Mark E. Pruzansky

I had experience with his son who after my second visit didnt even member that he already did more examination on my arm and was ready to send me there again. Somebody didn’t homework.

Hospital very inconsiderate of patients time. I feel it’s rude and inconsiderate to have patients wait around 3 hours for a procedure. We are not waiting for a free surgery. We are paying customers and should be treated with respect. One additional star for quick in and out post op visit. In general not a totally bad experience. The Doctor himself seems caring and competent. The end result has yet to be seen.

As far as doctors are concerned, I feel that Dr. Prusansky is top notch. He is attentive, kind and extremely knowledgeable. On the other hand, his office staff ruins his practice. They are rude, unprofessional, & just plain mean. They do not accommodate patients and make you feel like an inconvenience to them. It is a shame because the doctor and the physician’s assistant are wonderful.

I cannot believe that some of these reviews are for the same doctor and staff that I saw. After breaking my hand recently (bear attack) my dad referred me to Dr. Pruzansky as he had helped out with his hand problems. The doc specializes in sports medicine injuries too, and treats boxers and MMA fighters regularly. I don’t do those things, but I do work out out quite a bit and a bit concern in my recovery was gain back full functionality as soon as possible.
Simply put, every step of the way my experience was superb. From the front office staff, to his other assistants/​doctors, to the doc himself, it was the best medical experience I’ve ever had. This includes surgery at Mount Sinai (excluding certain Mount Sinai staff). He gave me a clear picture of what was wrong, ways we could fix it, his recommendation of what the best choice was, what we were going to do in said surgery, and how things were progress. He never rushed through my appointments or was too physical with my injury. On top of this, he was patient in explaining my situation and left me with the sense that he genuinely cared about my well-​being. The rest of the staff was extremely friendly and even helped through some issues my insurance caused.
I hate doctors – especially after this year – but I’d recommend Dr. Pruzansky in a heartbeat to anyone who needs a hand doctor. I wish we could clone him and have him specialize in other areas of medicine as well.

Dr. Mark Pruzansky is an amazing wrist specialist. He helped to heal my wrist in a good amount of time and was very supportive through my physical therapy. I would definitely see him again if I had another injury.

I would give Dr. Pruzansky himself 5 stars. He is extremely efficient, knowledgeable, and explains things well. I was sad that he doesn’t accept my new insurance, as finding another doctor like him has been tricky. His physicians assistants were wonderful and professional.
I’m deducting 2 stars due to the receptionists. The front office staff were horribly unprofessional while I was in the waiting area for my first visit, loudly calling front office staff at other medical offices, as well as patients (by name, and discussing their injuries), idiots and bad mouthing them. They refused to even speak to one office to try to work out why they were calling, and just hung up on them.

He was recommended by my company’s medical office so he was attentive and patient with me and waived the required credit card for the file! But his staff are all nasty and rude and uncooperative. To be honest, they are not Park Avenue Dr’s office material but I guess the good doctor doesn’t want to pay for quality assistants he will have a little more for.
Took three stars off because who wants to deal with sour faced, disrespectful front office staff when you have a broken finger. And I happen to think asking a patient to provide credit card number you can charge as you wish is a bit offensive for a medical office. And yes, I have insurance, FSA and MRA, thank you very much

Just updating my review from 2011: No thanks to Dr. Pruzansky’s incorrect diagnosis, I am completely symptom free two years after my shoulder and hand injury, with NO surgery, only stretches and careful exercises to slowly realign and build strength. An MRI around that time (from a different doctor) showed absolutely nothing wrong in the areas that were diagnosed by Dr. P, and I have regained a full range of motion in both wrist and shoulder (diagnosis was rotator cuff tear). It is wonderful that some of the patients have posted positive results. But my inclination is to advise against going here…

Dr Pruzansky was professional, expert and efficient. No endless waits, no sitting around, just top notch care. If you are looking for the best possible medical outcome, I believe Dr Pruzansky is your man.
I was very concerned about my broken hand, and was on the fence about getting surgery vs just letting it heal in a cast. I am extremely happy that I opted to get the surgery as Dr Pruzansky advised. He performed the surgery and everything was totally professional and well executed. My hand is now as good as new, and it would have been a little bit crooked forever otherwise.
If my review were based only on the medical care and the outcome, I would not hesitate to give 5 stars.
But to be completely fair I have to give only 4 stars, not 5:
You should come prepared with all of the questions you want to ask him, because he is unlikely to offer much beyond the bottom line regarding your condition. I realized after my first visit that I had only a vague idea of what exact surgery I was going to get, how long I’d be in a cast vs a brace, whether the pins would come off at the same time as the cast, etc. Some of those questions had uncertain answers, but I’d have felt better pressing him to give a range of possibilities instead of being partially in the dark.
On my second visit, I asked him every question I had and he couldn’t have been more gracious in answering them all. Lesson learned for the future with any doctor.
Another slight deduction:
I found one or two of the receptionists to have an attitude for absolutely no reason. For instance, I asked to keep my X-​rays, and they said «That costs $ 30, you don’t still want them do you?» and they seemed put out when I said yes, in fact I did still want them. Another time, Dr Pruzansky wrote a prescription for physical therapy, and when the receptionist handed it to me, it looked just like a drug prescription so I asked what it was. She glared at me like I was an idiot and snarled «Physical THERAPY. For your HAND.» Cheers!
But like I said, my hand is doing fantastic, which is all that really matters.

Well I must be a klutz, because I had to see him again after I hurt my arm after I tipped my bike. It was fractured but I didn’t need surgery. Since the fracture was close the elbow, he didn’t cast it because that would mean casting my elbow, which would lead to serious mobility issues once the cast came off (a friend had a similar break and similar treatment from a different doc). I was VERY relieved to not have my elbow in a cast! Dr. Pruzansky was just as attentive to this fracture as to my broken wrist. Highly recommended.

My opinion: This practice is a factory, pushing patients in and out the door every 15 minutes. I sat and sat in the waiting room and then sat and sat in the exam room. The x-​ray tech was fine. The physician’s assistant was fine. Dr. Pruzanksy was beyond brusque and his examination lasted 60 seconds, give or take 30 seconds. He actually hurt me with his rough examination and when I asked how I should cope with the severe pain, he said, «Take Motrin and live your life.» I could not make a fist, could barely hold a pen and he couldn’t have cared less. Accolades or no, I will never go back.