Berkey F Steven

I have been seeing Dr. Berkey for at least five years. I was stunned, although not entirely surprised by the earlier reviews. When I first went to see Dr. Berkey, our family was going through a particularly difficult phase. My husband had been downsized from his job and because of his age and his salary level, it was a long time getting back on secure financial footing. In short, our insurance was almost non-​existent. My initial visit was to address two extremely painful ingrown toenails — EXTREMELY PAINFUL. So, one at a time he performed the routine surgery and I got the routine results. That being, my toenails are fine. They do not cause me any pain now; my right toenail grows slightly to the right; but, that is to be expected because they are, after all, removing a thin vertical slice of the offending part of the nail. It’s just a part of the healing process, not every case has been the same. Since that time, I have had several subsequent issues which he has addressed, remedied and always with a calm and friendly manner. I for one appreciate that! Also, I have frequently had to wait a good while to see him and, I guess I’m one of those «glass full» kind of people; because, if he takes that kind of time with other patients, then he’s going to take that time with me. And, I have found that doctor appointments are like the weather, there’s no predicting exactly how long one patient is going to take over another. Nope, just doesn’t happen. With that being said, I believe the doctors I really end up liking the best ARE the ones that I have to wait a bit for; they are the ones who really care. Unlike the cattle herders who try to round ‘em up and move ‘em out as quickly as possible. Believe me, at my age, 60ish, I have been to LOTS of doctors and if you have something wrong with your foot, Dr. Berkey will caringly and carefully do his very best to fix it for you. I think he is a wonderful doctor and I don’t say that lightly.
You might also like to know that he may have some «older» folks and/​or disadvantaged folks sitting in his waiting room; but, unlike the slick, expensively decorated doctors’ offices that are the rage these days, Dr. Berkey is more interested in taking care of his patients, ALL of them no matter their status. I believe that shows compassion, character and an openness to treating all people. That’s so lacking in the average physicians out there these days!!! Actually, not just the average doctor; but, all the thousands of «high» end, snazzy, snooty, cold, un-​attentive, tunnel vision robo-​doctors «practicing» medicine these days. Dr. Berkey has evolved beyond «practicing» he TREATS his patients, each and every one with excellent care and expertise.

I have been going to Dr. Berkey for many years and he always gave me good care but the waiting time has got out of hand. In the last four visits the wait time has not been less than an hour. If you have plenty of time and don’t mind waiting, Dr. Berkey would be great for you.

A simple ingrown toenail removal turned into overcauterization of the nail with acid. My toenail no longer grows. Had thousands of dollars in subsequent bills for antibiotics, ER visits and wound healing visits to another doctor. My nail now does not grow and I am embarrassed to wear sandals. I can’t believe this doctor is still in business. I would avoid at all costs. His ratings on all other sites are not favorable. It is now nearly two years later and I am still affected.

I read other reviews about his office always running behind, but I figured those were isolated inccidents. Afterall, isn’t a good doctor worth a 15 minute wait? I am furious! I scheduled an appointment and we sat there for AN HOUR AND FORTY MINUTES in the waiting room! That’s 100 minutes just in the waiting room!!! My toddler sat in the waiting room that entire time. I had all of my paperwork completed ahead of time and arrived 2 minutes before my appointment time. The waiting room was packed and people that arrived after me were seen before more. I completely understand if a doctor is running a few minutes late, I’ll give any doctor 20 minutes. An hour and forty minutes is absolutely ridiculous and completely inconsiderate of my time. I had to take time off from work UNPAID to see him and he made me wait almost two hours. This is completely unacceptable!!! He staff kept saying it would just be a few more minutes. He was very inconsiderate of my time and there are plenty of other good podiatrists in the area that will accept my money without forcing me to wait so long. He would probably be a good doctor if he could get his office in order. For now, I’m moving on. Don’t waste your time, because he has no problem letting you wait.

I just had to write about Dr. Berkey! Why? Well let me tell you!
I injured my foot playing football one Wednesday evening. I didn’t think it was that bad until I woke up Thursday morning and I couldn’t even walk on it! Omg I was in so much pain! I googled podiatrists in my area and man I just had the worst luck! Most doctors were not seeing new patients or they were in surgery! Goodness!
I finally found Dr. Berkey’s number and lo and behold — the receptionist said I could come in! Too bad it wasn’t until 2pm that day. Oh well — something is better than nothing.
I come in on time, sign in, and do what I do at any other doctor’s office — wait wait wait… The waiting area is full of elderly people. I’m not hatin’! Just sayin’! The office was cutely decorated with décor I would find in my friend’s grandma’s home but it was all related to the foot.
I finally get called in and here I go again with the waiting game… The nurse comes in to warn me how much I would have to pay out of pocket. Now that was sweet of her! I agreed to the potential charges and here I am. waiting again. Finally Dr. Berkey comes in and examines me. He was a nice fella. I did had an x-​ray just to be safe. What was awesome about him was that he wasn’t too pushy. We couldn’t determine what was the real problem with the x-​ray so the next step would be an MRI but that would cost bu-​cu of moolah! Instead, he told me to give it at least 2 weeks and if the pain doesn’t go down, then come back to see him.
We agreed on that and I paid… I paid a LOT but that was expected. The MAIN reason why I’m writing this is what I received in the mail almost 2 months later. I received a REFUND! That was so cool! Apparently I had paid too much and they sent me back a cash.
This may be just me but I really do appreciate the honesty and how Dr. Berkey was in no way pushy to get me to do this or do that. I just wish the wait wasn’t too long!