Thomas Bembynista

Dr. B is a wonderfully compassionate, knowledgeable, attentive and results-​oriented Doctor. I went to two other foot doctors and was very unsatisfied before being referred to Dr. B by two friends who highly recommended him. I have been his patient for a year now and am very satisfied with his bed side manner, surgical recommendations, and his sincere desire to ensure my concerns are addressed and resolved. I highly recommend Dr. B. He has removed two neuromas and treated various foot issues related to poor surgical procedures conducted by other dr. What a blessing he is! Shelley W.

We first came to see Dr. Bembynista because my young daughter was having horrid pain in her heal and was no longer able to compete in the activities that she loves. The Dr. was straight forward and had a plan of action to get her back in the game. A short while later she was having no pain and was back to her regular routine. I would gladly refer Dr. Bembynista to my friends and family.

Dr Bembynista ROCKS! I’ve got to tell you, I’m in the medical profession and I’ve heard people singing his praises for 2 decades. I previously had an orthopedist who specializes in feet do bunion and hammertoe surgery for me. Every step was excruciating for 6 weeks. He didn’t tell me I would have metal rods coming out of my hammertoes for 2 – 3 weeks, or that it would cause screaming pain when he pulled them out. I certainly had no contact with him except for one office follow up. His personality was very rigid. I asked him if he trained in the Army, he said «no».
I have terrible feet (thanks mom!) and put off another surgery for over 10 years due to this horrid experience. I decided to see Dr B because I’d heard only accolades. I was so surprised to see how personable a surgeon could be! It is rare, especially in this day and age. He took care of two ingrown toenails in the office, on the spot! Heavenly! He explained everything about what my options were, drawing pictures on my feet and answering all my questions. I felt at ease and confident about proceeding right away. He operated on my hideous and painful bunion, a little toe bunion deformity and a disgusting hammertoe. No prong this time sticking out for torture, but a dissolvable pin! He gave me several methods to contact him, which shocked me because usually surgeons do the procedure and as little followup as possible as they only can bill once for everything. I thought perhaps I was getting special treatment. He said «I do this for all my surgery patients». I’ve got to tell you, that is SHOCKING!
Dr B is an extremely skilled surgeon (the whole thing took 50 mins) and I had NO PAIN for 3 days, then only mild-​moderate pain when stepping on the for 2 weeks. I only took 15 pain pills, and I“m a wimp. Even more important to me, he is a real mensch! He is easy to talk to, funny, caring and doesn’t have the typical surgeon ego and mentality. I told his staff how lucky they were to work with a doctor like him. I asked it he was always nice and funny and they said «absolutely»
He is my lifelong, go-​to foot surgeon for the rest of this gal’s life! My dogs are no longer barking!
As far as the comments are about the office being less than stellar, who cares? He has several offices and a huge overhead. He pays his staff well. He spends time with patients. This all costs money. I can do without flat screen TVs, aquariums and marble floors. It’s not like he’s doing any major surgery there. Just my opinion…

Really kind guy. office got us in right away and was very understanding. The office is older and needs updating. X-​ray room was quite dirty and looked as though it hadn’t been cleaned in awhile. Nurse was kind too. The Dr was great to talk to and seemed very knowledgeable, but only have me the option to have surgery for my problem… no other advice. After my visit I did research and surgery is the absolute last resort for my problem and not used in mild cases before other treatments are used. I was so disappointed because I trusted this doctor, but I felt like he just wanted me to pay for the surgery and didn’t help me for the time being anyway…

25 years ago I had a sales job that required my feet to be in high-​heeled shoes for about 15 hours per day. My feet hurt so badly I would literally cry when I took my shoes off at night.
At the time there was a podiatrist in town that was doing one surgery after another and I met so many people that had their feet butchered by him. So… I decided to suffer until a woman I worked with told me about her former neighbor… Dr. Bembynista. She called him Dr. B. Dr. B said I had bunions on both feet and surgery was required.
Being young and feeling concerned that if I missed one day of work I would be looked upon as a BAD employee and have my reputation as a dedicated servant of Corporate America tarnished… I told him I needed them both done at the same time to reduce my off work time. To do that an overnight hospital stay was required. Dr. B did the surgeries on both feet… no pain at all. No pain pills needed. I am allergic to nickel and the pins he had to put in my feet were causing redness around them. I called Dr. B’s office.
It was snowing like a blizzard that day. Dr. B said he was coming to my house to take them out. He didn’t want me to call my mom for a ride. I decided while he was driving over I should shovel the driveway and sidewalk so he wouldn’t have to walk in the snow! I did this in my little flat wooden slip on velcro closed shoes!!! Dr. B arrived and questioned who did the shoveling? I told him I did. His eyes got as big as the headlights on a HUMMER. I laid back in the reclining chair and looked at the ceiling while he pulled the pins out. I felt nothing at all. Healed up just fine, have NEVER had any pain since and avoid high-​heeled shoes as they are damn destroyers of feet.
4 years ago I had a pain in the bottom of my foot. When I walked in Dr. B’s office we chatted… his son is now grown and doing wonderful things with his life… Dr. B has been very busy all these years… life is good for both of us. Dr. B looked at me and said you know I will always remember the wood floors in your house the day I came over and pulled the pins out of your feet. We laughed so hard! I was thankful he recalled the wood flooring and not how insane I was to be out shoveling snow just days after surgery!.
Be a good patient (don’t walk in my footsteps)…follow his orders… expect good care because after all these years its obvious he is still taking excellent care of his patients!

I never imagined my first Unilocal would be for a podiatrist :). But, it would be selfish of me not to share our experience with this doc.
My 10 year old needed the care of a podiatrist. He had an ingrown toenail on his big toe and this was his second round of this in recent months… just different foot. My son was in a lot of pain and extremely anxious. Would not let Children’s Mercy ER touch it. They just put him on oral antibiotics and sent us on our way.
What a blessing to find Dr. Bembynista. He is kind, patient, informative and professional. He tried to treat my son in office but my son was just so scared. Dr. B remained calm and treated my son with respect and dignity. He came up with a plan B (light sedation at a Surgicenter and went ahead and did a more permanent treatment to both large toes to prevent this from recurring). He worked us into his schedule for surgery just 2 days after appt!
Dr. B and his staff are all incredibly warm and professional. Talked my son and me through details before and after procedure and even called us later that night to check in and be sure we understood aftercare. This doc really CARES about his patients! The only bummer is if you go to him you’ll wish he could be your family doc and not solely a specialist! Fantastic doctor!

The toenail fungus laser treatment was amazing and Dr. Tom Bembynista was great. It took two treatments but he didn’t charge me for the second one. I went to the overland park Kansas office of
the wait was kind of long but it worked. :-)