If I could give Dr. McKernan and his nurse less than 1 star I would. If you are looking for a…read morephysician and a staff who care about their patients, Dr. McKernan's office is NOT where you will find it. Without going into all of the details, they are the most uncaring, unprofessional, unsympathetic people I know. They interacted with my mother without any sympathy or empathy to her chronic back pain she's been dealing with since she injured her back as a teenager. His nurse went so far as to calling her names and telling my mother, SHE made the decision my mother didn't need to speak to Dr. McKernan after repeatedly calling his office for him to return her call. Dr. McKernan changed my mother's treatment from the regiment she was on for years with her pain management doctor in Dallas. When it didn't work, he ignored her calls asking to be put back on the treatment she was previously on. After waiting nearly a week, Dr. McKernan finally called, he finally called from a blocked number, not a BS&W number. Due to the number of spam calls we all get, she didn't answer the call and missed speaking with him. His voicemail was neither compassionate or consoling and stated that he would not continue the treatment she had been on for years even though it worked because he dislikes the drug. He continued by telling her the prescription she was on should give her enough time to find another physician. My mother tried to reach Dr. McKernan again for several days. On March 4, 2022, she received a call from his nurse who was abusive, rude, and very unprofessional. I personally tried to reach Dr. McKernan several times without success. After numerous repeated calls, I finally spoke to Dr. McKernan who again was unsympathetic to my mother's pain (a great quality to have in a pain management doctor) and refused to continue the treatment that had been working for years. He told me that she needed to find another physician. I called administration to file a complaint and spoke to a Ms. Deavea McMurry, who, too, was extremely unprofessional and even more uncaring. Stating to me repeatedly "My job is just to take the complaint...". I asked to speak her boss, a Mr. Bill Selby, who's number rolls straight to voicemail. Mr. Selby and I finally spoke regarding the very uncaring, unprofessional and abusive behavior of Dr. McKernan, his nurse, and Ms. McMurry. He asked me on 3/8/2022 to give him a few days to look into this matter and he would get back in touch with me. As seems to be the norm for BS&W, he never called back! I reached out to him over a week later, again having to leave a voicemail. When he returned my call, he state the formal apology I sought from Dr. McKernan and his nurse was "not going to happen" because "we just don't do that.". I was shocked! A doctor, a nurse and an administrator in the COMPLAINT department treats a patient with total lack of care, respect or humility, much less any empathy for the patient's pain and medical condition and the hospital's stance is "we don't apologize"!! Sidenote: My mother's previous pain management doctor, her pharmacist and another local medical advisor all disagree with how Dr. McKernan handled my mother's treatment. Her previous doctor going as far as saying "[Dr. McKernan] has eased all of the work we accomplished over years.". Yet, Dr. McKernan, his nurse who called an 81 year, 4'11", 110lbs woman names and refuse to apologize for their appalling behavior.

Soooo....Scott & White. I went to S&W a number of times while here for undergrad several years ago…read moreand wasn't terribly impressed, and things are about the same as they've always been. Demi-professionalism everywhere, frequently resorting to treating the symptoms of things instead of searching out and healing the root cause, and just a general sense of lackluster service and care. However, I did find a GP here I think I like. Dr. Anne Marie Eschberger was professional, efficient, smart, and just engaged enough to keep up a conversation and answer all my questions with patience, and just clinical enough so when it came time to do some otherwise embarrassing exams, I didn't feel awkward. Perfect. She earns 4-5 stars from me, honestly, but as usual, my overall experience at S&W ranged from "meh" to quietly laughing to myself as I witnessed some barely professional behavior from nurses and general staff. St. Joseph's staff tends to be a lot warmer and more efficient, so I usually prefer to go there, but I think I'll keep coming to Dr. Eschberger as my GP.