Alger-Mayer Sharon's Online Review Report Card

I have seen Dr. Sharon Alger-Mayer before twice... I started when I was age 19 and she was my nutritionist for Anorexia, which is why I need her now, and I’ve seen her for endocrinology. She’s a brilliant woman and I find her very caring. I wouldn’t go to anyone else for her expertise! I trust her implicitly and concentrate on why I’m seeing her, which is usually hard to do when you’re trying to stay focused on YOUR OWN desire to get past their awful trap of Anorexia Nervosa. I never thought about if she cared for me as a friend when this started over 40 years ago - I fought to follow directions and both she and my Psychiatrist saved my life. Now I am greeted as happily as I greet her! She is very good at what she does and that’s what she focuses on: getting her patients better! I definitely have recommended her - all along and I know this will be hard to get past, but she is the one I know I can do my best with!

I have seen Dr.Alger on and off for a few years, I have an eating disorder and have been in the inpatient program at Albany Med. I had always really liked her and thought she was amazing and kind and really cared about her patients. However, a few months ago I went and saw her and she gave the impression that she couldn't have cared less about what was going on. I ended up back inpatient and during my stay, she was not very nice, not caring, and was not personable especially when trying to talk about what I was feeling about what was happening with the refeeding process. I do not know what happened I used to really like her and highly recommend her but after these two episodes, I felt unheard, uncared about, and that I was a burden to her and her staff.

I went to see her when I knew I was falling into a bad spot with my eating disorder. She didn't give a hoot about it. She sat there at her computer didnt give me the time of day to explain what I was struggling with. She didn't care that due to the recent events with coronaviris that treatment was very limited. I will never see her again. It's hard enough to ask for help and then to be treated like your making it up is ridiculous.

I went to her for help with my binge eating disorder, she prescribed a ssri, after considering the risks vs benefits I decided I need something that's going to start working immediately so I call her to ask for the only medication the fda has thus far approved for treatment of binge eating disorder and she offers me prozac, saying it's the only other medication approved for bulimia. I am 100% sure I expressed to her I do not purge after binges, as much as I would like to be able to, I cannot, so where is this "bulimia" b.s. coming from? Total waste of time. I went to her desperate for help and nothing came of it. Thanks Dr Alger for listening so well.

I'm very thankful for Dr Alger. She is one of the few Doctors in the Albany / Capital district who specialize in eating disorders, and is excellent at what she does. She was the first Dr I took my daughter to when she was very sick, and we also got in the same day I called. Two hours after I made the call to her office ! I'm very thankful that we got in that day. She spent a great deal of time with my daughter. All of her recommendations as far as treatment facilities, Doctors, and therapists are top notch. She always calls back when I have a question, and I never feel rushed. I have talked to her office staff as well, and they have all been understanding and helpful. Considering that my emotions at times have been a combination of nervous, worried, and desperate for help it's nice to know that my daughter is in the best hands. Dr Alger helped save my daughter's life ! Many thanks to Dr Alger, The Renfrew Center P.A. Dr Klim and the rest of her team.

It has been years since I've seen Dr. Alger, but I did not find her particularly caring. In fact, her lack of caring made a bigger impression. She never called either with test results that showed a problem. I found out 4 months later in a follow-up appt. Never went back after that.

Dr. Alger-Mayer has been my nutritionist since 1999. Through the years, she has coached me and has always been a very caring, understanding, and patient physician.

100% most excellent doctor.she is very caring and follows through on any problem you have.i would recomend her to everyone who needs a doctor in this field.thanks for such excellent care all these years.

Appointments are hard to get, right away. This is a testimony of how good a doctor she is. She in high demand and worth the wait.