Jeffrey T Meynig, MD, FACS

Arriving in the ER by ambulance is a scary experience. Finding out you’re going to need emergency surgery is even scarier. I am so thankful Dr. Meynig was the surgeon on call when I arrived.
He explained everything in very clear detail. He didn’t talk down to me but if I had a question, he explained it in more layman’s terms.
Dr. Meynig literally saved my life that day. Over the course of 9 months of treatment, he was always kind, considerate, and funny. Even my home health care nurses commented on what a personable doctor he is.
But kindness, consideration, and humor don’t save lives. Deftness with a scalpel does. Fortunately, Dr. Meynig has all those qualities.
Yes, sometimes he was running late but surgeons have emergencies (like mine) and they also have lives. It was never terribly late. I always brought something to read, just in case.
Thank goodness for Dr. Meynig and the staff at Seton Northwest. I will always be grateful and I“ll try not to interrupt the Super Bowl ever again :)

Dr. Meynig took care of me during my emergency surgery. He absolutely saved my life. I can’t say enough about what an amazing person and surgeon he is. Dr. Meynig was always so kind, caring, and compassionate.

Great Doctor. very pleasant bed-​side manner, exceptional surgical care and follow up… folks, my wife’s dad was a surgeon, so I’ve met quite a few… some good some not so good. Dr Meynig is professional, friendly, and caring… a rare combination to me. Can’t say enough good things about him and the folks who assisted at 3901 Medical Parkway. I strongly recommend Dr. Meynig for your general surgical care.

Being new to Austin, moving here from Florida I was very fortunate to find an excellent PCP, having brand-​new insurance and trying to get settled in… and then Finding out I was going to need surgery… My PCP recommended Dr. Meynig with Austin Surgeons … I called for an appointment and I was given an appointment the following day… The office was very easy to find they have their own private parking area, very clean. very nice building…
I had downloaded my forms and brought them with me to my appointment … after a very short wait I was called into the examining room… Dr Meynig enter and introduced himself … I felt very confident as soon as he started speaking to me about the surgery that I was going to need … (Very knowledgeable and easy to talk too) …
I set up the surgery date for the following week …
I could just stop with this review now but this is the great part … The next day I was called by the office informing me that there was an issue with my insurance… After speaking with the insurance company I was advised to go to a website and pick another surgeon and have my PCP refer me to them… Once again I was brand-​new to Austin, and felt very uncomfortable just picking a random person off of a list … I followed up with Dr. Meynig’s staff and ask them if I could bring the list over and see if Dr. Meynig would help me choose a surgeon that he worked with or would recommend … They daïs of course ! I went to the office and Dr Meynig personally picked a few surgeons for me … BUT as soon I got home … Dr Meynig Office called and said, that Dr Meynig ask his insurance Department to call my carrier and see if they could help me… AND they did!!! The office worked it out with my Insurance carrier (after hour on the phone with them) and the surgery date didn’t change !!! Dr. Meynig even switched hospitals for me so it would be (in-​network) and covered on my insurance plan… …That to me is more than 5 star service! Dr. Meynig and his staff were incredible!!! I had my final follow-​up appointment yesterday … Everything was a success and I feel great!!! I’m so grateful to Dr Meynig and his incredible staff … Thank-​you!!!

I read some online reviews of this doctor that said he was great, so I made an appointment.
Office staff was efficient enough and nice enough at first (I called ten minutes before my appointment to tell them I was running five minutes late, but that I had downloaded the patient history forms already and filled them out so I would be ready when I got there ~ they only heard «I’m running a few minutes late, but…» and said «That’s fine!» and hung up.), and facility was clean enough (despite the only bathroom being on the second floor, so had to make an elevator ride down to use it).
But while waiting in the waiting room I could clearly hear the office staff talking to patients on the phone as well as each other about said patients. I heard more than one name of a patient and what was wrong with them. Isn’t there a law against that? Something called HIPPA?
Despite feeling a little uneasy that maybe one day MY info would be broadcast to whoever was in the waiting room, I stayed. And stayed and stayed and stayed. My appointment was for ten ~ I waited over an hour. I asked twice what was the holdup, thinking maybe an emergency had come in or something which would make the lateness completely understandable. Nothing. Staff had no idea why Dr. Meynig was running late or when he’d be in to see me. They didn’t even offer a little nicety like «I’m sorry he’s running late.» or «Would you like something to drink?» or … hell, I don’t know … ANY kind of acknowledgement that maybe this was a tad exasperating for me.
During my second inquiry, we heard a door opening and the doc coming out and they said, «Well, there he is now.» I looked around to see the doc and his other patients coming out, made eye contact with the doc and he said a cursory «Hi», then proceeded to walk past me to the staff, look at some papers, and say, «Do you want me to talk to her now?» Who? ME? The patient who’s been waiting for an hour? No «I’m sorry I’m running late.» or even «I’ll be right with you.»
Feeling invisible doesn’t inspire much confidence, so I told them all that I’d make another appointment with another doctor and walked out. When I called back to ask them to shred my paperwork, still no apology, explanation, small attempt to make me feel better and acknowledge what had just happened. At this point, even an insincere apology would have been welcomed.
I understand some doctors spend extra time with their patients, asking questions, being thorough. I like that. Shows they care. I’d gotten the idea from reading online that he was that way. Great! But schedule appropriately. Don’t cram so many appointments in the day that they’re an hour late by TEN IN THE MORNING. (Do people with four o’clock appointments have to wait ’til 7pm?) And when you are running an hour late, at least offer some kind of small acknowledgement of it for crying out loud.
I hope the reason for all this is that Dr. Meynig does spend extra time with is patients. We need more doctors like that. We DON’T need more doctors who think their time is so much more important than ours. Waiting fifteen minutes to see a doctor? Sure! Twenty or thirty? Okay. Forty five minutes, especially when I was a few minutes late myself ~ probably. But over an hour? With no explanation, apology, comment, nothing?
When a person’s sick, they need confidence and trust in their doctor. They need to feel like they matter, like it matters to the doctor if they get well, like the doctor at least cares enough to give his best. I felt like I was just another cash cow to make some money from.
Last time it took me a few hours on the internet, researching, to find a doctor (add that to the wasted morning last Monday ~ thanks for wasting an entire day of mine, Dr. Meynig.). I’m off to spend a few more hours finding another. I hope this time it’s worth it.

Dr. Meynig was my surgeon yesterday and I am extremely pleased! He is an excellent doctor! He really did me a favor by pushing back his vacation a day to take care of my procedure (thanks to his wife as well for being ok with this!). He knew how important is was to me to be able to have time to get back into the gym before my wedding — so I really thank him for putting my procedure at the top of his list.
Dr. Meynig was attentive to all my concerns and took care of all my questions.
He did his best to make sure my scar would be small and he put me at ease for the whole situation.
I would reccommend Dr. Meynig to anyone who is looking for a friendly, kind, and understanding doctor! Plus, he really knows his stuff! Thanks doc!