Center Sinai Animal Hospital

Reviews 4

JO

Josh Sargent

This vet has at least one doctor who will practice experimental medicine on your pet without telling you, and it might make them far more sick. Dr. Al Plechner at Center Sinai (google him) promised me that he had found the solution to my cats long standing bladder issues (generally urinary tract infections -- remember this detail, it comes back later), but after two weeks of his prescribed treatment only made her worse, I googled him and his ideas and found out that theyre based solely on his conjecture and whims. He has not done any research or controlled studies, he just thinks it works. It didnt. Eventually, my cat got worse and I ended up paying a ton of money for something I thought was high quality medical treatment but was actually the opposite. Turns out that the medicine he prescribed, prednisone, causes bladder infections. Which is what I brought my cat in for. See? I told you that partd be important. What I didnt realize is that Dr. Plechner had diagnosed my cat with "Plechner Syndrome," which causes (according to him) Food allergies, skin allergies, infections, vomiting in cats, cancer, feline viral leukemia, all retroviral infections, bladder infections, dental disease, inflammatory bowel disease, high cholesterol, epilepsy, something called "cherry eye," infertility, SARDS, "rage syndrome," and infestations with fleas or mites. Incidentally, the only way to test for it is to send a blood test to the only lab he trusts to test for it, because that one lab is the only place that will test the particular hormones he (AND ONLY HE) believes to be important. But testing seems kind of superfluous, really, since in Plechners own words: "every patient I have been involved with, whether dogs, cats, horses or people, all have an identifiable, hormonal antibody imbalance." Everyone in the world has Plechner disease. And only he knows how to treat it. Despite being the worst vet I have ever encountered, I have to admit hes a really good business man. To be clear, Im fine with people practicing experimental, non-scientific medicine. Your body and your pets are your business. Pray to the Green Lantern and Alkatulia The Forest Witch if you want. But when I go to a vet, I want that vet to practice actual medical science, not witchcraft. If you want to pray to the sun god and do a rain dance to try to cure my cat, at least ask me first. Because I would not have paid for this utter crap and Im furious that I was deceived into being a part of this guys pet theory.

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Sabrina Salazar

Dr. Plechner is the BEST.VET.EVER! I was referred to Dr. Plechner by a dear friend of mine when we adopted an abandoned, elderly, semi-feral cat. Baby is our first kitty so we werent sure what to do or who to go to. After Diana recommended him, we fell in love with him. He is the most gentle, intelligent, caring vet that we have ever had the opportunity to take a beloved furry family member to. I also admire that he is not stuck on Western medicine, and takes a holistic approach to treating my 18 year old girl. A year or so after our first visit with Dr. Plechner, our Baby fell off my bed trying to get at her treats and severely sprained her ankle. An associate of his saw her as an emergency, and we were not at all pleased with his rough treatment of her. For the follow ups we returned to Dr. Plechner and she got a little better. Several months passed and she was still not back to normal so we took her back for another follow up. He saw signs of an endocrine imbalance, gave her a Depomedrol shot and she started getting better. He subsequently ran blood tests that proved an estrogen imbalance. He gave her a total of 3 shots and an ongoing prescription for Prednisolone drops. This treatment was the only thing that helped her. I truly believe it saved her life. She was giving up on living due to the pain and discomfort, and all she would do is hide under the stairs only coming out to do her business in the litterbox. Her spunk was gone and our little feral monster under the table disappeared (she was semi-feral and the only thing that remained is she would hide under the table and ambush our feet as we walked by). After the treatment, she was able to run and jump again and her spunk has returned. He gave us our Baby back, and for this we will always be grateful. All the recommendations he has made to date with regards to her health have given her a much better quality of life and more energy. He also cares enough to answer even the dumbest of my questions within minutes (like litterbox issues) - I find this so rare in this day and age where doctors dont truly care anymore. We dont know what we will do if he retires!!!

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Anne Missy

If you ever have your pet put to sleep there, I recommend you make sure theyve got an extra syringe on hand of the solution they inject. I had the horrible experience of watching/hearing my dog suffer halfway through her experience when the vet determined not enough of the stuff had been injected in her body and left for a few minutes to get another syringe of the stuff to complete the process of putting her to sleep :( They also ignored my instructions in a prior experience of surgery to not give her max amount of anesthesia nor max amount of pain meds because she had a very young, clean internal health (I was told she had the blood profile of a dog 3 or 5 years younger than her age when they did pre-surgery tests). Apparently, they gave her too much anesthesia and/or pain meds because she came out of surgery non-functional for the next 10 hrs whereas I was told she would come out of anesthetic state within a couple hrs of being picked. She couldnt walk, eat or anything else and peed what seemed like half a gallons worth in her bed (shes never peed in her bed during the 8 yrs I had her prior to this instance). Her nervous system was obviously shot, because she became disabled immediately after that surgery and had to be put to sleep within 2 or 3 months whereas I expected her to live at least another 3 if not 5 years prior to surgery incident. So be super clear, in writing (which I did but no one paid attention) and verbally about any special surgery instructions there.

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Leum Kerzic

Google only lets me put 1 star but really its -5. Its off the scale in the reverse direction with this mentally challenged company. So before they use to have a okay bird vet. Only okay because she knew what she was doing. This place sucks. My bird has been sick since December and they charged me for bogus tests. Heres the big reason why you should not come here. They asked me to take some poop samples to send off. They refused to tell me the cost in person so I said I am not doing anything until you tell me the price. I leave they called me left messages saying $150... To send some poop to someone. So I did not answer. A smart company would realize I did not want it. They sent it off anyways like completely incompetent morons anyways and tried to stick me with the bill. I never signed anything and they are saying they are sending collections on me. HAHAHA! Good luck. If yall want a good bird place go to VCA Wilshire. They give cheap meds, do proper diagnosiss, and actually called me almost weekly to check up on my pet. Center Sinai, Sinai sounds alot like Cyanide. Makes alot of sense when you think about it. They just want to make your animals sicker and rape your wallets. *Middle finger to you guys at Sinai!*

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