Howard E Denbo, MD

I just saw Dr. Denbo for a renewal of my FAA 3^rd class medical. I too found out about him through a mailing he did. The card was timely and helpful because I was just coming up on my expiration date. Dr. Denbo was kind and helpful. He offered an appointment the same week I called. He walked me through the new Medxpress process and was cheerful and accommodating throughout the entire process. The medical was completed without a hitch. I very much enjoyed talking with him and hearing stories about flying out of Crissy and Buchanan fields as well as growing up and learning to fly in the Midwest. I will definitely be recommending him to friends.

Dr. Denbo is rude and unprofessional. I am in need of a routine FAA physical and received a post card reminding me of that fact. I am uncertain as to how he got my name and address. I called to inquire about when he did the physical exams and his fee and told him that I would call him back if I wanted an appointment. In the meantime I located the MD that did the physical for me in the past and his office is in my neighborhood. Dr. Denbo called me back to push me to make an appointment. I told him that I had located my previous doctor and had made an appointment with him. Dr. Denbo’s reply was «don’t call me again». I urge my fellow pilots in need of a physical to disregard his post cards and to not use his service.

Routine check up for a 24 year old.
Dr. Denbo spent most of the time talking about memories from his days as a medic in the Vietnam war. The exam consisted of a blood pressure check (I could have done it myself at CVS) and him pressing on my stomach and telling me where my spleen is (thanks, I took a biology class in college).
Then he sent me to lab, and ordered a routine blood panel, fecal smearing FOCT test (this outdated test has a 50% positive identification rate and is only recommended for men 50 and older) and an EKG (also only recommended for older men)
I saved myself $ 400 and smearing my poo on a piece of paper 6 times by declining the last 2 tests. He is a very nice guy, but I want my doctor to be up to date with medical standards in the past 30 years.
Overall it cost me $ 500 for basically nothing

My previous review holds true, though he got upset with me when I asked him to send my records to my new vascular surgeon. He told me that it was partly my fault because I re-​scheduled so much, a lot more than his other clients. I ask Unilocal, (not him cuz I’m not that quick in responding) what does that have to do with me? If he had a staff coordinating his schedule, he wouldn’t even know that I had to re-​schedule a lot.
The reason I switched doctors is because I had enough appts where I had to wait a really long time. He had emergencies both time so I guess it was not his fault, but I waited for 2 hours and then he wondered why my blood pressure reading was so high. Please note, these long waits only happened on morning appts.
I decided I wanted a second opinion when he told me I’d have to be on this medication for the rest of my life. That freaked me out, especially since I’m now having gum problems because of it. Also, my new doctor doesn’t even think I have what he diagnosed!
I guess I just don’t have the kind of patience necessary for this doctor.