Vagner Gregg A

Elbow injury — again :(
I like the doctors in this practice and it sucks that I’m the duchess of this place (as of today). Who wants that?! What I like about Dr Vagner is that he doesn’t push the temporary fix. He doesn’t try to force the cortisone injection because let’s face it, it’s not a cure. I appreciate that. He focuses on the real fix, rest, rehab/​PT, proper use of body parts, and if needed, the unmentionable. Fortunately, I have not had to have the big S for any of my ailments.
Unfortunately, I know I will re-​injure myself and will need to come back to see Dr Vagner, but I know he will get me well again as he has in the past.
The wait to get into this place can be long if you’re not a current patient, but I assure you these doctors are worth it.

Dr. Vagner is awesome — great bedside manner, he makes great eye contact, smiles, is nice, and he is also a great surgeon. I would recommend going to see D. r Vagner for hand/​wrist problems. I went to see another Orthopedic MD and didn’t have a good experience at all compared to Dr. Vagner.

I saw Dr Vagner for a broken hand. Huge & crowded office. I saw him after waiting for over 25 minutes. He came in with a student doctor, looked at my hand, said he pulled up the x-​rays from the ER, asked the student what had happened to me again and then had someone make a splint for my hand. I literally saw him for 5 minutes. I went online to look at the claim from my health insurance carrier to discover that he billed me over $ 2,000 in charges and coded them as «treatment of metacarpal.» Really?
I went to a different orthopedist a week later who recommended that my hand be MORE immobilized so that it would heal properly. He then took x-​rays of my hand and said that due to the lack of support the splint was providing, the bone was not healing. He had his tech wrap in in plaster. This doctor actually had a plan for what happens NEXT. Seems like the doctors at Texas Ortho are running a cash cow, trying to see as many patients as possible and billing them for unneeded services.
Thanks Dr Vagner. Those 5 minutes with you were priceless. Oh no, wait, actually they cost over $ 2,000! No wonder our health insurance system is so messed up.
One star for the nice girls at the front desk.

Dr. Vagner was careless and dismissive. My ligaments were torn in my wrist and his treatment was to not do anything. Any suggestions I had for physical therapy or any alternative practically got an eye roll from him and his technicians. In my 4? months of treatment from him he gave me one cortisone shot. He had trouble getting it into my wrist and left me in extreme pain for days. He is a scary doctor that was in a rush to leave the room every visit. The waiting room is dusty and crowded. I ended up seeing Dr. Henry in Houston and he saved my life, literally. He put me directly into physical therapy and a few months later I had gained just enough muscle to begin the healing. NO THANKS to DR. VAGner, I dodged surgery and am back to work, pain free after 15 years of pain. I’ve never written a review before and I hate being negative but I feel obligated to anyone like me who is randomly going to pick a hand surgeon in Austin to be warned.

Dr Vagner is great! I was a patient in 2008 and had to go back last month for my hand again I was not looking forward to the visit manly because I remember his front staff WAS rude, but i have to say they’ve had some great changes I was pleasantly surprised. They were attentive and although they are super busy they were not rude at all.
I recommend you do arrive early they have a big parking lot but I still had to drive around for 5 minutes before finding a spot. Appointments can take long so take a book or something to keep you busy but the wait is well worth it. Dr Vagner is a great doctor and now I can say so is his staff!

Dr. Vagner is awesome.
A few weeks ago, I fell, went to Seton ER, broken wrist, cast, went to Ortho surgeon, bad bedside manner, left crying, ended up at Vagner’s office, two weeks after break.
He listens. He actually makes eye contact and smiles. He gently felt on my wrist, and ordered an MRI. Got that.
He called me today. What? The doctor called me and not an assistant? Unheard of. He answered all my questions, was patient, and just all around nice.
He is now going to be my Ortho-​hand guy for when I need him. I never thought I would need one, but since I do, Vagner is super duper fantastical.

Dr. Vagner is very good at balancing friendly bedside manner with efficient care. He made me feel very comfortable with him personally and confident in him professionally. After my first visit with him, I encouraged my mother to come see him about her hand issues even though she lives in Houston.
I rated him as 5 stars, but if this was a rating for his office staff that works out front it would be much lower. They were rude on the phone and in person. When I arrived, the two women working at the desk finished gossiping with each other before acknowledging that I was standing right in front of them. They acted as if they didn’t have time to speak to me and that I had somehow wronged them by interrupting their conversation. My issue was not emergent so I even considered leaving before seeing the doctor. This is unfortunate because they don’t represent or support the good work that Vagner is doing. I am glad I stayed because Dr. Vagner was so helpful, but I do not look forward to interacting with the office staff again.

Dr. Vagner came at the recommendation of my regular doctor to see for some pain I was having in my wrist/​hand.
He is very nice, and so far the pain has subsided.
His office is VERY busy, but the people working in the front are very pleasant. The office itself is huge, and I feel like a lab rat being led through a maze getting back to the little room where I was being examined.
The only thing that was not deserving of 5 stars was that once I got back to that cold room I sat waiting for at least 15 to 20 minutes each time I went to his office before anyone came to see me. At least I had Angry Birds to keep me busy!

Dr. Vagner was recommended several work colleagues (I work in the medical device industry — his practice and the clinic are well regarded) when I had a bad colles fracture during a soccer match.
As for his bedside manner, he probably spent ~20 minutes with me (not counting surgery) over the course of all of my visits (exam and several post-​op recovery visits). This guy is no-​nonsense. He is good at what he does and he gets the job done.
I had issues with my recovery, primarily because I did not read the discharge instructions which said that I should begin moving my fingers immediately. Honestly, I was too frightened to move them — and the nerve block that numbed my hand for 2 days did not help. So, one week out of surgery and I wasn’t able to move fingers, I was sent to PT that day, and the PT he sent me to tried to get readings on wrist twisting (not sure the medical term). Painful.
Wrist still is uncomfortable, 2 years out, but I’ve returned to normal activity with minor limitations. I don’t expect it to be perfect, and I certainly don’t blame Dr. Vagner for the discomfort. I mean, my arm was crooked and dangling when I came in (well, not really — it had been set at the hospital a few days before, but you get the idea).
Only suggestion would be for them to go over discharge instructions with you prior to administering anesthetics.