Martin Keltz

Dr. Keltz is a character at times he is a little different but I enjoyed working with him immensely. If you need someone to hold your hand throughout the process, you may need to speak up and say that to him because sometimes he will not. He is brilliant and he really knows what he is talking about. At times you may wonder, "Hey how does he know that, no one knows that." Yet he does. He is caring and compassionate and I will go back to him again in the future for fertility.

If you have a question, ask. If you are not sure about something, ask. If you do not feel comfortable with something - say something. Also, trust him. He is incredibly intelligent and knows what he is talking about and doing.

Dr. Keltz sees a great deal of patients and at times would forget exactly what our plans were and would ask me. I understood that he was busy but I didn't appreciate it. However, he was really sweet and took the time to explain anything I asked him and he made me feel like I was going to get my baby.

He first diagnosed me with endometriosis. I did surgery and after my recovery we tried clomid. However, I only produced 1 egg on one side and we found out that my husband had low motility and something else. IUI didn't look good and Dr. Keltz recommended we do IVF. I was on fertility medications and taking different shots, then we did an egg retrieval and got 9 eggs, 6 were mature, and 2 where fertilized. At day 5 we only had one, but much to our surprise days later out other one made it.

His nursing staff is really good. The nurse that works with him on a regular basis is Lauren she is amazing. He also has the best Physicians Assistant, Teresa. Teresa is amazing because she is incredibly compassionate and she really just wants to make the experience better for you.

Westmed is a great clinic. I went to the one located in Purchase, NY to see Dr. Keltz. The offices are located on the second floor and the lab on the first so it is convenient. It is clean, nice, organized, and has a happy appearance. The serve morning snacks on Saturday which I found nice. There is a great deal of parking and some even "covered parking" which is nice.

There was a great deal of monitoring appointments to say the least. I went in for monitoring usually Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The appointments were early morning 7 am-8:30am. There would be an ultrasound and blood work. There were times that the appointments did run a little late but otherwise it was good.

IUI was covered under my insurance. I believe it costs around $600. As for IVF -- My prescriptions were only covered up to 5000, which was not enough. I paid another 3600+1800=5400 for prescriptions. If your speciality pharmacy is charging you a great deal, shop around. The PA Teresa will help you if you just speak to her. She saved us about $4000 in prescription costs. Then my insurance did cover the IVF. I did a fresh transfer. I believe the calculated cost was somewhere between 10000-13000. We did genetic testing on the embryo that took a little longer to make it, which was another $3000 for the biopsy and then about $700 for the test. Then the housing of the embryo cost us $1400 for the first year and then about 1000 for every year after that. So for us, the cost of IVF was 10500. However, keep in mind that is not considering all of our doctor visits. We did monitoring 3 times a week and a visit costs about $300 each time. We had reached our out of pocket maximum at this time so we paid nothing for the visits.

He liked to do a single embryo transfer even though I wanted a multiple embryo transfer. He did not recommend it and was highly against it because he thought a single transfer would be better for me.

When I first met Dr. Keltz 9 months ago for a consultation, I was of course nervous and unsure of what to expect. This was my first time visiting an RE for infertility. After I met him, a huge weight lifted off of my shoulders. I was no longer nervous. Instead, I developed trust in Dr. Keltz. From day one, he has been warm, thorough, informative, always looking for a solution and overall he just wants the very best for all of his patients. He always greets me by name and treats me like a human. He will sit by your side and talk to you like a friend.

Don’t waste time, go see Dr. Keltz! You will not regret it and you will be in excellent hands from the time of your initial consultation until you become pregnant with your bundle of joy.

Dr. Keltz takes the time to explain treatment options and always gives his honest recommendations. He is warm and compassionate just as any RE should be during a difficult and stressful time. He never makes me feel rushed during appointments and he always gives me hope when I’m feeling down or defeated.

clomid 100mg and timed intercourse for 4 cycles secondary to PCOS diagnosis and no other issues found during initial workup. Due to failed cycles, we then proceeded with 2 clomid 100mg IUI cycles which were not successful. Since all clomid cycles were not successful, we then proceeded with letrozole 5mg IUI cycle which was not successful. We then proceeded with a lapraoscopy to remove mild endometriosis, uterine septum & mini laparotomy myomectomy

Always willing to help and answer any questions. Responded to emails and phone calls quickly. Both nurses are compassionate and genuinely want the best for their patients.

Extremely organized and clean office. Front desk staff are friendly. Short wait times. Nice and quiet waiting area. It can be confusing as it is a general check in desk (not just for one specialty), therefore it isn’t very private

Not sure as everything was billed to my insurance. Westmed does not collect any payments or copays.

Strong preference on transferring one embryo vs multiple

Very knowledgeable about treatment especially endometriosis. Very personable over 20+ years experience and will answer any and all questions. Treats his patients very the upmost care and dignity. I would not change my Dr for the world

You must ask all questions you need and is very knowledgeable

Dr Keltz cares about hits patients and even if the patient is ready to give up on the treatment because of negative results, Dr Keltz isn't one to give up until theres success

Menopur Gonal-F Leuprolide Highest dosage allowed for myself and same protocol for donor at lower dose. For transfers: estradiol 2MG, progesterone 1cc for 1st embryo transfer (August 2018), 2cc for 2nd transfer (December 2018), 1.5cc for 3rd (March 2019)

All nurses are awesome, Melissa G is terrific will respond to all emails and help as much as possible with paperwork needed or anything with meds or bloods

Be open and don't give up. Very busy office, earlier appointments are best because you are in and out. Surgery is done out of Greenwich hospital, hysteroscopy done out of Westmed Ambulatory in Rye NY. Egg retrieval and embryo transfer done at Greenwich hospital unless they are donor eggs those are done in Manhattan Fertility in Manhattan NY

Depending on the time of year, from April through December he was busy. For my last transfer its quieted down

My treatments for 2018 were all covered under insurance only paid copays. For donor was all out of pocket. FDA LABS $1000, PSYCHOLOGIST $1000, EGG RETRIEVAL $2500, ANESTHESIA $500, ALL BLOODS FOR CYCLING $110 FOR EACH BLOODDRAW, CYCLING APPOINTMENTS COST WERE ABOUT $1200. Medication was covered under my insurance because the same meds were administered as was to me. As for 2019, embryo transfer for March 2019 $4000, 6 vials of Progesterone $299, Leuprolide $450

Dr. Keltz was quite impatient upon our initial office introduction with him. Initially, we were waiting some time in his office before he joined us. We saw that he had awards on his wall for his achievements as an RE, which gave us some reassurance. When he joined us, however he quickly fired off questions to us about our history of TTC. When he paused to answer, he was snappy and abrupt with us as if to insist we hurry with our responses. We had a few fertility test results with us that we shared with him as we had some free testing done at RMA in CT--an AMH test and an SA. Dr. Keltz shared that he used to work at Mt. Sinai for many years and had a lot of success--it seemed that he was bitter that he was no longer there. He bragged that he single handedly built their RE practice. Immediately after meeting with him, we experienced having to get a slew of blood work done within their lab. After we did the blood work, Dr. Keltz met with us again told us our only option would be IVF--based solely on the two test results er provided him and our conversation with him about our TTC history. He then took us to a treatment room did a transvaginal ultrasound--which I detailed earlier--and discovered that I had either a cyst or fibroid that he said needed to be removed. He indicated he would do the surgery himself. He made an appointment with me to see their in-house endocrinologist as I had a previous bout of hyperthyroidism and nodules. I was told to come back for my day 3 blood work as well. After the appointment with Dr. Keltz, I told my husband we would not do any fertility treatments with him. It took us a long time to find an RE that was in network with my insurance, so I suggested we get the basic fertility work up done with him (blood work, HSG, and SIS) plus the cyst/fibroid removal. I had a follow up appointment with Dr. Keltz two weeks after our initial appointment. During that appointment he reviewed all of our blood work with us plus my day 3 blood work results. He also performed the SIS on me while we met with him. He suggested we make an appointment for my husband to see a urologist that he recommended (one that charged $800 per visit and didn't take any insurance) and said he would likely put my husband on Clomid, to help his low sperm count. While we met with him, I told Dr. Keltz that my insurance company covers unlimited IUIs until I turn 44 years old. He snapped at me and told me to not waste his time. I told him he needed to dial it back as we are very sensitive people going though an extremely anxiety inducing process. He continued to tantrum that we weren't jumping at the chance for him to do IVF and said he wouldn't dare consider IUIs with us. When I mentioned concerns regarding the cost of IVF and that I saw that there are discounted IVF programs, he quickly changed his tune and said that he could do ours for $8500 with my husband's frozen sperm...which would cost $300. He proceeded to tell me that he has the most affordable IVF game in town. Dr. Keltz also said he could get the IVF injections covered by my insurance by claiming they are for an IUI. This entire conversation occurred while my feet was in stirrups due to the SIS. After that appointment, we followed up with a urologist and met with Dr. Keltz for follow up a couple of weeks later to discuss the surgery to removed the cyst/fibroid. He was indicated that he was annoyed that we didn't use his recommended urologist and we decided to use a local urologist instead. I had a hysterscopy with Dr. Keltz a few weeks later to remove what turned out to be a fibroid. I had one more follow up visit with him following the surgery and I then I discontinued any further treatment with him.

Run! Do not use him for fertility treatments. As a result of our mistreatment by Dr. Keltz, we didn't seek any further fertility treatment with another RE for a year out of fear of being mistreated again.

Dr. Keltz had a horrific bedside manner. I will give two examples of this. My husband struggles with MFI. Dr. Keltz was harsh in his discussion of this as I was reluctant to jump right into IVF as we just started our TTC journey. He used profanity and passed comments about us probably needing donor sperm as the rate we were going with my husband's numbers were low. I snapped at him and asked him to stop being so harsh as my husband struggles with medical anxiety (due to a history of medical trauma a number of years ago) plus, we didn't deserve to be treated the way he was treating us. The second example includes a transvaginal ultrasound experience with him in our first appointment with him. I had no idea what one was as I never experienced one and was never told what the ultrasound entailed. He abruptly inserted the probe inside of me and pointed out a cyst or possible fibroid that I had inside my uterus. Then he called in a few other doctors and nurses while I was spread eagle with the probe still inside of me to see for themselves and they were taking bets on whether it was a cyst or fibroid. I am an extremely modest person, so I was completely mortified.

I only had blood work, SIS, and a myomectomy done with Dr. Keltz. I also had an HSG done, but it was with another MD in the practice.

When dealing with the nurses at WestMed, we felt extremely rushed by them. They were not warm, pleasant, or friendly towards us. They were running around the clinic and seemed very disorganized. They pushed Dr. Keltz' agenda for us to pursue IVF w/ ICSI by giving us the name of a local hospital to get my husband's sperm frozen and to schedule the IVF, despite us telling them we weren't interested in pursuing IVF.

The clinic was in a beautiful modern building with a large parking lot. The building had a number of other types of MD practices as well. Waits were long to see Dr. Keltz at times. The equipment seemed updated and the treatment rooms were very clean and organized.

I believe I had a $50 co-pay every time I met with him in person. I have a bill that covers blood work that totaled $255.71. Another bill covered a procedure that totaled $476.00.

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He’s very busy. I could see him 3-4 times in a week and he of course knew who I was but occasionally seemed scattered about what our plan was. I liked him though. I found him personable, honest, and compassionate.

Ask all of your questions even if you feel like he’s ready to move on to the patient in the next room. Understand all of the scenarios and make plans for each.

My husband and I were going through a lot. He was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and undergoing radiation and chemo during our IVF cycle with Dr. Keltz. He always asked how we were doing and was aware of our situation.

We used Lupron as a suppressor for about a week. Then Gonal-F, Menopur, and Lupron. I went for blood work and ultrasounds every other day. Continued to increase the dosages each visit for about 10 days of stimulation injections. We ended up with 19 eggs retrieved, 10 mature which was what we expected. We were planning to freeze, PGS test, then frozen transfer later. We only ended up with 3 embryos, and 2 by day 5. We decided to forego PGS, transfer 1 and freeze the other. He thinks it was the sperm as the issue, but I suppose we’ll never know for sure.

All of the nurses were really on top of their game. A couple were mostly assigned to assist him during the ultrasounds or procedures, and two others were the coordinators - one an LPN and one RN. They were kind, friendly, and always responsive.

The clinic is part of large medical practice that has multiple specialities. They have their own lab and the doctors do all of the ultrasounds, which I preferred to the techs I have seen for others experiences. It was also an easy transition from my RE to my OB as my OB referred me initially, and was able to readily access my medical records when I went back to her for prenatal care.

Monitoring appointments were done in the morning typically between 7am-9am. I don’t recall having an issue getting the times I needed. It felt a little like he was going door to door throughout the office.

We paid a $30 specialist co-pay or $20 ultrasound co-pay, and a $20 lab co-pay for each visit depending on what I was there for. Our insurance covered 75% of our IVF cycle (retrieval, transfer) so we ended up paying $2500 out of pocket for this. PGS testing would have been $1000+ out of pocket if we had done it. My meds were fully covered by insurance.

He had strong preference of transferring only one because I was just 27 at the time. I’m not quite sure what his rationale was, but I had no interest in the possibility of a twin pregnancy so I didn’t ask much further. He just always referenced my age.

Dr. Keltz is smart, and he answers questions when you ask them. I like to make my decisions based on research and proven best practices. Dr. Keltz is well read on the latest information, so I trusted him to know best courses of action. One side note: after my transfers, he kissed my forehead. Both times. He asked if it was ok, and I said yes, but it definitely caught me off guard the first time.

Plan to be in the office a looooong time. Bring a book.

This clinic sees a large number of patients. They batch their cycles, so you end up sitting and waiting for long periods of time (sometimes two hours!) for monitoring. There are always a lot of people waiting with you, and it’s a stressful environment. Once you’re with the doctor, though, he does a decent job of making you feel heard and cared for.

We did a high dose of Gonal-F, with Cetrotide to prevent ovulation too soon. I had a very low AMH result for my age, so we went in guns a-blazin’. I only stimmed for 8 days, and I ended up with 7 eggs retrieved, 5 mature, and 3 fertilized embryos. All made it to day 5. I used ICSI because I was using frozen sperm. I transferred one embryo in a fresh cycle, got a BFP, but the fetal pole never formed, so I had a D&C. Did a frozen transfer with the remaining two embryos, which resulted in a singleton pregnancy that I carried to term!

Some of them were great! Kind, compassionate, competent. But some were a bit gruff, and could work on their approach to speaking with patients.

Long waits make it difficult. Also, WestMed is huge, and there is no way to speak to someone. I’m a teacher, so getting a call back at a random time during the day doesn’t work for me. You have to leave a message on the central number, with someone who knows NOTHING about reproductive medicine, and hope that they write down your message correctly. Then you get a call back, but if you miss the call back, you have to start again, and you can’t ever leave a message with someone directly in the RE office.

I paid out of pocket for the procedures, but insurance covered monitoring visits and meds. I had a high deductible, though, so the visits were still pricy. The IVF with ICSI (retrieval plus fresh transfer) was $8750. The FET was $3750. Freezing embryos was $1000.

Dr. Keltz tried very hard to convince me to transfer only one embryo for my FET. I pushed to transfer both, and still ended up with only one child, so it worked out for the best. There was a mix-up on the day of my transfer with the paperwork, but it got worked out (to the detriment of the doctor’s schedule.

Strengths: very intelligent and confident. Gentle and trustworthy. I feel Dr Keltz really cares about getting me pregnant and is doing what he think will gives us the best shot. Weakness: doesn't always explain things fully, I had to come with questions. Doesn't ask if I have questions.

Educate yourself beforehand and be prepared to ask questions. There are long wait times, plan accordingly.

Dr Keltz took time to go over our iui/ivf plan and really seemed to care about me and getting pregnant.

First I was unexplained secondary infertility, likely pcos. We tried IUI with Clomid, 3 failed. Then I had a laparoscopy and discovered Endometriosis. Currently I am mid cycle for my first IVF with a frozen embryo transfer.

Most nurses are extremely friendly and make me feel at ease. There are a few who can be very rude and dismissive.

Very long wait time but they will almost always squeeze you in. I see dr keltz and every single appointment, he does all procedures himself. some nurses are rude but most are very nice. I had to do all of my own research.

Not sure, most were covered by insurance.

Dr Keltz recommends single embryo transfer and I am comfortable with that.

Very personable, treats patients with compassion. Has grown extremely fond of me because I have tolerated any in office procedure if cysts needed draining like a champ without medication for sedation. And even some procedures can become uncomfortable

You'll grow to love him just have to get use to his dry sense of humor sometimes

The staff is awesome, very personable and dr takes a great deal in treating his patients with dignity

Lupron (20 units for flare; then 10 units), Gonal-F (300 units), Menopur (3 vials), Estrace, Progesterone (varied from 1cc to 2cc)

Dr Keltz nursing staff are awesome. Down to earth and caring

From what I have been told when I first started seeing him, I am in the best hands. He's a very busy dr starting his day at 7am and sometimes ending at 7pm. Procedures usually done T/Th, surgeries in Rye or Greenwich. IVF procedures done in Greenwich or Manhattan

If you caught the first monitoring visits you are in and out, by 8am appointment sometime you wait longer because he can easily back up if a problem arise

My Ivf cycling for 2018 was covered under my insurance through work. Since my October transfer was canceled, dr recommended donor eggs. I was distraught because I recently found out none of the insurance offered for 2019 from employer had IVF coverage. My friend of only 2 years donated her eggs to me which had to be paid out of pocket but cheaper than egg bank. $450 donor consult $1000 donor bloodwork for FDA $1000 for cycling bloodwork $850 to see psychiatrist $550 anesthesia for donor egg retrieval $2500 egg retrieval My next transfer will be about $3500 out of pocket

Medically prefers 1 embryo transfer depending upon the comfort level if he feels the uterus cannot carry twins to healthy 35 week pregnancy