Alan M Birnbaum's Online Review Report Card

This Dr. is an absolute joke! Couldn't tolerate him at our Temple. He has a repugnant personality and he seems to think very highly of himself. He hasn't changed since 1981....I think the only female he would attract is someone as self absorbed as him. Run don't walk!

If i could give a 0 on Dr. Birnbaum I would. Hes very unprofessional rude overlooks a patients whole health history. I waited over an hour pass my appointment time to see this guy for the first time just to be told after speaking briefly to him maybe 5 mins to not speak no more so he could dictate into his recorder and as hes doing so he addresses me by the wrong name at the end on the recording. Then after he was done I was told Im fine and theres nothing wrong with me and no need to see me which in all honestly I would not go back to this guy if I was told to. Id rather travel out of town to see a neurologist then ever have to deal with the unprofessionalism and rudeness that Burnbaum treats his patients with You have been warned just look at all the negative reviews on him

This was the most unprofessional medical visit. He does not deserve the one star. He rarely made any eye contact nor direct conversation. He read the report notes dictated to his voice recorder and stopped three times to play fantasy golf on his phone. He was insulting to the patient and basically told him that he was faking his symptoms. He sat in the room to insure he got his hours worth of fees grabbed the file and walked out. In asking him his recommendations he stated that he did not know. What a waste of our time and an embarrassment to the profession.

My mom had a visit with this neurologist and she was alone. He treated her absolutely horrible she came home in tears he told her she has dementia without any testing then said and their gonna pull your license from you as well! How do you diagnose someone like this with no compassion she said he wouldn't even make eye contact with her she then asked about the pain in her neck and he said your not here to talk about that.! My mom is 80 years old and was treated horrible.!

Horrible doctor. Does not care about his patients. My second visit I left crying because he would not help me. Not even with advice. Nothing at all. He walked out while I was asking questions because I was so confused as to why he wouldn’t help or do any testing at all. I guess I’m just supposed to keep missing work when I can’t be on my feet because my legs and my arms are so numb.

the office is so nice and i thought the doctor was too until my second visit. i was trying to ask questions about what i can do when my legs go numb and he literally walked out of the room and said there’s nothing wrong with me. no test no bloodwork nothing. I went in today supposedly to have a test done. And left in tears feeling helpless because he wouldn’t help me at all.

I only went to this Dr because a neurosurgeon I saw referred me, and because other neurologists in town wouldnt see me without a referral, despite that I have PPO insurance, thanks to the lovely dr shortage here. It took 2 months after the referral for them to even call me to set up an appointment. I saw the bad reviews before going in but I like to give people the benefit of the doubt. This was a waste of time and money. Now I'm going to need to get a new referral from my Primary Care Physician. He told me just by looking at me that I do not have carpal tunnel or cubital tunnel, despite the fact that I've had nerve conduction studies by multiple neurologists in town who have diagnosed me with such, and I've also seen multiple orthopedic surgeons who agree with the diagnosis. I came to see Dr. Birnbaum for different neurological symtpoms I've been having and he was just refuting what's been established for many years without doing any testing, and that's not even what I was seeing him for, I was seeing him for neuropathy in my feet. He then told me my symptoms are from anxiety and started telling me that my mother, whom I've havent had contact with since 2006 and I dont know if she has health conditions,has bipolar disorder, when he has never met her, and that I probably have bipolar too. I have no symptoms of bipolar or any other mental illness, and he, as a neurologist,is beyond his realm of what he can diagnose.  On the medical information form it asked about health conditions siblings have and I put hypoglycemia and vericose veins, conditions they have been diagnosed with, and he asked what does that even mean, and was acting like they couldn't possibly have those conditions, when he hasn't met them. Save your time and money, and do NOT go to this doctor, he is EXTREMELY incompetent! He made the whole appointment last an hour, by repeating everything in his tape recorder. I really should have left after a half hour, but I was trying to be polite. If your dr refers you to this dr, BEG for a different referral! The original wait time they gave me to see him was a whopping 5 months, then they suddenly called me yesterday and asked could I come today. So if you do decide to try this dr, which I highly recommend against, you may have a ridiculous wait time to get in.

Worst service I've ever experienced. I was suppose to receive a call from them months ago(referred by my doctor). So instead of waiting on them since they were taking forever I decided to call them last month. Yeah I got nowhere. I've left several messages (you just get a voicemail to leave a message) you don't even talk to a real person. Eight weeks later I still haven't heard from anyone despite calling every week regarding scheduling an appointment with Neurology regarding my meds. Don't waist your time. Worst service you'll ever come across. They never call you back and don't seem to care about their patients. I wonder if they even have patients?

Most pathetic ungrateful person in the business can’t even do his job.

A below standards. You will find out