Lewis D Harold, DO

The staff here was nice, especially the phlebotomist. But the office was filthy, there were at least 5 other people booked at the same time as my appointment, so I waited over half an hour, and the MD was less than desirable. Dr. Lewis could not seem to get out of the exam room fast enough, and he would talk with his back to me. When I brought up a health concern, he quickly tried to force a prescription on me without even investigating any further into what was going on, or why. I think your money could be spent better elsewhere, as this was the worst appointment I’ve ever had.

When looking for a Dr, competence and accessibility should be top of the list of must-​haves. Dr Balderas knows his stuff and gives you his full attention. Every time I’ve gone in (about 4 times now), they get me in right away. That’s a big factor cause when you’re hurting now, you want someone that will see you now! No, the office is not modern and you can tell it’s been around for a while. But contrary to many of the previous comments I’ve seen, it is kept in very good order and the place is very clean.

So my last visit at the other location was horrible with an hour wait just for the doctor to tell me to take over the counter medicine. Of course 2 weeks later I’m still sick but I decide to give their other location a shot. Bad idea. I called yesterday to make an appointment and they tell me tomorrow at 10:45. But I didn’t receive a confirmation email or text so of course, being busy, I forgot. I arrive around 10:15 knowing my appointment was after 10 to where they tell me they don’t have me in the system. Cool. So thank goodness I arrived 30 minutes before my appointment right? Nope. 45 minutes later they call me up to the window to tell me they can’t see me because I haven’t put them as my primary care with my insurance. What?!? I get the insurance part of it all but you wait FORTY FIVE MINUTES after I arrive to tell me this?!
I will never be back to this office again. Unorganized, unprofessional, and yes I came to the doc to be told to take over the counter drugs. Done.

OKAY!!! I made an appointment on ZocDoc because I needed to see someone quick for the ADD problems i’m having. Regretably, I looked on Unilocal as I was waiting in the lobby and was horrified by the reviews.
HERE IS THE DOWN LOW.
–The location/​lobby could DEF. be nicer, but it’s not the end of the world.
–I filled out the intake forms online because I have arthritis and it is hard to write early in the AM, the lady proceeded to give me 6 more forms… REALLY? What are you keeping track of? haha
–The wait was 30 minutes, that’s fine… people were coming in and out and they had to put my information in the computer.
–I SAW DR. BALDERAS AND HE IS AMAZING. He is a younger DO doctor and is VERY down to earth! I felt listened to, understood and most of all… he helped me and gave me samples until insurance kicks in.
I will DEF. be back to see Dr. Balderas!

Just don’t do it. I can put up with a filthy office and long wait times if the service is good but the doctor visit was a joke. 30 seconds and that was it! A waste of time and poor results.

I echo the negative sentiment on this thread. Dr. Lewis Harold’s office is horrible. Today I had to fire him and his lackluster staff as I can not deal with their incompetence any longer.
His staff could care less and always address patients/​customers with disdain. Appointments mean nothing to these people as they routinely make customer wait 45 minutes to an hour after appointment time. If you need a prescription refilled, you better start the process a month out, as the staff here does not return pharmacy calls. My pharmacy faxed them 3 times over several days and never got a response. I finally had to go into the office and confront them in person to resolve my refills.
If you get blood work or other tests here, be prepared to be on display, as patients are brought into a common room to get blood drawn and do physical tests etc. It’s very strange to be poked and prodded in front of total strangers. I was in that room with three other people, and all of us were not happy with that situation. One woman even had enough and got up and left.
As for Dr. Lewis himself. He only looked me in the eye when I made him do so. Other than that every time I saw him he’d run in and out of the room mumbling, spending less than a minute «treating» me and not being forthcoming with information about my own health. Last time I saw him I had to run down the hall after him because he was in and out in less than a minute and didn’t say one word to me as he was off to the next room to do the same thing. This type of behavior shows that he’s only interested in collecting your money, and not all that interested in aiding your health.
The actual office and fixtures are all out dated, very old and pretty gnarly with grime. He still has posters from the 80s on his wall. and some of the information on those posters is not longer valid. His filing system is physical folders about 10 feet from the front door. You can imagine an already lazy staff having to rifle through that system… makes for a very long wait time. Not to mention thousands of identities just sitting there unprotected.
All and all, I’ll be advising people to stay far away form this «doctor».

I see all of the other bad reviews here, but my experience was really great! The staff was super nice and made me feel comfortable. Dr. Lewis was friendly and asked me the usual questions. I felt comfortable around him and instantly liked him. The office building IS older, but it’s not gross. The guy has been practicing for a few decades. He has A LOT of patients. I’m going back, if that tells you anything.

The worst «doctors» office I’ve ever seen.
The one time I went there I listened to this poor excuse of a doctor joking with one of the drug reps. Seemed that another rep had gotten off his meds and flipped out. He had tried to go into his office nude.
To my amazement this jerk wanted to call that rep and have them come in to see him. Of all the amazingly inconsiderate and uncaring attitudes for a doctor to have, this was incredible.
The care they attempted to provide had nothing to do with anything that was an issue with me.
The office and staff was very shabby indeed.
Do yourself a huge favor and STAY AWAY!

Not the nicest doctors office, but I have always been able to make an appointment in 30 mins or less, get in, and get out with any medicine I might need – all maybe a 30 second drive from my house.

This office is a joke. I now understand why the duplicitous Dr. Lewis chooses not to look his patients in the eye. My wife and I went in to get the one covered yearly routine physical that is covered by our pathetic Humana insurance policy which we have just canceled. This office managed to turn what should have been a costless visit into a several hundred dollar debacle. I was told that I would not be charged for my return visit to discuss the findings of my blood work, they did not explain that this visit would be charged instead to my insurance and then to me. Had I known this, I would have spared myself a fifteen minute wait to have the good doctor tell me what was on a printed page while looking into the corner of the room, and saved $ 115. They made an error with the code they sent to the lab which handles the blood work when my wife visited the office the following week, resulting in the insurance refusing to cover the charges. They maintained that they had no way of fixing OUR problem, and suggested that we just refuse to pay Atherotech Diagnostics lab, because they «don’t have a collections». This is a shameful way to run a business, and I hope to see their doors close permanently in the future.

I am not sure if Dr Lewis understands patient confidentiality and the law but announcing test results in a hallway in front of other patients and the office staff is ridiculous.
So as I am sitting in the room directly across from the front office and the patient lobby (with both the office door open and the lobby door open) Harold Lewis announces my test results to everyone as he is standing in the hallway ! The office staff and his two nurses are staring at me and listening with chars turned as he enters and he breifly starts discussing my psychological and medical history (just the embaressing parts). At this point, I can see everyone in the lobby and the door to the exam room and the lobby are still wide open.
He never shuts the door or asks the sectretaries to start working or stop eavesdropping. Just imagine very poorly paid and unprofesional people who have nothing better to do than make your medical history the object of their amusement, and you have the complete experience. Funny in a comedic sort of way, but nightmarish if happening to you. I felt like my appiontment was now being made open to every single person that was in that office since I hadn’t followed his medical advice from a previous appiontment and he was trying to shame me or make a show of things. At that point I had paid 150.00 and the entire exam lasted two minutes. He asked me some loaded and sarcastic questions and then returned to the hallway to chat with his office staff about lunch. Wow, great job there ! Don’t over work yourself or anything, I just paid 150 $ to get two minutes of humiliation and a referral to someone else. I let him know he could keep his referal to a previous doctor that I had already been too and realized that he hadn’t even looked at my medical history at all. Guess you and your well-​fed staff have to get to talking about lunch right? Because medical problems aren’t as important as a freaking subway sandwitch or talking about your low-​carb diet issues.
Completely humiliating experience and he had a horrible bedside manner. If you are even thinking of going here for on-​going care then I feel bad for your desire for self-​flagelation. I swear to god, anyone is more understanding and sympathetic than this doctor.
He might be ok for simple things, but if you need any kind of treatment that requires a dialogue or expect to be treated like a human being, then look elsewhere. I am filing a complaint with the Texas medical board, that is how upset and humiliating this encounter was. The office staff merely smirked at me and basically laughed me out of the office when they saw that I was upset.
When I called back to complain, they did the old lets put her on hold and when I was still there after 20 minutes they listened and said nothing. Thanks to Unilocal I can warn people before they have their medical history made public.
I can see from other reviews that they must be aware of their crappy service and just stopped trying. I wish I would have spared myself this experience. Not pleasant to have this kind of life experience.

I cant emphasize enough that you do not want to go here… the office appearance speaks volumes. Bed Side manner is terrible I have never felt like such a nuisance until trying to be a patient here. I was in a horrible car accident at the end of May and refereed to this place by my insurance which is sadly medicaid right now. He never seemed to really care about any details in regards to my injuries sustained (very serious ones). He has always rushed in and out with no communication. He wanted to set me up in house with physical therapy and alignments after xrays… well…each visit for «therapy» never happened because they appeared to have no clue and come to find out he referred me to go somewhere else to get therapy with out my knowledge. My last visit I was forgotten about by him in my room and after waiting for an hour I had to walk out with nothing resolved except sitting alone the whole time. /​He never apologized for forgetting me… He seemed not to even care. I hope this serves as a strong advisory NOT TO GO HERE!

I wish I had checked trusty Unilocal before making my appointment.
new to the area this was my first DR visit needed. This was close to home and on our insurance. One step into the office I already knew what it would be like… This place is gross. I would have walked out without being seen except for the «we will charge for missed appointments» signs plastered all over. And I believe this is a big revenue generator for them.
So I was seen (BARELY) the dr spent 45 seconds with me, and sent me off to Xrays. Didn’t look at my chart or the 15 pages I was forced to fill out prior to being seen.
I WOULD ALSO RATE 0 STARS IF I COULD
They looked at the xrays and tried to schedule me for their «in house» chiro. and then a guy tried to pass me another chiros card on the sly this guys card has his name crossed out another name on it. Um sure. seems legit. #sarcasm
my 2 pennies

It’s important to note, zero starts was not an option, or I would have assigned that rating. I recently visited Dr. Lewis after a bad step off a curb injured my left foot. The pain was intense and walking was difficult for several days, so I feared it might be broken. I did some research online and it seemed that my symptoms were consistent with a broken 5^th metatarsal. I immediately went to Dr. Lewis for an x-​ray. While it was very easy to get in for an appointment, Dr. Lewis spent a total of 2 minutes with me, never once looking up to make eye contact or reciprocate the handshake I offered upon meeting. His Physician’s assistant x-​rayed my foot and commented that I wouldn’t be walking if my «self diagnosis» were accurate. Dr. Lewis looked quickly at 1 of 2 x-​rays taken, told me I was fine, prescribed Motrin and said I’d be good by Monday. A week and a half later, after continued pain walking and swelling, I saw a highly recommended podiatrist named Dr. Robson, who confirmed almost instantly upon looking at the x-​ray that my 5^th metatarsal was indeed fractured and that there appeared to be some ligament damage as well. I learned that this ligament damage was undoubtedly made worse by the previous weeks of walking around without a boot. My overall feeling with Dr. Lewis was that his practice was based on a model of accumulating as many visitation fees in a day as possible, rather than administering competent care. His complete disregard for my well being as his patient could have actually caused me long term harm.

I have been seeing Dr. Lewis for 34 years! I trust him with my life and my family too! He is very kind and intelligent, and he definitely knows his stuff. I can count on him whenever I have a problem… I would highly recommend him as your future doctor, he is one of a kind:)

first, let me say: I would actually leave no stars if it were possible.
This is the dirtiest, most depressing dr’s office I have ever been in. I have never in my life walked out of a Dr’s appt before it was complete but I had to leave this clinic. It was dirty dirty dirty, ceiling tiles were missing, chairs were falling apart, patient files were stored in cardboard boxes along side the exam tables. The room with the massage table (standard for an osteopath) was so filthy I had to run.
Also, the nurse who checked me in seemed pretty clueless overall. When I told him what medications I’m allergic to (pretty common antibiotics) he just looked at me and said he had no idea what they were.
I can not stress enough how depressing and dilapidated this place was. You really don’t want to go here.