Glenn A Kunkel's Online Review Report Card

Worst experience ever Doesn’t want to give adequate pain medication for severe chronic pain! He just wants to push those high dollar, excruciating injections on everyone! Can’t believe he actually still has patients!

Attempted nerve blocks on both sides of my neck left me hemorrhaging into my chest. I couldn't turn my head for a month. I was strapped to a table, sobbing and begging him to stop due to the pain. He still carried out all 4 injections. No means assault. He clearly has no problem assaulting his patients.

Dr Kunkel has a very stiff, no nonsense (lack of) personality. He's quick to the point, doesn't mince words or waste time. He comes in looking a bit like a butcher with that x-ray proof apron on, tells you exactly what he's going to do, does it, then swiftly moves on to his next patient. Some people might find this a bit off-putting because he's so rigid that it makes you feel like he doesn't care about you. But when I'm looking for someone to do what basically comes down to minor surgical procedures on my spine I'm not trying to find a friend or judge their ability to do their job on how much they make me smile. In this situation I think it's a good thing to have a physician who is extremely technical and hyperfocused on his work and not just a people pleaser. From my experience I deduced that giving injections and doing nerve ablations to a large number of people is the bulk of his job. I have never interacted with Dr Kunkel outside of the outpatient procedure center; I never met him at his pain management office, other physicians always handled my appointments there, so I believe the only decisions that he made about my care revolved around my injections and nerve ablations. Both my Dad and I had procedures done by Dr Kunkel on a regular basis for a couple of years and we always found him to be quite professional. He takes his job very seriously! Sometimes our injections helped, sometimes they didn't, but I don't think that had anything to do with what he did or didn't do. There are a series of steps that have to be followed for a doctor to figure out exactly what area is causing the problem and get to the point of doing something more permanent to help relieve the pain. It can be frustrating and time consuming - when a person is in pain they are seeking immediate relief and what he does doesn't usually give that. I will say that the extremely long waits in the procedure center got REALLY old, but I don't know how much of that was his fault directly. Almost every time (for both my father and I) the wait past when our appointment was scheduled was HOURS. It sucked extra bad because we weren't able to eat or drink anything past midnight, and of course it's hard to sit there for so long when you're in pain. But all the nurses were always really kind and fast at doing what they do. The ladies who assist Dr Kunkel in the actual procedure room constantly cracked me up - they were funny, super upbeat and jamming out to music. Everyone was as gentle as they could be - of course I experienced pain while that needle was being jammed in my spine, but they tried hard to be careful when it came to everything else and I was usually offered some sort of pain relief prior whenever possible. I can understand why some people have given him such low reviews, but I've had far worse doctors and think he deserves some respect for having such a difficult job and doing the technical aspects of it so well. Pain management is hard, especially back pain. It's a long road with lots of hits & misses that sometimes ends in surgery or never gets resolved at all. I can't say that I ever got anything more than some temporary relief from the procedures that were done, and sometimes they even caused me more agony. But I didn't continue with them so I'm not sure what sort of outcome I would of had in the end, if there was ever an end. I have major issues throughout my entire spine because of a degenerative disease, but somebody who had an injury or damage at one level might have better outcomes than those of us who are in chronic, widespread pain.

Greatness Doc is very quiet, professional and great on what he does!

Dr Kunkel & Dr Knox does a excellent job treating your problems and finding the best solution to each problem. Pain management in Phelps Health is set on finding the perfect solution to your pain that doesn't involve taking medications(pills) for life!

My mother went here and now she's in more pain than when she went there before in her shoulder

Not even one star, but had to fill in. I saw Dr. Kunkle for about 7 years. I had insurance that paid everything, and it seemed that patient visits took priority over patient needs. His office is ran in fear for the staff and the patients. I still see pain management after 11 more years, and never knew how nice it was to have a Dr that listened and advocated for you on a regular visit. I honestly cannot in any form recommend this provider. I actually feared writing this for years due to being local and having to need him at some point. Your own doctor should not make you, or others feel that way. And as an FYI, I left Phelps Health completely because of him. In fact, if money talks, then the hospital may take notice that my insurance has paid out over $3,000,000 in the past 5 years since I left Phelps Health; after getting deathly sick due to something Dr. Kunkle implanted in me.

My husband has been seeing Dr. Kunkel for several years now. Each visit seems to take longer and longer. I don't always have someone to watch our young children (8 and 1) so waiting 3 plus hours is not really ideal! You guys really should get it together. Some of us don't have all day to sit around waiting on you.

Fine! He definitely knows what he's doing!! I have no complaints. My neck is on the way to being better!!!

Dr. Kunkel did me one of the biggest favors a person in pain could ask for, numbing all the pain in my neck. I feel very confident in any work that he would do for me or anyone else. Thank you , Dr. Kunkel!