i am currently living in NYC but may move to long island before giving birth so i desperately need an OB that has hospital affiliations with both!! anyone got any recommendations? Manhasset/North Shore preferable, but I can't be too picky!
I was in the exact same position as you. I searched through my insurance co's online provider directory and I seem to remember that the only guy who popped up was a fertility specialist. If you have an online provider directory, I'd start there. For Blue Cross, I'm able to select "hospital affiliation" as a search criterion. I ended up picking an OB at Cornell and just staying there. It's right over the 59th St Bridge, so very accessible by car. If an emergency arises, then I'll just head over to North Shore.
North Shore LIJ is awesome. There is a practice in Bayside with affiliated ob/gyns, I believe called NorthShore OBGYN. Dr. Gilad Greenburg is one of practitioners there. He has great reviews and you are pretty much good to go with any of the Drs in the practice.
Re: need OB with NYC and Long Island hospital affiliation