Tamer A. Seckin, MD, FACOG
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Tamer Seckin, MD, is a Board Certified gynecologist and internationally renowned specialist in minimally invasive laparoscopic endometriosis surgery. He is in private practice in New York City with more than 30 years of experience. Dr. Seckin is the co-founder and medical director of the Endometriosis Foundation of America, and has dedicated his life to the understanding and treatment of this little-known disease.
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Marilyn R. on BirdEye
11 days ago
06/30/2020, 12:33 PM
I am finally understanding how women have been able to live their lives during their child bearing years. I had been misdiagnosed for years, then after a surgical diagnosis told to just take birth control until menopause.
Within twenty minutes of meeting the doctor he not only heard my concerns, he then showed me where one of the major problems was coming from. Since the surgery I am a different person.
Please don't hesitate to call and make an appointment. From the moment you speak with Dannay you will immediately feel comfortable and be able to tell that the empathy they show you is real. The doctors then turn that empathy into action and before you know it you are on the road to recovery.
Anonymous on RateMDs
2 months ago
05/11/2020, 07:46 AM
THANK YOU to all at the Seckin Endometriosis Center for your passion and efforts to understand and combat this disease and for your compassion and reassurance to your patients!
Maureen T. on BirdEye
4 months ago
03/22/2020, 10:33 AM
I can't say enough how grateful I am that I had my surgery with Dr. Seckin and Dr. Goldstein. I was misdiagnosed for years and couldn't find a doctor that understood my symptoms (gastro, urinary, etc). Dr. Seckin and Dr. Goldstein genuinely cared about my past experiences and created a surgical plan to support my long term health. They answered all of my questions and made me feel comfortable about every step of the process. After a 5 hour surgery and several week recovery, I am feeling great and my scars are tiny. I recommend this team to anyone struggling with endometriosis. They have changed my life forever.
Anonymous on Healthgrades
4 months ago
03/22/2020, 08:59 AM
I can't say enough how grateful I am that I had my surgery with Dr. Seckin and Dr. Goldstein. I was misdiagnosed for years and couldn't find a doctor that understood my symptoms (gastro, urinary, etc). Dr. Seckin and Dr. Goldstein genuinely cared about my past experiences and created a surgical plan to support my long term health. They answered all of my questions and made me feel comfortable about every step of the process. After a 5 hour surgery and several week recovery, I am feeling great and my scars are tiny. I recommend this team to anyone struggling with endometriosis. They have changed my life forever.
Samantha S. on BirdEye
4 months ago
03/15/2020, 10:42 AM
Dr. Seckin and his team gave me my life back. If you are reading these reviews, you are likely all too aware of the fear, frustration, and confusion that come with trying to navigate the healthcare system as a patient with endometriosis. As a health services researcher with a Master of Public Health degree, I never expected to find myself at a loss when it came to my medical care, but my early endometriosis journey left me feeling lost, hopeless, and alone. Despite having the hallmark symptoms of endometriosis, I was bounced from specialist to specialist for years prior to receiving my diagnosis, enduring countless tests, unnecessary procedures, and multiple misdiagnoses before I finally found a gyn surgeon who listened to my concerns about endometriosis and wanted to proceed with surgery in 2017.
While I am grateful to that doctor for listening to me and performing the surgery that allowed my endometriosis to finally be diagnosed, the relief I got from the operation was brief. Instead of using the gold standard technique of excision, they used ablation, which is recognized to be inadequate among true endometriosis specialists like Dr. Seckin. Despite continuous hormone therapy to suppress menstruation and minimize the risk of reoccurrence after surgery, my symptoms began to reappear within 3 months of ablation surgery. At 6 months, my symptoms were worse than they had been prior to my surgery and several new ones had appeared.
Despite living in Boston, the supposed hub of healthcare and medical innovation, I could not find an excision specialist to treat me in my state. Feeling like I was out of options, I took the leap and booked an appointment with Dr. Seckin in NYC. It was beyond worth it.
The entire Seckin Endometriosis Center team is incredible. Dr. Seckin is not only skilled and knowledgeable, but compassionate and reassuring. Dr. Goldstein’s shared lived experience with the disease allows for a unique level of empathy and wisdom. The staff with whom you will work for scheduling and billing (Dannay, Holli, Kim) are a dream- they are kind, follow up quickly when you have questions, and truly go out of their way to help coordinate visits for out-of-state patients so they are as painless as possible. They helped me set up my consultations with the wonderful outside specialists with whom Dr. Seckin works (colorectal surgeon, urologist, thoracic surgeon) during my short day trip to the city. In addition, they worked with me to get approved for coverage by my insurance company.
I wanted to wait at least six months post-op to write this review, because I wanted to be certain that the relief I experienced after excision surgery with Dr. Seckin was here to stay. Now, eight months after my surgery, I can confidently say that having surgery with Dr. Seckin is the single best medical decision I’ve ever made. I am so grateful to the Seckin Endometriosis Center team and I highly recommend them to all women struggling with this disease. Book the appointment- you’ll be glad you did!
Joy St John on Facebook
4 months ago
03/03/2020, 10:06 AM
I just had the deep excision surgery with Dr Seckin and Dr Goldstein. The staff and the doctors are all very attentive, caring and helpful. I would highly recommend them to anyone that is dealing with endometriosis. I immediately felt a difference in my pain and all over my body where the lesions were removed. Most impressively in my back. I’ve been struggling with pain in my lower back and sciatic nerves down my leg for a long time. The surgery immediately relieved the pressure there. I look forward to see how I continue to feel as my body heals post surgery.
Thank you again for everything.
Sincerely, Joy
Lydia G. on BirdEye
6 months ago
01/15/2020, 15:33 PM
Dr. Seckin and Dr. Goldstein are literal angels. Let me say the most important part first if you don’t read this whole thing- GO to Seckin Endometriosis Center and go ASAP. If you know in your gut something is wrong but no one has believed you or taken you seriously, step up and advocate for yourself. If you think you don’t fit the typical symptoms for endo and talk yourself out of it, go even faster! Chances are, what your feeling is NOT normal and not how you are created to live.
I sent in a review my case form super late at night in tears typing “Im not sure that I even qualify!” And hesitated to even send it in. After years and years of vague, confusing, inconsistent sensations/pain, leg/back/hip pain, nausea, bowel and urinary symptoms, irregular periods and a crazy amount of “negative” ultrasounds that left me with doctors confidently saying “theres nothing wrong with you" and multiple misdiagnosis'.
I was googling one day and came across his website and realized he was only 3 hours away from me. I am a nurse so I read just about every word in each section and each page on his website, watched all the videos twice and researched hours upon hours- I just KNEW I needed to meet him.
At my first appointment with Dr. Seckin, I was so beyond nervous, like “I am going to vomit” kind of nervous. But, he was so very kind, sweet and patient, got to know me and my husband and provided a ton of awesome education. He noticed my hands were shaking at one point and reached out, held my hands, looked me in the eye and said “It is ok, you are going to be ok!” I just started to cry and felt like he really did care about me and that he has such a heart for this. He instantly diagnosed the endometrioma via ultrasound and based on my symptoms, knew each and every organ that was potentially involved, right then and there. He is SO incredibly wise and experienced it was honestly unbelievable! We could not get over how great and special he was, he is THE actual endometriosis genius in my opinion.
It was the first time hearing “You have endometriosis” but honestly, after years of not knowing, second guessing, researching and questioning every single thing in limbo, there was a peace that is hard to describe in finally knowing. I knew in that moment that I was *literally* in the absolute best hands in the world and was right where I needed to be to get the help my body needed.
They removed 23 endometriosis lesions, the Right Ovarian endometrioma/reconstructed my ovary and removed my appendix. Because they perform minimally invasive surgery, recovery was a breeze. Four months post surgery, I am 100% symptom free and happen to be two and half months pregnant with a precious babe that I am confident would not have happened this gracefully without the surgery.
I could not write a full review without acknowledging the AMAZING Dr. Goldstein. She is just a an absolute gem. She made me feel like we were friends and took so much time to go over the final plan for surgery, what organs were involved and was gracious enough to answer alllll my questions to ease my fears. I have had two follow ups with her now post surgery and I honestly looked forward to them. She has answered all of my post op questions SO quickly, always made me feel she was available and even ordered labs and an ultrasound for me when I told her I was pregnant and celebrated with me. Her knowledge, passion and personal mission for endo and exposure of the disease, education she provides at events and schools, leading studies AND being a voice for women is beyond inspiring.
I am forever thankful to Dr. Seckin for his sacrifice that he has made to dig deeper, find answers, go above and against the grid to push for better treatment and care for women struggling with this horrid disease. These two make the best team ever and I am truly so grateful. THANK YOU.
Jessica Trivoli on Healthgrades
8 months ago
11/12/2019, 03:20 AM
I’ve seen many obgyns over the years explaining my monthly symptoms during my period...but eventually it became a daily struggle with these pain. It feels like a poke here and there near my right pelvic region. I was previously sent to GI doctors for possible appendicitis but it was ruled out from imagings at the lab. Researching doctors, checking if they accept my insurance, booking appointments many weeks in advance, and figuring a way to commute to these medical experts has been a grueling journey as I live out of state with a full time job. I needed an answer. I went to Dr. Seckin and Dr. Goldstein after reading the Endo book on amazon. My appointment with them was a wake up call because they gave me a direct and honest answer with next step treatment plan. It was complicated case because Endo spread to other organs - not just the vicinity of my pelvic ones. I had to replan my life but finally found someone who I can trust 100% instead of moving onto the next doctor and restart my
Winnie Chan on Healthgrades
8 months ago
11/12/2019, 00:03 AM
I’ve seen many obgyns over the years explaining my monthly symptoms during my period...but eventually it became a daily struggle with these pain. It feels like a poke here and there near my right pelvic region. I was given birth control pills for the past ten years but honestly, it didn’t help at all. I was in bed whenever I had my period. I was previously sent to GI doctors for possible appendicitis but it was ruled out from imagings at the lab. Researching doctors, checking if they accept my insurance, booking appointments many weeks in advance, and figuring a way to commute to these medical experts has been a grueling journey as juggle a full time job and part time grad school. I needed an answer. I went to Dr. Seckin and Dr. Goldstein after reading The Doctor Will See You Now. My appointment with them was a wake up call because they gave me a direct and honest answer with next step treatment plan. It was complicated case because Endo spread to other organs - not just the vicinity