Austin Southwest OB/Gyn

The best doctors office I have ever been to, hands down. Everyone in the office is so sweet and nice. There is never any wait time. This office is very accommodating to last minute appointments too. Dr. Asfouri is very nice and straight forward. He makes it very easy to understand whatever you discuss and he seems like he genuinely wants what is best for you. I would have continued to go to Dr. Asfouri gad I not moved. I recommend this office for anyone looking for an OBGYN!

Went with the Lady for her Well Woman Annual Exam. Doctor on time, friendly staff (as always), all questions answered by the doctor, who also made some recommendations for the future on a medication.
Ladies; do NOT put off your annual!!!
Gentlemen; make sure your Lady does it and I do recommend going in with her if she and the doctor allow. This is one place I do not make any jokes or comments. It is just too important.

I haven’t had a bad experience with Dr. Asfouri. He is very knowledgeable and helpful. If you want a doctor that is going to sugarcoat everything, someone that doesn’t really care about your overall health (including you being over-​weight if you are) then he isn’t the OBGYN for you, but you would be making a big mistake. I’ve lived with what seemed to be severe hormonal issues throughout my teenage years, up until I started to exercise and lose weight. Dr. Asfouri has helped me keep at it and even gave me tips to help me and I followed them and lost even more weight and never have issues like I had… Especially with his recommendation to be on Depo Provera. For all the reviews about him mentioning you being over-​weight, he mentioned it to me and I started to change it and it helped my issues so much. You are being overly sensitive and need to reevaluate whether you want an honest doctor or a doctor that won’t be upfront with a real issue. That to me is not a good doctor to have.

I have been going to Dr. Asfouri for almost 3 years. I live about an hour outside of Austin and there are other obg yns in my area but I drive an hour to see him and his staff… that’s how much I like them!
Dr. Asfouri is such a kind and warm person, easy to talk to and non judgmental.
His staff is wonderful. I recently had a minor procedure done in the office and Teresa called me at home the next day to see how I was doing. If I need a refill or have a question about billing or insurance, they take care of it for me and make sure I have everything I need.

Okay, seriously why doesn’t Unilocal allow you to give a ZERO star rating? With that being said, if I could give this practice a ZERO star rating I would. I had similar experiences like the other women had at Dr. Asfouri’s office, if you can… AVOID this office like the PLAGUE. I highly recommend ANY of the OBGYN’S at Medical Park Tower… they have more bedside manner and are not CONDESCENDING or JUDGMENTAL like this doctor.

If I could give 0 stars, I would. I took a leap of faith and went to Dr. Asfouri for my annual exam, because I had read great reviews on other sites. Now I know that was a crock of BS. Never in my life have I been judged and ridiculed about my weight the way he did. I went for serious concerns about my endometriosis issues, and when he called to give me some lab results, he says…“You’re a pretty girl, but you’re excessively overweight. ” He cares more about appearance, and judges you based solely on that. If I needed advice on losing weight, I damn sure wouldn’t be going to him! He dismissed everything I told him. DO NOT see Dr. Asfouri unless you don’t mind being ripped apart about your appearance, and your health concerns taking a back seat. It’s doctors like him that make me sick.
His front office person wasn’t the most welcoming or warm person either. Unfortunately, I don’t have one positive thing to say about my experience at this place. I’m a US Marine, and my health issues started when I was at a normal weight, so for an uneducated doctor to tell me that I’m a little overweight and my problems could go away if I lost a few pounds… he needs to wake up.

Every time I went to see Dr. Asfouri when I was pregnant with my first child I always got this cold vibe from him. He never smiled and often made me feel unwelcome. Thinking back on it I wish I switched practices especially after experiencing a more friendly practice with my second child. He was often very rude to me and wouldn’t listen to what I would say to him. He gave me the feeling that he just didn’t like me. After giving birth he came by my hospital room a few times to see how I was healing and he was his usual cold self. There was still no smile from him, no congratulations, nothing. He told me to come back for my two week postpartum check-​up. I dreaded it and felt fine so I never made the appointment (I know not a good thing to do, but I really didn’t want to go back) and that was the last I heard from him. No one from his office called me to check up on me after I was discharged or to see why I haven’t scheduled the appointment yet which proved to me even more that they didn’t care. The other practice I went to for my second child called me the very next day after I got discharged to make the appointment. Something I already was planning to do, but they beat me to it.

I hate to write this review but the more I think about my experience I just feel compelled to share my story-​especially for ladies looking for an OB. I originally chose Dr. Asfouri as my gynecologist in hopes he would be my OB shortly thereafter. I wanted someone who supported my active and healthy lifestyle and after our first visit I felt he fit the bill. He was also located close to our home and I assumed he would deliver at St David’s South-​perfect for our delivery. Once I got pregnant however, things began to change. Now I never felt the warm fuzzies from his nurse-​she was always very cold and never smiled. When we went in to confirm our pregnancy and hear the heartbeat we were quietly handed tissues with no congratulations or smiles to be met with. Now I understand they see this every day but holy cow we felt like emotional idiots! My following visits were fine UNTIL I began asking questions about natural birthing choices, episiotomies, and laboring positions. Everything was «It depends.» and «These are the hospital and national standards.» Now I understand all of this and obviously our birthing choices were not lining up (which is perfectly fine) however please don’t pat me on the shoulder saying you are on my team then tag onto the end «Well you know 80% of all women get an epidural.» Well good for them but that’s not me and that shows me you don’t think I can do it and you really AREN’T on my team. So I switched practices. This is where it gets good. My last visit with Dr Asfouri was going according to plan until he comes into the room with no greeting and proceeds to look over my chart. He stopped when he looked at my weight and said «7 pounds in one month? Young lady, slow down!!» I had to laugh because up to this point I had gained the recommended weight of 10 – 15 pounds (at 23 weeks I had gained 13 pounds) for being an average weight pre-​pregnancy and also NOTHING about my diet or lifestyle had changed. Mind you he also NEVER told me any weight gaining guidelines as far as what I should be looking at and what is safe for my body, etc. Instead of looking at me and my overall history to see if anything else medically was going on he just assumed I had been hitting every buffet in town. I was highly offended especially when I work with a trainer twice a week plus do yoga and workouts on my own and eat pretty damn clean. I understand the importance of healthy eating in pregnancy and had not binged on anything up to this point. Rapid weight gain can be a sign of a more serious problem but because he was offended I was switching practices he just decided to throw in a nice comment for good measure. At the end of the visit he said «Do you have any questions before you move up NORTH?» I said no but really wanted to ask if I could NEVER come back to this place. A little more compassion and professionalism would’ve been nice. If I knew a patient was changing practices I would want to know why and see if it was anything I had done-​not get snippy and rude with my patient on their last visit.
Phew. That’s it. These are my own opinions and experiences but I thought I should share!

For starters he spent almost an entire hour with me, that is almost unreal in this day and age. His staff was very nice and efficient, I like the way they have the office set up as it was extremely streamlined. Dr. Asfouri is very nice, personable and knowledgeable. I liked him almost immediately. He really took the time to go over everything and cover a wide range of topics without being pushy or judgmental, just a lot of good information from a very likable person. It was so nice to get the one on one attention and care, I would have him deliver my next baby in a heartbeat!

Dr. Asfouri is a wonderful doctor. He is caring and calm. He always takes the time to answer your questions and never leaves you feeling rushed. He genuinely seems to care about his patients and the front office staff is great as well. Highly recommend to anyone looking for an OB/​GYN in South Austin!

Dr. Asfouri is the fourth gynecologist I have seen in Austin in the six years I have been here and the fourth to whom I have brought health concerns that have been worrying me. The other doctors gave me a pat on the head and pushed me gently out the door, telling me to stop looking up symptoms on the internet. Dr. Asfouri listened to me kindly and patiently before beginning his examination.
On his first examination, he found what we hoped was a cyst. It turned out to be a tumor. Dr. Asfouri performed laparoscopic surgery quickly and efficiently (not even a scar, and I was up before I knew it). The results came back that I was developing ovarian cancer and that one of my ovaries was now three times the size of the other and had to be removed. Dr. Asfouri referred me to a gynecologic oncologist of his professional acquaintance (Dr. Lynn Knowles) who was also excellent.
What really impressed me about Dr. Asfouri was not just that he was so much more thorough, but that after he had referred me to Dr. Knowles, he continued to keep abreast of my progress. In the days after my surgery, he called to check up on me twice, personally. His nurses have always been warm and friendly and perfectly efficient. As previous patients have discussed here on Unilocal,we also spoke about weight (something you do with your gyno), but in my case he made good recommendations to me (lots of vegetables! not so much bread! good carbs, not empty ones, stop already with the sugars) and, while I was aware that I was overweight, he was more concerned with health than with BMI. I’ve lost 12 lbs. following his and Dr. Knowles’ recommendations and am looking forward to sharing my progress with them on my next appointment.
Lastly, I love that I can book appointments with Dr. Asfouri online at
or on my iPhone. I can’t wait until I can book every doctor’s appointment this way. I can almost always get an appointment here a day or two in advance (sometimes even same day).

Dr. Asfouri was very judgemental and condesending. Although I went there for a gynecology appointment, Dr. Asfouri made sure to point out that I’m 30 lbs overweight (when according to the BMI, I’m only 10). He had to deliver some unfortunate news to me and was very cold in the process. What was already an uncomfortable experience was made worse with the way he communicated with me.
His front office staff was the least helpful staff that I’ve experienced in a long time. Even though they accepted my insurance, they refused to contact them for billing or any other information. The office wouldn’t tell me the rates for anything. I just went in there blindly, hoping they wouldn’t leave any surprises on my bill.
Dr. Asfouri and his staff are the reason I fear and dread going to the doctor. I’m not sure how everyone else seems to have a pleasant experience with him. Every person that I interacted with was extremely rude.
GOOD: The office is new and nice. Teresa was very helpful in sending my paperwork over to my new doctor.

Let’s face it, the Gyno– is not something people want to review. But I’ve Im going to have someone up in my business, I want to know they are good and likable. Seems like a basic starting point. Dr. Asfouri is the only male Gyno I have ever been too and he made me feel totally comfortable. Not at all weird. And the best part: he is quick. no loll gagging. His staff is really friendly and he has tons of experience.