I have been seeing Dr. Shirke every month for three years. He is a highly responsible, compassionate and all-around outstanding psychiatrist who helped lift me out of the most difficult era of my life. I contacted him on the recommendation of a Columbia University psychiatric researcher after my efforts to get help at two different psychiatric clinics resulted in frustration. Initially I couldn’t afford Dr. Shirke’s rate. With incredible generosity, he drastically reduced my costs for the first nine months I was going to him until I could secure health insurance that covers most of the expense. Dr. Shirke is slightly more formal than I’d wish, but after the degradation I suffered before meeting him, his formality might be helping me heal. While I respect that different patients can have different experiences with the same doctor, I wonder whether Dan C. might have confused Dr. Shirke’s formality for a «power play.» Dr. Shirke has always treated me with utmost consideration. His expertise and compassion have dramatically improved my quality of life.
Dan C.
Évaluation du lieu : 1 Brooklyn, NY
Quite a few interesting notes about this doctor. First of all, the chair he has patients sit in is considerably lower than his chair, so that he looks down at the patient. I have never encountered such an inappropriate practice in decades of seeing a number of therapists. He makes it very difficult to set up initial appointments — I can only think this is a power play when combined with the chair business. While certain emotional issues can be deduced during a first session by an excellent psychiatrist, this doctor wildly misdiagnosed me based on the first session and harangued me at the second. I gave him a third session to discuss my reaction, found him arrogant and ditched him. I think he’s way over his head and you’d do well to look elsewhere.
Cami B.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 TriBeCa, Manhattan, NY
Dr. Shirke, is a very professional DR. he is more concerned about your story and how you are feeling then just distributing meds. He will work with you on a sliding scale. He is the epitome of what practicing pharmacology is should be about. He takes his time and listens and asks good questioins, he is caring and very wise too. If you could afford him, trust me he is worth every penny. There should be more pharmacologist like him in New York!!!