Martin S. Tesher
Family Practitioner | Obesity Medicine
9 E. 68TH STREET SUITE 1C NEW YORK NE, 10065Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Tesher is a well established Family Physician who practiced in Toronto, Canada and came to New York City 20 years ago.
He is known to deliver comprehensive care with compassion where good enough is not good enough, and spends enough time with patients to make a real difference in their lives.
Dr. Tesher is a good old fashioned family physician with broad experience who uses the state of the art technology to make a diagnosis and iniatiate treatment and when necessary refers to high caliber specialists at four major New York hospitals.
Although his main interest is managing pain and weight, controlling blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and asthma, he is well experienced in gastroenterology, gynecology, dermatology, psychotherapy and esthetics using the Isolaz equipment and Botox.
Dr Tesher still makes house calls when an emergency requires but he no longer delivers babies or does hospital surgery though he does minor surgery in his office including vasectomies, skin biopsies etc.
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Education and Training
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY KINGSTON ONTARIO CANADA MD 1962
Board Certification
American Board of Family Medicine '91
Canadian association of Family Practice
Provider Details
Martin S. Tesher's Expert Contributions
B12 injections have caused inflammation for my husband. Why did this happen?
It is certainly an unusual reaction to B12 by any route. I suspect that either the meds were altered with something he was allergic to, or that he developed an allergy to the injectable B12, or the sore throat had nothing to do with the injection itself, he just had a viral throat infection. READ MORE
Why does my head hurt when I blow my nose?
Likely you have a mild sinus infection or allergic sinusitis. If the latter seems to fit, using a nasal spray like Nasocort or Flonase, spray each nostril till your symptoms are gone and then use only once daily. READ MORE
My second child is 14 months old and hasn't taken her first steps. Is something wrong?
It could be, but the chances that this is just a slower muscle development is about 95% more likely. READ MORE
Does a fever always signal an infection?
The huge probability is that you have a low grade chonic, probably viral infection. Worth getting it looked into by your MD. READ MORE
Why was I prescribed an antibiotic for an ear infection? Don't I need drops?
It has been reasonably established that the majority of middle ear infections are viral in origin though the more severe infections can be bacterial in origin. Never the less, it is my custom to treat middle ear infections with ear drops alone unless severe in which case I would also give an oral antibiotic. READ MORE
Areas of expertise and specialization
Awards
- Named as a
- Listed as a Best Family Physician in New York Magazine
- Listed in Castle Connolly Guide to Best Doctors
Professional Memberships
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
- MEDICAL SOCIETY STATE OF NEW YORK
- NEW YORK COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors
- ARIELS LEGACY to help children and adolescents and their families deal with BIPOLAR DISORDER
Treatments
- General Family Medicine
Professional Society Memberships
- American Medical Society, Canadian Association of Family Physicians, New York County Medical Association, Medical Society State of New yrok
Articles and Publications
Chapters on Stress
What do you attribute your success to?
Compassion, Dedication
Philanthropic Initiatives
Currently president of a foundation known as "Ariel's Legacy" to offer to help pediatric and adolescent kids and their families deal with the psycho-social trauma and the devastating cicumstances they endure when a child has Bipolar Disorder.
Teaching and speaking
Has taught as a preceptor, medical interns, medical students and nurse practitioner students.
Taught and lectured physicians on the use of occipital nerve blocks and sphenopalatine ganglion nerve blocks.
Speaking to physicians about the short and long acting pain medication, oxymorphone
Speaking tour in 1977 in 14 U.S. cities on the danger to medical care for patients with the introduction of socialized medicine
Hobbies / Sports
- Family, Friends, Traveling, Reading, sports
Martin S. Tesher's Practice location
MARTIN S. TESHER MD PC
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Martin S. Tesher's reviews
Write ReviewPatient Experience with Dr. Tesher
- Justine
AFTER A BRIEF WAIT, DR. TESHER SPENT ABOUT 30 MINUTES WITH ME, REALLY LISTENED TO MY SYMPTOMS, MADE A DIAGNOSIS AND EXPLAINED CLEARLY HOW TO TREAT MY CONDITION. HIS TAG LINE REALLY SAYS IT ALL."COMPREHENSIVE CARE WITH COMPASSION" WHERE "GOOD ENOUGH IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH"
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