Dr. Marc Kaplan

Came in for treatment and found out I was being treated for something I didn't know was possible. He was knowledgeable, assuring, and quick to move. Will follow-up with him if needed. Thanks again doctor!

Avoid this urologist at all costs!!! Back on April 1st, I got tested at an urgent care clinic for lower-left back pain and blood in my urine (thankfully that was painless) for more than a week. The blood and urine tests were negative for infections and other diagnoses and so was the ultrasound. For almost another week, I had the same symptoms. So, I made a convenient appointment on Zocdoc with Dr. Kaplan. Less than a week later he saw me and decided that a cystoscopy was necessary. He also wanted to check my prostate right there in the office, but I declined. The next week, after that incredibly uncomfortable cystoscopy, the results were negative for any bladder and other urological problems. Knowing I still had blood in my urine and lower-left back pain, he said it’s probably nothing and actually equated my situation to having a NOSEBLEED. Oh and for two days I now had painful urination, which is typical after a cystoscopy. I was shocked he was dismissing it as being so innocuous as a nosebleed, so I asked him what other testing can be done? He was not being sympathetic to me still being concerned and his demeanor turned to a condescending manner. He said a CT scan could show something, but he advised against it, because he said the radiation used wasn’t worth the most-likely negative result of showing nothing was wrong with me. I still showed concern, and asked why I was concurrently still having back pain too and his demeanor remained condescending and he scolded me, saying I was worrying too much. He said to make a follow-up appointment for 4 months later, and if there was still blood in the urine, he would schedule the CT scan. Well, 3 days after the cystoscopy the blood was no longer visible in my urine, but the back pain persisted. About a month after that, the same painless blood in the urine reappeared (and the back pain was on and off, never going away fully for more than a day), so I gave Dr. Kaplan a call. I acknowledged that he said I should wait four months, but I didn’t want to wait another three months now just to take the next step. He still advised against me rushing to get the CT scan, but nonetheless wrote a prescription for one (with and without contrast) because I persisted. After the CT scan, he said it was kidney stones. Well, that told me all I need to know about the professional manner and advice of Dr. Marc “Nosebleed-Urine” Kaplan. Now I have an appointment to seek treatment from a recommended and more professional urologist (with a sympathetic bedside manner as well) at the Mt. Sinai hospital. So for any who have an appointment with Dr. Kaplan, seek another urologist!