Dr. Susan S. Malley, MD

Oct 2023

I absolutely love her! She is one of the best Gyno Dr.s I've ever had. Unfortunately she left the area and I wish I could drive to her but I can't. I do need to call her office for past test results for the braca tests I took. Susan, please come back! Lol I won't go to anyone else and I'm having a breast cancer scare melt down!...

Sep 2019

I could just cry with happiness! Finding a doctor that removes the miasma of terror associated with hereditary diseases, that makes you feel so completely comfortable, that actually talks with you and brace yourselves-- LISTENS to you? Now that's priceless. I've found that doctor in Dr. Malley and I want share this with the world. So, read on, women friends, because this especially means you. I had a terrible experience with a PCP in Manhattan recently. It was to the point that it wrecked a week or two of my life and had me depressed over my health in general. I'll put up that review eventually. I'm trying to organize my thoughts because when I write a negative review, especially for a healthcare provider, it has to be done from a place of collected thoughts and reasoning. Because I moved within the past year, I needed a referral for a mammogram, which I have been getting for a long time due to being high risk with a family history of breast cancer. My doctors in NOLA also recommended annual MRIs just to be safe. When I asked for this from the new doctor she had no idea what I was talking about and just referred me for the mammo. In addition to not listening to any of my concerns or comments about my health history (god, she was terrible. Hard not to get angry over this), she made all kinds of swooping generalizations about what I should be doing for my health due to family history of hypertension (on this visit, I had a high BP reading because I was stressed out like I've never been stressed before and was having anxiety attacks on the regular for almost a year. I've never in my life have had high BP but she didn't want to hear it. "Everybody's stressed," was her response.) But above and beyond all of this, she did the unforgivable: three times she had a receptionist call me with highly sensitive results of reports. I was so distraught over the news of a mammogram, I demanded to speak to the doctor. I never make demands. Yet another time after that, she still allowed this receptionist to make a call with more news of an abnormal mammogram. I don't love sharing my health news on Yelp. The reason I'm doing this is for context. Desperate for a decent doctor, I found Dr. Malley on Yelp. Admittedly there's not a lot of good reviews for doctors in the Hudson Valley, probably because people are more inclined to share poor experiences with doctor's office (always more to do with billing than anything else). I looked at her website and noticed that she has a much more progressive type of outlook on women's healthcare. I also find that doctors that work with adolescents are probably more progressive on the whole. On to the appointment: I was brought into the exam room with a really personable nurse (not to mention knowledgeable. She immediately alleviated my concerns about my "abnormal" mammo. It's incredibly common and of course a f/u is necessary, but nothing to be alarmed over). Trust me, I was alarmed going in. I am obsessed with my health and it's been quite a summer of stress and anxiety due to obsession with high BP and breast cancer. And we all know that stress is the worst thing for your health. But I was already feeling better when Dr. Malley came in and we discussed this more. We also discussed worst case scenarios should the results be positive. We also discussed my upcoming marriage, healthy diets and Halloween. It was a fun visit! And the quickest pap. She also referred me to Dr. Gupta, a PCP in her office. I'm feeling good about this office because it's also very pro-female and not in a pro-family way (which is alienating to me as I am child-free by choice). I can understand the pro-baby stuff, very typical for an ob-gyn office, but that's not my jam! And she knew what a vegan diet is. Don't laugh. My last doctor ignored me when I told her that I'm vegan for half my life and even recommended that I drink milk for Vitamin D. In fact, Dr. Malley's office asks about diet in the new patient quest

Feb 2019

I've had the pleasure of knowing Dr. Malley for ten years now. She is an amazing doctor and teacher. When looking for a provider, client center care is extremely important to me, that's why I'm drawn to Dr. Malley and her services. I recommend her to all my friends and family! She is a busy lady but still makes time to advocate for women's rights and volunteers her time to teach reproductive health. I am SO grateful to have such an inspirational woman as my medical provider.