Farah Akhtar, MD

4.7 out of 5 stars

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Farah Akhtar, MD

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Specialty:
Pulmonary Medicine
Sleep Medicine
Board Certification:
American Board of Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Disease
Sleep Medicine
Education/Training

Medical School
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center , 2008

Residency
Baylor College of Medicine, 2011

Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine, 2013

Fellowship
Stanford University Medical Center, 2014

Dr. Farah Akhtar is an assistant professor at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

As her clinics grow and develop, Dr. Akhtar aims to establish an outpatient pulmonary and sleep resource for the community.

51 Patient Review(s) / 123 Surveys

07/18/20
A good experience
07/18/20
A good experience
07/16/20
Dr. Akhtar is amazing. She is very kind, a great listener, and obviously quite brilliant. I feel confident in her ability to care for me.
07/11/20
Very personable and professional. Extremely well prepared and most helpful.
06/30/20
Was very happy & satisfied with care & instruction from this PHYSICIAN during this virtual visit.
06/11/20
I have always received excellent care from this doctor and the office staff. Today was no exception.
06/04/20
The visit seemed brief in nature. although I was feeling in good health this was a new doctor and I was not sure of everything we needed to go over.
05/28/20
The Dr. was prompt, and very polite. she answered all my questions.
05/20/20
They don't give the time and the comfort I needed for my doctor.
05/12/20
Liked this very much. Spent same amount of time w/Dr Akhtar as I would have in personal visit and received advice I would have expected in that visit. Phoning the appointment saved 2 hrs of my time; saved parking/gas expenses; was less stressful; felt safer re: virus. Got what I needed.
05/10/20
Still believe an in office is better but understand for now this will have to do.
05/04/20
great.
04/25/20
Dr. Akhtar impresses as being thoroughly dedicated to addressing my medical condition. She is excellent. UT is lucky to have her. I am so glad she is my doctor.
04/18/20
The doctor seemed interested and had already pulled my records from past years.
03/27/20
*Dr. Akhtar was very patient with my questions & answered them all, so that I understood what I needed to do & why.
03/26/20
It was a warm and wonderful experience.
03/17/20
The only bad experience I had was when the employees acting like I would make them sick by coughing.
03/17/20
Overall good.
03/17/20
No good or bad at this time.
03/11/20
Appointments were full and it took a while to get in.
03/11/20
No delay. I arrived early and was even seen early!
03/11/20
Very good experience from making an appointment to seeing the doctor and then checking out always smiling helpful giving that information a pleasure to go there.
03/04/20
She was very prompt. I was seen right on schedule. I did not have to wait forever in the room. She did spend time with me. I truly appreciate her.
02/20/20
Experience went well.
02/20/20
Very good.
02/12/20
Before I left clinic the nurse had already had me scheduled for my next appointment.
01/30/20
*Dr. Swade and her assistant are the best!
01/30/20
Great attention to details. Gave professional advice - pros. & cons. Great explanation of relevance.
01/30/20
No real significant delays.
01/18/20
Scheduling an appointment was very easy due to staff's efficiency and courtesy.
01/18/20
I was very impressed with Dr. Akhtar's knowledge of my personal health history and her efficiency in examining and prescribing medication for my condition. She was pleasant, and thorough, extremely competent and professional.
01/18/20
Very good experience from start to finish. I can think of nothing that could have been improved upon.
01/18/20
Experience was as good as it could possibly be.
01/18/20
There were no delays and I saw Dr. Akhtar at the appointed time. Very happy to be seen immediately.
01/17/20
Very good.
01/17/20
Good experience
01/17/20
Good.
01/17/20
Good experience.
01/13/20
I saw two: I think a Nurse Practitioner and the Dr. I didn't like seeing a Nurse Practitioner - they were very efficient but I wish to see a Dr. directly.
01/11/20
We are always happy with our doctors at UT.
12/03/19
15 minutes with an intern. 3 minutes with Dr.
11/23/19
The Dr. took the time to answer all my questions and I had quite a few.
11/18/19
Very professional and thorough.
11/15/19
Care provider displayed in depth knowledge of my [...]. She proceeded to schedule a sleep study with relevant department.
11/15/19
Initially I was very disappointed at the recommendation to see a pulmonologist. Dr. Akhtar has been outstanding from the outset, in every way.
11/11/19
When she is working for a facility that actually cares about customer service, I will recommend her. But until then forget it. Your office people are [...]
11/08/19
This was my [...] appointment with the doctor seen for my [...] [...] and was impressed and pleased. Her professionalism, knowledge and rapport added to my gaining more knowledge about the condition. My concerns about which mask to use was totally left for my decision per her encouragement. As long as it did the job. I liked that she allowed me to talk and I wasn't rushed. My experience will encourage timely future visits and recommendations.
09/24/19
I had to call several times before I could stay on hold long enough to speak with someone. I had a very hard time actually finding the clinic, despite being somewhat familiar with the building. The pulmonary center is not on the directory so I could not find it. The messages I received gave me the street number but not the suite. There was no one at the 2nd floor information desk to ask which suite it might be (later there was an attendant). When I explained this to the pulmonary office staff the men were RUDE! First, they contradicted me, telling me I hadn't looked on the directory under "p" for pulmonary. They gave me 4 different similar reasons this was my fault. After I left the clinic, I rechecked the directory kiosk to make sure I was mistaken. I felt very disrespected by the first people I met at the clinic.
09/24/19
Medical staff was good. Office staff needs to be more courteous.
09/17/19
The doctor seemed very rushed this visit.
09/10/19
Was to fast for a [...] time visit. Was a lot disappointed.
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