ext_106721 ([identity profile] villagetheatre.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] vaginapagina2008-09-15 12:53 pm
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Places for STD testing

So, PPH is being completely unreliable and the place I got tested at last time doesn't accept my insurance, so I'm looking for other alternatives. Someplace on the west side below 100th street? Oops. I'm located in Manhattan too! (New York, NY) Has anyone had any really good experiences with a particular clinic and would recommend it? I also have Oxford Health Insurance, so that's helpful too if they take that! Thanks!
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[identity profile] cbackson.livejournal.com 2008-09-15 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, too bad. Then I would definitely check out newyorkers--I did have Oxford when I lived in NYC, and used a gyno who was great, but he was on the east side.

[identity profile] villagetheatre.livejournal.com 2008-09-15 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Can you give me his info? I need a new gyno and I have no idea how to find one. Where on the east side is he?

[identity profile] cbackson.livejournal.com 2008-09-15 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Laurence Orbuch--I don't have his # on hand because I moved out of NYC about 6 months ago, but he's on the Oxford website in the provider directory. He's on East 79th.

His wife, Iris Orbuch, is also a gyno with an office down on Spring Street, but I never used her.

He's definitely a bit more formal than doctors I've had in the past, but I think it's a distancing mechanism to make sure that his patients feel comfortable--the consult and discussion of why you're there takes place in his office, so the actual legs-in-the-air, wearing-the-uncomfortable-gown part is minimized. He also does some of his labwork onsite (like for YIs and UTIs), so you get results ultrafast.
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