Natarajan Elangovan, MD

470 Prospect Avenue, West Orange, NJ 07052

"I was a patient of Dr. Elangovan for two years. I initially went to her for bipolar. She asked me what medications I was on. I told her I was on Haloperidol for 8 years, and I hadn’t had a psychotic episode for 8 years. She failed to use informed consent, which means sf He should have told me what side effects I could get from continued use of haloperidol. One of the side effects was tardive dyskinesia, and I got it. You are supposed to be weaned off an antipsychotic, and she did not ,which can cause td to worsen, and mine did. I was on Ativan for anxiety. and i have insomnia., and she told me to take the Ativan together with my ambien. You supposed to take them 8 hours in between or you can go into respiratory arrest. I told her if she would have taken me off the haloperidol when I first came to her I wouldn’t have developed td. Every month her receptionist would call me to set up another appointment. She did not. She didn’t even have the decency to tell me that she would no longer see me as a patient, and she didn’t recommend another psychiatrist to me. I would definitely not recommend this doctor. She also said that lithium was ruining my kidneys. I went to a kidney Dr. and he said the lithium didn’t ruin my kidney, although it did give me an overactive thyroid and kidney cysts."

"Great doctor Very caring and experienced Going to him for many years is being help me to put my life together after a traumatic brain injury and other tragic events in the family"

"the doctors are fine but the office is horrible. tried reaching out several times for several weeks nobody could help me simply update my insurance. was unable to make an appointment or continue taking my medicine"

"I have never had an experience with a psychiatrist that has surpassed all of my expectations until I became a client of Elda Zitko. The receptionist, Mary is warm, friendly, and is always willing to help. I can easily get in touch with her in order to address any non clinical issues. Elda Zito is a patient, kind, and empathetic psychiatrist. She has helped me tremendously in the 8 months I have been seeing her. I highly recommend working with her to address one’s psychiatric issues."

"The doctor takes care of an elderly sibling family member of mine, he is excellent! He has a lot of patience, he provides outstanding care and is very knowledgeable. We were very lucky to find such a good provider so close to our home and so easy to communicate with."