Berenbaum Paul L MD

While Dr. Berenbaum is famously very late, he is a caring, professional doctor who spends at least 45 minutes with me every time I visit. He is extremely patient, thorough and very well-​regarded professionally. The other reviewers don’t seem to know much about medicine and quality doctors. I do. I recommend Dr. Berenbaum highly.

Dr Berenbaum is unprofessional. His staff is rude. He did not examine me and charged me $ 275 for a 10 minute chat. I will not be going back.

I originally chose Dr. Berenbaum because his office was listed at 18^th and Lombard (1 block from my apartment), but after making the appointment I realized he didn’t have his address updated and he’s actually located at 8^th and Spruce.
What I hate the most about Dr. Berenbaum is that you have to wait at least an hour (or more) for his office visits. The record was an hour and 15 minutes! It’s really quite ridiculous. I also noticed that he doesn’t go by your appointment time, but rather by when you get there and sign in. He also constantly has a ton of drug reps in his office, so perhaps that is why his appointments are not timely as well.
Dr. Berenbaum had me go in for monthly appointments because he thought it was necessary. Eventually, I realized that he really didn’t have much to tell me each time and the appointments were kind of unnecessary and a waste of my time. He also put me on nexium 40mg BID as well as zegerid (a combo of omeprazole and sodium bicarb) which seemed like a duplication of therapy to me. He also insisted that I should have a script for ambien even though I told him I didn’t have any sleep issues.
I eventually just stopped seeing him, and next time if I develop GI issues, I’ll be seeing someone else.