Kent E Kunze, MD

I have had nothing but troue with this office and staff. they dont answer the phones for questions or appointments and dr kunze oes nkt return phone calls in a timely manner. he is a pill pusher for sure and doesn't listen to patients or parents. his office staff is lazy not over worked ! diane palmer is no better only choosing to work with who she percieves as easy ! the only qualified staff member in the whole building is judy reinhardt. if u cant see her dont even bother going. you will have better luck having a good conversation with dr kunze on the bicycling than on your childs health and is more accessible on the bike trails lr roads od des moines than in his office. if I could give a -10 review for this practice I would

Dr. Kunze is skilled, unflappable, and concerned with his patients, and listens to the parents as well, all within the unfortunate construct of the 15 minute billable unit, which is beyond his control. In those 15 minutes, he is expected to diagnose, evaluate, prescibe, discuss, monitor, and review medications and other tx plans. He coordinates well with therapists when they are also involved, and is always pleasant adn positive, while clearly overloaded and overscheduled, as are all child psychiatrists in IA, given the extreme shortage of psychiatrists.

Dr. Kunze is rude and complains if my son doesn't come into his office with me at the beginning of the visit. My son is 10 and I don't want him in there in the beginning while I'm discussing his behavior. Is it depression, anxiety, ADHD? He should respect parents concerns and feelings of discussing medication and behavior issues in front of the children. His communication with parents and children is poor.

Dr. Kunze. Or should I just say quack Qunze. He is not only a fraud and pill pusher but he loves to create bi polar disorder in children so he can come back and say it has it and pump adult strength drugs into them. He also likes to make diagonsises over the phone. He nearly ruined my now teenage cousin by making him violent. Now away from the quack and off the medicine all the symptoms are gone and he is normal. He needs to be sued for malpractice as i know he has done this to other poor innocent children. Stay away from him. He'll hurt your kids and cause permanent problems

wow -- what an arrogant doctor-- he DOESN'T LISTEN to patient. Time to look elsewhere -

It's all about the meds and being stuck on them forever. Psychiatrists don't seem to do any 'talk therapy' anymore? IMO, IF they are all that way now, I believe anyone seeing a psychiatrist should also see a psychologist or qualified counselor.

My only real complaint would be that he needs to spend more time with patients. It's true he mostly manages medications, but would he couple that with a few minutes visiting with patients, I'm certain he would learn more and his patients would feel listened to even more.

After waiting weeks to get a 15 minute consultation with Dr. Kunze, he finally met with us regarding recommendations for treating behavior issues with our ADD child. Although it was a 15 minute appointment, he only had 5 minutes for us. Without any care or questions about our child or our opinion, he began to spew the list of medications he'd like to start our child on immediately. We felt like he viewed our child as an experiment, not a patient. When we mentioned we were only looking for a consultation and would also get a second opinion, seeking advise from our long-standing family physician, he got angry and told us that his view should not be questioned.When we tried to schedule a second opinion with another psychiatrist in the office, the staff became unhelpful and rude.

Excellent doctor, but very overbooked. Extremely hard to get an appointment.