Benner Robert B, MD

He has been our family doctor since 1986. «Minus one Star» goes to his waiting room with these tired chair and sofa.
It is too bad for us that he is retiring. But I wish him the best of all and happy retirement!

Dr. Benner is a comfortingly down-​to-​earth MD who genuinely cares whether his patients are getting the best treatment, even after referral to a specialist. He doesn’t rush treatment until necessary, finds time to return phone calls, and even visited me in the hospital. He’s exactly what I was looking for in a primary care physician.

I have not met Dr. Benner per say but due to changing my health insurance recently from Kaiser (I feel that I put extra years on my life by doing so), I had to choose a PCP on the providers list. My husband dislocated his shoulder something fierce and had to see his PCP immediately. His reaction to his visit and treatment was all positive and he HATES doctors so this is an immediate plus. Dr. Benner was straight to the point, knew what he was talking about and didn’t lag on immediate treatment and further diagnosis of his injury.
I’m happy to say that the shoulder is healing very nicely and I trust my husband with Dr. Benner.

Well what can I say? The front office was nice enough. The medical assistant was sweet and did her job, but the doctor was shockingly rude and had the bedside manner of an angry warthog. I have never been treated like that before. I had labs from my other doctor and this guy flipped out and yelled at me. Demanding to know why they were run. I tried to explain that I was having symptoms and he shut me down instantly. Then when he saw that the results were very abnormal he downplayed it and gave me very outdated, incorrect medical advice. All he wanted to talk about was my dad’s medical history and he went on a tangent about my blood pressure, which was fine until he came into the room and slayed me.
I am a medical professional and he did not even bother to remember. I would have never treated a patient like that. I have to say, I am still shaking and will never go back to be abused like that again. Please do not put yourself at risk for abuse, see anyone else.

Looking for a general practitioner or a primary care physician? Keep looking further than this man then. From the uncomfortable waiting room chairs, to the receptionist who has a horrible garbled accent that is sometimes slurred and incoherent, their receiving practices need some work.
I came to Dr. Benner for a problem with my thigh. The first receptionist did a nice enough job handling my paperwork and I waited only 15 minutes to be let into a room. When it came time to get my blood pressure and weight checked, the incoherent nurses aid had me step on a scale and immediately moved the scale past 150 lbs. I’m 5’3″ and a healthy size 4 but she somehow guessed I was over 150 lbs. (Maybe she heard the vicious things I was thinking in my head.)
Someone in the medical profession should look at my body and my face and tell me how old I am, what I ate last, and my age better than any fortune teller gypsy or Six Flags amusement theme park clown. Not here. I would have gotten a prize if I played that game here. I deserve a stuffed animal for the indignation!
Not only did he not even look at my thigh after explaining the odd tingling and numbing sensation he instead suggested I see a therapist for the amount of stress I was going through from my job. I made the mistake of explaining how I was seeing a separate doctor for the dislocated shoulder I suffered a month ago and he couldn’t have gotten me out of the office quicker. What my father’s health history has anything to do with my new injuries is beyond me. I spent about 10 minutes with him just to cough up a co-​pay for the same information I could have gotten from my mother.
This man has a horrible bed side manner that rivals that of Cruella Devil. His attitude makes him better suited for a position as a Jr. High vice principal. Needless to say, I got a second opinion about my injured hip joint and will think twice about seeing just any doctor again.