Suzanne LaJoie, MD - Downtown Women's OBGYN

Reviews (3)

• Do you love your gynecologist?

  January 2024

  've been a patient of Downtown Women's OBGYN for more than 30 years and cannot recommend them more highly. My doctor is the lovely and compassionate Suzanne LaJoie, but I've seen (I think) every doctor there, and most of the other practitioners, and they are all wonderful. I no longer need an OB, but they were phenomenal with my very complicated pregnancies, and have always been extemely helpful and available with all the rest. They're a really busy practice, but never once (across decades, mind you) have they ever made me feel like anything other than a priority. Be realistic about waiting room times (late patients that precede you will push your appt past its scheduled time), and the fact that this is managed care, not concierge care. So, it's sometimes a little assembly line (a PA or someone else, not your doctor, will take your vitals and handle blood draws etc.). But for the core part of your appt you won't be rushed and you will be really well cared for.

• Review submitted via the Park Slope Parents 2017 Birth Survey

  December 2017

  Efficient if not especially warm. Based on a October 2017 birthing experience.

• Review submitted via 2015 Birth Survey

  January 2016

  REVIEW: I ended up transferring to Dr. LaJoie very late in my pregnancy - 37 weeks. I'd expected to give birth naturally at the St Luke's Birthing Center but the baby was breech so that wasn't going to happen. My experience with Dr. LaJoie was therefore very limited, but I found incredibly flexible to take me on so very late and she took great care of me. She met with me ahead of the C-Section to make sure I knew what was going to happen, offered (without me asking) to do a gentle cesarean, and on the day of the surgery did a lot to talk me down from my anxiety and make sure I was comfortable. I really appreciated her warm, friendly, and super-clear bedside manner, which she maintained even in the operating room. The only thing I didn't love about the experience (besides the fact that it was necessary) was that there were a ton of medical students in the room - which I guess I should have expected since NYU is a teaching hospital - and there were times when she was teaching them about the procedure as she did it. I didn't love hearing her talk about my body as if I weren't in the room. If I'd thought of that as an issue in advance, I would have requested that students not be there or that she not narrate the procedure, so that's something I'd encourage others to consider and request for themselves with Dr. LaJoie (or probably any OB at a teaching hospital). INSURANCE Yes, took my insurance, made the claims process seamless. Based on a October 2015 birth