

"ZocDoc Valued at $1.8 Billion in New Funding Round". Tech companies in the New York metropolitan area.Zocdoc is based in New York City, with offices in Scottsdale, Arizona and Pune, Maharashtra. For each doctor the users are able to review the free slots in the schedule and make appointments for specific time slots.
The subscriber's schedules are available to the patients, who can search the company's database by specialties, range of services, office locations, photographs, personnel educational background and user-submitted reviews.

The scheduling system can be accessed by subscribers both as an online service and via the deployed office calendar software, or integrated with their websites. Zocdoc provides a scheduling system on a paid subscription basis for medical personnel.

In October 2020, Massoumi filed a lawsuit claiming that he was fired as part of an "unlawful coup, and the company immediately filed a motion to dismiss. Some doctors expressed concern that a per customer fee would be harder to recoup unless patients return for additional visits. In January 2019, the company announced it changed the pricing model from subscription to referral fee in some markets. In November 2015, CEO Massoumi was fired by the company's board of directors, and Oliver Kharraz took over as CEO. īy February 2014, the company reportedly had 500 employees, served 2,000 cities and had five million users booking appointments every month. In late 2012, the company added a check-in feature, allowing patients to fill out medical forms online ahead of time. Massoumi reportedly came up with the idea for the service after his ear drum burst in New York and it took him days to find a doctor. It began as a service for dentists in Manhattan, and expanded nationwide to include doctors in over 50 specialties. The service was launched during the 2017 TechCrunch40 conference. Zocdoc was founded in New York City in 2007 by Oliver Kharraz, Nick Ganju, and Cyrus Massoumi, a former McKinsey consultant, who served as the company's first CEO.
