Zapalac Jeffrey S, MD

We were referred to Dr Zapalac by our pediatrician for my son. I was nervous because there are a lot of negative reviews for him. The wait time was a bit long but I’m a patient person so that didn’t bother me. The staff was friendly. Dr Zapalac was very very kind and professional. He was to the point and informative. He answered any questions we had. Not once did I feel like he was arrogant or rude. My son had his tonsils and adenoids out and tubes in his ears today and, again, Dr Zapalac was kind and helpful. I’m pleasantly surprised. I’m very thankful for this Dr.

I wish I had read the reviews before making appointment with this doctor. I suddenly hit with vertigo (BPPV) last Thursday morning. Though I knew it isn’t a serious condition but wanted to get it fixed at the earliest. my wife had few years back & another friend 2 weeks back. for both, ENT doctor did maneuvering during office visit to fix the temporary disorder. I was expecting the same when I made an appointment but contrary to my expectation. Doctor only diagnosed the problem & said will give you exercise to do at home for a week. I told the doctor I was expecting you to perform maneuvering. that’s when he started acting rude, tone changed and said, you are here to get the diagnose and treatment plan done. I can’t fix your problem right here. I doubt he knew how to work on BPPV. so walked out for 10 minutes, came back with printed paper with the steps to perform maneuvering. agreed to perform maneuvering (may be he must have read the printout)
I felt he was preparing me to go through MRI. he mentioned multiple times, if nothing happens in one week, we will do further diagnosis like MRI .
Final dumber. I asked, I have been sleeping on my left side (as the problem was in right ear), is it ok if I start sleeping on right. this qualified doctor said, Yes but the printout I was given clearly said to night, DO NOT sleep on right.

If I could give zero stars I would. Some of my «highlights»: I waited nearly an hour in the office for my appointment, I couldn’t get Dr. Zapalac nor his assistant to return my calls for a week, then when Dr. Zapalac called to check on me, he constantly interrupted me, talked over me, yelled at me and hung up on me. He even yelled at me b/​c he hadn’t received my labs from another doctor, which was totally out of my control. Shockingly unprofessional and down-​right rude. I’ll never return to this practice.

Very impressed with this physician. The only attitude I got was one of an old school medico who actually called me on a Saturday (!!!) with a preliminary diagnosis, one which was the most sensible and informed of all received per initial problem. I’d see this doctor for an ENT related problem before any other.

I have been dealing with Jeffrey Zapalac for years and on one day this man took it upon his self to terminate my sons care and they want me to pay to get my son’s medical records. If i have to contact the media and explain the entire story i will for they know they made a mistake and they don’t want to own up to it. Yiu know the world is round and when things happen people always why it happened to them… well think of who you treated and how you treated some one it may nit come back to you but it will come back to some one close to you i have seen it happened. A school teacher treated my daughter bad and the next week his mom died suddenly. All Gods work for God doesn’t like ugly. Jeffrey Zapalac isn’t the only ENT in the world and he surely isn’t the best his bedside manners are terrible i don’t know why i took my son but i am regretting it. How you put tubes in a child ear and don’t want to take them out after so many years and my son ears are hurting him. The last time i took he we was seen so blunt like Zapalac didn’t care or he was having a bad day but you don’t take it out on a child or the parent i am going to make reports to all that i can make. God isn’t sleep he sees and hears all.

Dr. Zapalac must be bi-​polar. If you do your research (
) you will see that other patients have had a horrible experience just like I did. Some say he is the best, and some say he is the worst. Like I said, I experienced the awful, impatient, ego-​driven doctor. Long story short, I had thyroid cancer when I was 19. (two years ago) He was trying to figure out what it was, but he couldn’t. The problem was that he gave me attitude when I tried to ask him what was going on with me. I think it was because he couldn’t figure out what was going on, and that frustrated him. He also wanted to do surgery right away without knowing what was going on! Nonetheless, I left and went to a wonderful doctor and surgeon named Dr. Morgan who took great care of me. Also, when he called back to ask if I was going to come back, my mom said no and he hung up.

I’ve been seeing Dr. Zapalac for about 7 years. He is nice, smart and so helpful. I need to get an ear wash about every 6 months, which he’s fantastic at. I also get the occasional sinus infection. He’s just amazing at what he does. He really cares about his patients.

I was referred to Dr. Jeff Zapalac by Dr. Robert Cook — excellant doctor too — I really liked Dr. Zaplac and he was very educational and informative through the process… was not too crazy about the surgery center they use — Hyde Park –
Overall, I felt Dr. Zapalac to be a very good doctor!