Ilan P. Goldberg, MD

After reading the prior reviews, I have come to the conclusion that unfortunately people often think to post a review when they are angry or frustrated. When we are satisfied with something (or someone in this case), we are not often quite as verbal.
I have known Dr. Goldberg since 2010, and have nothing but good things to say about him! So much so, that I have referred him to friends and family alike. He is prompt, professional, caring, insightful, and sincere. No matter how busy or hectic the day might be for him, he always finds a way to be 'present' during the appointment. I think he also does a particularly good job of formulating a plan along WITH the client, not simply FOR them.
As a nurse at a large Boston hospital, I have met and worked alongside countless doctors. I can say whole heartedly, that Ilan Goldberg is among those whom I hold in the highest regard. I have tremendous respect for him as a clinician, and feel that I can objectively say he is one of the best around!

For those of you reading this review, please note that I saw Dr Goldberg for my medication prescriptions. I saw him once a month to check in and see if there was any adverse reactions to the medications that were being prescribed.

I was a patient of Dr Goldberg’s for 6 years. I only left his practice because I moved to another state. Prior to becoming one of his patients, I had seen two other doctors. Those other doctors barely listened to what I had to tell them and quickly prescribed me medication. That medication caused weird side effects and even though I told those doctors about it, they both gave me the same response, “give it time.” I couldn’t parents my children with the side effects that I was having so I stopped taking the medication and left those doctors.

In 2012, I was fortunate enough to hear about Dr Goldberg and lucky for me he was still taking patients. At our first meeting, I told Dr Goldberg about my previous experiences with medication and doctors. He truly listened to what I had to say and together we worked on a game plan for how best to start medication for my depression and anxiety issues. It took eight years before I found Dr Goldberg. It took only six months of trial and dosage adjustment before we found the right combination of medication and dosage that helped me get back to a normal life.

When I became pregnant with my third child in 2017, I told Dr Goldberg my concerns about continuing the medication that I was on during my pregnancy. Since Dr Goldberg listened to me, he knew that I was always reading research study results for my depression, anxiety, and medication. He showed me a website that had all the information that I was looking for pertaining to the research that had been done on the medications that I was on and pregnancy. Together we came up with a game plan that both he and I were comfortable with to get me through my pregnancy. After my delivery he checked in with me to see how I was feeling since we believe my current depression issues stems from postpartum depression being undiagnosed with my first two children.

For me, Dr Goldberg has been a caring doctor and I’ve benefited greatly from his practice.

Ilan Goldberg not only created semester Off, which greatly helped re-set our daughter on a path of good choices and satisfying work and learning, he has been continually supportive and encouraging long after the program is done. She stays in touch with Ilan and his staff independently and continues to benefit from these relationships.

Dr. Goldberg is a knowledgable, thoughtful, compassionate, and well-rounded psychiatrist. He is a mindful and attuned listener, and his strength and direct to the point style is refreshing and needed. Not only is he trustworthy and professional, but also funny and relatable...I would refer my best friends and/or family members to him! Highly recommend!

Dr. Goldberg helped me through a very tough time in my life. Could not be more grateful & satisfied with the professional care and service he provided. Highly Recommend.

I was a patient of Dr. Goldberg's for five years, from August 2012 to this past May. Starting with the positives: He only made me see him about 3-4 times a year, always prescribed generous refills, and took me back on as a patient when my plans to switch to a more local psychiatrist fell through. However, he is one of the most arrogant and condescending individuals I have ever worked with. I always dreaded my appointments with him, because they always came with some kind of chastisement for not meeting his exacting standards of what it means to be a "functioning" adult. Furthermore, he has no on-call service, and was always difficult to schedule appointments with. There was one occasion when I ran out of medication and could not get in contact with him for several days. Ultimately, I finally left his practice after he responded to my request to reschedule our last appointment because of a work conflict. I have reproduced his email below:

"I got your email from 5/5/17 regarding today's session, and I cancelled it according to your request.

In looking at your records, since February 2014, we have made a total of 14 appointments, and you have made it in to my office for 8 of these, or 57%. By way of comparison, the average patient in my practice makes it in for 90-95% of our sessions and a patient is an outlier in my practice if he or she makes it in for less than 80% of scheduled appointments.

So, before booking out more of my time, I will need to hear back that you will be considerably more likely to make it in than you have been, or that you would be willing to pay for my time, even if you cancel more than 24h in advance.

I'll wait to hear back from you before we proceed.

Best wishes,
Ilan Goldberg"

Aside from one appointment I missed because of a family emergency, I always gave him more than 24 hours advanced notice if I had to reschedule. This attitude of his is completely flippant and unprofessional. It is obvious he cares more about his paycheck than he does his patients. Stay away.

UPDATE: Less than 24 hours after I posted this review, I received a voicemail from Dr. Goldberg. This is the fastest response to anything I've ever gotten from him. When I needed to reschedule my last appointment, he didn't respond for ten days, and that was only after I emailed him twice, and texted him once. Red flag behavior right there.

DR GOLDBERG'S SEMESTER OFF PROGRAM
This program was the worst use of our time, and our $13,000. This is a young adult babysitting service that is sold to you by an obnoxious Doctor. He will sell you this program with a smile and in the end delivers nothing. Imagine your struggling, in college, young adult doing a report on the ethics and morals of Doctors as it pertains to Utilitarianism, Libertarian and Communitarian suicides? When questioned by us as to his choice of topic, we are told in front of our child that ALL people have some types of suicidal thoughts on a scale, but doing a report of this type has never been linked to increased thoughts of suicide. Thank you for that knowledge, Dr. Save yourself a lot of time and money, spend quality time with your child, sign up for a yoga class together and never look into this program.