FamilyHealth Associates: Alan Wachtel, MD

“Dr Jonathan Wachtell is spectacular. He’s attentive, intelligent, caring and able to relate to young children on a level that engages them. He’s also excellent with adults.”

“I can highly recommend Family Health Associates and Dr. Alan Wachtel, who along with his staff very effectively and professionally treated my adolescent son. And I myself have been under Dr. Wachtel's care for the past several years, and I can say that he has made a huge positive difference in my life; I - and my family - would not consider going anywhere else!”

“Perhaps the worst psychiatric encounter I've had. On top of the price -- $1200. an hour!!!!! which is way out of common practice, when Dr. Whachtel treated my son he misdiagnosed him, perscribed the wrong medicine, and then when my son developed a life-threatening reaction from the medication, he never called to check back. Even my pharmacist complained over having to deal with him, "never experienced anything like it," he told me. Thankfully, I work at Columbia University, and was able to contact an excellent doctor through their recommendation. Go anywhere else.”

“DO not send your child here for testing. I had two of my children tested, for 4k each. The Doctor, no longer there, was very nice but took over 4-5 months to complete testing, which impacted my child's IEP and then there were errors on the reports, even in many cases another child's name in the place of my child. When I went to have Dr. Wachtel fix the reports I had a very hard time.”