Dr. Benjamin Dehner, MD

Took wonderful care of me and my family. A great experience during a stressful time.

Dr. Dehner is top notch. My husband suffered acute renal failure due to an unknown tumor during a serious case of Covid. Dr. Dehner gathered all essential data to determine approach. Surgery to remove tumor completed, prognosis outstanding. Dr. Dehner called to review the post operative surgery details and the good news. Sincere. Kind. Proficient. Highly skilled. A gem in the medical field. He’s a doctor who makes you feel safe. He answers all questions with respect and truly is a master of his craft. We feel so blessed to have had such amazing care at St. Thomas. The entire staff he is supported by is a testament of his character and skills as the chief urologist. Thank you!

My 92 year old father is the patient, but I was with him when he first met Dr. Dehner at the hospital and later during the procedure. I was impressed with Dr. Dehner's bedside manners and professionalism displayed at the first doctor's visit in the hospital. He clearly explained the procedure and what to expect. Later his office contacted my parents to schedule the procedure and instruct them on things needed prior to the procedure. The office also called their pharmacy to get the necessary medications needed prior to the procedure. The day of the office procedure went well, my father was called back before I had completed the paperwork. Prior to starting the procedure Dr. Dehner clearly explained what to expect the next couple of weeks following the procedure and what to look for within the next 24 hours. The procedure took very little time and my father was on his way home in no time. All office staff was kind and professional. I could not ask for better care for my father.

Dr Dehner is an okay doctor, my initial contact with him was through a hospital visit. My first impression in the hospital was a little higher than after two procedures and an office visit. The nurse at the Surgery Center was more helpful about telling what was going to happen than he was. Beware that the practice he is in uses an outside company to complete FMLA papers and the charge is $30.00. And they won't complete them until payment is received. They also used a lab that was out-of-network so I had to pay costs that I shouldn't have had to pay. I was told I would need to pay my part of the surgery up front. The amount I was charged was way over what my insurance said I owed. When I called the office about seeing about getting back what I over paid I was told it would take 30 days before I received my refund. I realize that the billing (office/practice) side of things is different than the quality of care you receive from a doctor, but you have to wonder about a doctor that… is part of a practice that operates this way. It just kind of tarnishes the whole experience.

Dr Dehner performed laser surgery on my prostate, made a terrible mistake, and seriously damaged my bladder. Even worse, he deliberately failed to advise me of his failure, leaving me totally incontinent for what is for more than a year. Iâ??m now faced with a multi-step procedure at Vanderbilt Urology to install an artificial bladder sphincter with an actuator placed in the scrotum. Dr. Dehner offered NO solution. Just more physical therapy, which could not possibly repair a sphincter.

I needed a Doctor to repair a workman's comp surgery done elsewhere 7 years earlier which slowly got worse. Very relaxed and friendly in the office visits. Helpful in answering concerns. Wanted to make sure I was happy with the result.