not a picky eater (he is quite the opposite). Dr. Cohen insisted that he will be a picky eater in the future and doled out advice about what i should do when that happens. Meanwhile, he completely ignored why I had come to him in the first place and the problems i am currently facing.
Basically, the entire appointment was a waste of time, I still have the same concerns as i did to begin with and just left with a total lack of respect for Dr. Cohen.

This place looks more like McDonalds but like professional baby care! Do not go there if you want full attention to your baby! They do not care! First visit was a joke! Mothers! Aware! They dont even sterilize hands before touching my 5 days old GiRL!!! C’mon!!! Are you serious??? Bad!!! But Tribeca unfortunatly doesnt have many other choices for pediatrician. Im sure thats HOW they are still in business!

I like the fact that they have clean and modern facilities, age appropriate toys and pleasant atmosphere. On one occasion, we had to take my son to the ER and the practice did follow up on the visit with a phone call.
That said, I don’t really like the attitude of a few of the doctors. Apart from their dismissive attitude during visits, the thing that irks me is that they are usually in a hurry to leave. On one visit, after my son was administered a monthly shot, I asked the doctor what dosage of Baby Tylenol I could give him, should he develop a fever. She asked me to look it up on the practice’s website. I really couldn’t believe that she said that!
Am actually considering looking elsewhere if I keep getting this kind of advice from them.

Great pediatric care, glad we took our friends’ recommendation
Facilities are top notch, people are professional and warm, and really like the philosophy of not going overbord on medical interventions. We chose this office on the basis of a few recommendations and glad we did after logging a number of appointments here for our newborn. They offer an initial session for prospective clients to get to know them better, a great idea.
Awesome service… they will answer questions by phone and actually get back to you by a reasonable time. We used this a lot.