Fehrenkamp Steven H, MD

Not a good listener. Poor follow up. And didn’t address my issue. I don’t recommend men use Dr. Ferhenkamp as their endocrinologist.

I have tried several of the «leading» endocrinologists in Austin, Texas. He is the only one whose ego did not interfere with the necessary communication between Dr and patient. He is very sharp and knows what he is doing. I have had hypothyroidism since birth and have had my share of Dr’s monitoring my thyroid. He is beyond the best out there.

AVOID THIS OFFICE AT ALL COSTS! Never got to meet the Dr. personally but his office staff anf what the «say» he told them to tell me when making my new patient appointment were HORRIBLE. and FALSE. At 27 weeks pregnant they told me the thyroid meds I as currently on Nature Throid — from previous Dr– would NOT be continued my Dr F if I became a pt of his because «of the implications that drug had on causing defects in my unborn babys heart» WHAT!!! FREAKED out as you imagine I called 4 other Endocrinology offices, my OB, my midwife and 3 doulas!!! ALL said what I was currently taking is a class A drug and safe during pregnancy. I got online did my own research and found that to be true. On webMD Synthroid and Nature Throid are stated to have the same RARE side effects, but the benefits are far worth it. This QUACK of a Dr either isnt familiar with Nature throid or doesn’t get paid as much from their company when he gives it to his patients. I’m not sure which is correct but either way I urge you to avoid any Drs office who chooses to use SCARE tactics vs facts and honesty!

I just called to set up an appointment. I could hear the phone being lifted and slammed back down. Sounds like they don’t want my business.

Not worth any amount of money. All he does is throw pills at you for everything. Even pills that haven’t hit the market yet. Won’t work Medicaid or Medicare. And won’t listen to you about what is causing you problems medications wise.
On top of that the front desk is snobby and rude on the phone when you try to work with them. If I could I’d give them 0 stars!!!
HORRIBLE!!! Save yourself trouble and don’t go!

I give a 4 and not a 5 ONLY because of how long it takes to be seen. That being said… I LOVE Amy Esqueda… she is the best! I prefer to see her when I am there, but have no issues with Dr. Fehrenkamp or Stacey Williamson, as both are excellent. I was surprised to see the reviews stating Dr. Fehrenkamp was rude or too busy. I have not had that experience with him. He has always been attentive to me, when I have had him for my appointment. In fact, all three of them are always attentive with me and never rushed my appointment time. I believe it is because of this (never rushing their patients), that they are always running behind. But I hate waiting… so, I began to take only the first appointment of any given day. That way, they could never «get behind» because of previous patients. Works for me. I have never had a negative experience with the front desk ladies or the medical assistants. All have been pleasant, helpful, and professional with me. I definitely encourage all those other reviewers to contact the office manager about their complaints. If you don’t get satisfaction with her, then tell whichever physician you work with. For me? My experience has been great and I would (and do) recommend this office to anyone and everyone.

This doc is still practicing medicine? I saw him many years ago and consider him the rudest, most unknowledgable person in the medical field that I have ever met. Happened to speak with others over the years and they had the very same complaints. Wait forever (hours!) to see the man and then he looks at you like what are you doing here. He thinks female patients need antidepressants to solve their symptoms. Sad!

Rude & un-​professional staff/​doctor. I will say that the nurse who took my blood pressure was nice. The rest of staff, including the Doctor, were rude and un-​professional.
I get that there is sometimes a wait, and that it’s difficult to determine availability, however we I expect that this explained at the onset of the appointment… i.e. «the doctor is running behind today…» I expect that a doctor & staff that appreciates/​respects my time as much as their own.
Some background —
Earliest appointment was 4 months out from my referral… I was then asked to arrive 25−30m earlier than appointment, to fill out paperwork that I had filled out previously and printed off for them…
I arrived 25m early, I re-​formated my paper work, paid, and then waited 20m to get ushered into a room to get my blood pressure taken. I then waited another 20m, at which point the doctor walked, in I said hello, and with no reply he walked right back out of the room, leaving me there another 25m with no communication. At this point I had to leave, having been there over an hour.
15m after I had left (a full hour after my appointment was to start) I received a call asking if I wanted to reschedule my appointment, as I had not showed up. when I explained what had happened, she explained that he’s a very busy man. Too busy to keep his appointments apparently. Not worth my time.

he is a good doc when you have insurance, i lost mine and i got a very terse letter basically dumping me as a patient. extremely terse, i expect to find insurance and work with his practice again but if i do, it won’t be with his. Not after this letter. I thought he could wait but i got the letter 2 days after informing them of my situation. This treatment tells me all i need to know about his practice.

As the other two reviews have mentioned, Amy is awesome. I was incredibly happy with my care until she was out one day and I had to see Dr. Fehrenkamp. He was rude, abrupt, condescending and did not listen to anything I said. He apparently did not even glance at my chart, judging by some of the questions he asked me.
At the end of the very brief visit, when I was near tears and he still had not reviewed my latest test results (the reason for the visit), he walked out on me. He was suggesting I take steroids to treat some symptoms. I expressed concerns about side effects and wondered about treating symptoms rather than the underlying cause. He said «well then, I can’t help you» and walked out.

«I am pretty messed up. No I’m not wasted. I mean, the biological structure that is called ‘my body’ is wack. I’ve got a lot of things wrong with me. You can’t see most of them very easily, but they’re there, proven by bloodwork and years of treatment. Autoimmune. Endocrine. Digestive. Nervous system. Brain. These parts I speak of are not nearly up to standard issue. That’s why I brought this giant pile of medical records and bloodwork.»
«Why don’t you tell me about everything that’s brought you here»?
«Er, that could take at least an hour. Assuming I don’t forget anything.»
«That’s fine, this is your appointment as a new patient.»
As Kendra mentioned, and I think another Unilocaler I conferred with off the record, Amy was amazing. She actually understood every damn last thing! I was talking about (which you’d think a doctor would understand, but not only is she not the doctor, plenty of MD’s I’ve spoken to before about treatments I’ve had have responded with. «I see.» or «Really.» or «Huh. That’s funny, I never heard of that.»)
Like Kendra Z, I did not have a lot of chat time with Dr. F, but he did agree with most of what Amy had to say.
What n.p. actually confers with, and gets the doc in there with you during the same appointment?
NOBODY. THAT’S WHO. Well except Amy and Dr. F.
Now I dunno if they’re going to be able to fix me or not, but at least it’s nice to know there’s somebody that actually knows wtf I am talking about (and cares!) — and — can haz genuine medical training and degrees. In this country! Holy motherfreakin cow.
Believe, people. Sometimes, pigs do fly.

I haven’t dealt much with Dr. Fehrenkamp, but I ADORE his Nurse Practitioner, Amy. She is thorough and listened to me when other doctors had blown me off.