The office is small and quiet. There is no paperwork. Your information is reviewed with you and entered electronically or scanned.
When your phone call is answered it is by one of three people: me, my wife Toni or my daughter Ariana. We will introduce ourself when answering.
Appointments are for 60 minutes for a new patient, 30 minutes for follow up. Please be on time so you can receive the full benefit of your scheduled time. If you are going to be late or can't make an appointment please call and leave a message.
I do not have your records from Endocrine Associates. You need to sign a written request releasing your medical records to me and fax it to Dr Robert Fredericks at (775) 682-8502. I can e-mail or fax you a form, or you can wait until your appointment to sign the release at my office.
I do not draw or run lab tests at Riggins Ct. I do not have any vaccines at this office. No infusions at this office. No bone density test. No nurse, no nurse practitioner, no certified diabetes educator, no medical assistant.
Because of limited staff any procedures, tests, referrals or medications requiring prior authorization may take longer to get approved.
The office is only staffed on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you need a full time endocrinology practice to help you with your condition you need to be seen elsewhere. If you call on a Tue or Thu and get voice mail it means all the lines are busy. When you get voice mail on Mon, Wed and Fri it means I am seeing patients at the Renown Diabetes Center and I have no one to answer the phone number you called.
I am not accepting new diabetes patients insured by Medicare. It doesn't matter what secondary insurance you have. I see new Medicare diabetes patients only at Renown Diabetes Center (775) 982-5073. No referral is necessary to be seen at Renown.
I will see patients transferring from Renown Diabetes Center only if your insurance has changed and no longer pays for visits at Renown.
I do not practice primary care.
If you wish to see an endocrinologist with full-time staff I suggest the following:
I have full time staff at the Renown Diabetes Center.
Dr Caude Lardinois sees people with diabetes at the Renown Diabetes Center 775-982-5073. He see non-diabetes endocrinology patients down the hallway at 775-982-6130.
I'm not sure if Dr James Atcheson is seeing new patient consults at this time. You can call his office at 775-982-6130 and find out.
Dr Lisa Abbott is accepting referrals for endocrine consults. 775-786-6770.
Dr Robert Fredericks has relocated his practice to the Whittemore-Peterson Institute at the University of Nevada Medical School campus. His nurse practitioner Pat McDonald is there as well. 775-682-8250.
Dr Evan Klass and Dr Stan Shane see patients at the University of Nevada Department of Internal Medicine clinic. Phone 775-784-7500.
There are also endocrinologists in practice in Carson City:
Quang Nguyen MD 775-883-9003 (formerly at University of Nevada)
Carol Cheney MD 775-883-9003
John Sutton, DO: 775-841-6333
