Dr. Richard Arthur Felkel, MD

Dr. Felkel is wonderful. He genuinely cares not only for my children, but also ensured my well-being after I had my baby girl. He is an excellent doctor, and has always been fantastic with my babies. I highly recommend him for anyone searching for a kind, caring, and knowledgeable pediatrician. We could not be happier.

Dr. Felkel has seen our kids about 19 years. He has a great bedside manner so our kids were comfortable going to see him. If you are new to the area I would recommend him or the other doctors in the practice.

We just met Dr. Felkel today for an appointment for my 6 month old son. I was impressed! He spent a great deal of time talking with me about my son, asked a lot of questions and was very knowledgeable. He gave me some great advice, took time examining my son and "together" we agreed on a plan for my child. We are dealing with "slow weight gain" I left his office feeling confident. I have 7 children and went to my old pediatrician for 15 years. When we discovered my son was a "slow gainer" I left my old pediatricians office in tears with a plan I was not in agreement with that wasn't thoroughly discussed. I decided that moment to change doctors. I wish I would have done it sooner. Dr. Felkel will be a great fit for our family, he is kind, listens and is honest and knowledgeable. His staff was extremely friendly. I highly recommend this practice. If you are reading this because you aren't happy with your child's current doctor....don't make the mistake I did by waiting. Switch now… you will be so much happier!

While pregnant with my now 5-year-old I did what most expectant Moms are “supposed to do” interview pediatricians. Looking back, it seems a little funny that here I am, someone with no medical training or background out interviewing doctors! What it came down to is who I felt I clicked with and which doctor I felt I could entrust in their opinion. Looking back Dr. Felkel was the BEST decision I could have made for my child and my family. My first hasn’t been an easy one, born with a congenital heart defect, heart surgery at 5 days old, developmental delays, sensory issues and ADHD. Dr. Felkel has “held” my hand every step of the way and vey patiently answered my millions of questions along the way. My husband and I and our two children are about to move out of state, back home to family. One of the hardest things I’m struggling with is will we find another Dr. Felkel in our new location? I’m not sure the answer to this right now, the only thing I’m certain of is this next doctor has… some large shoes to fill. Thank you so much to Dr. Felkel and his staff for taking such good care of our two boys!

Dr. Felkel is more than just a doctor to our family. Heâ??s a friend and partner in raising our children. We first met Dr. Felkel on a Sat morning for a â??get to know youâ?? appointment when we were pregnant with our first. We fell in love immediately with him. His charm, his genuine care for us, his humor, his laid back but knowledgeable demeanorâ?¦.we just loved him from the start. He set us at ease, as he has done countless times since that day, and we are forever grateful to him. He gave us confidence as parents that we really needed. He still does. Dr. Felkel goes above and beyond. He once was unable to see our daughter, so we had to see a different doctor in the office, also great, but not like our Dr. Felkel. He called the next day just to check on us and our sweet Hannah. One time, our son just had a little cold and we had called in to make sure we didnâ??t need to do anything. He came into the office on a Saturday he wasnâ??t workingâ?¦on a holiday weekendâ?¦.just… to see our little guy and make sure he was ok. He let us in the backdoor of the otherwise closed office and treated us like family. He couldnâ??t find the stickers the kiddos normally get after an appointment, so he gave him a little toy car from his personal office instead. Our son is leery of pretty much everybody but Dr. Felkel always makes him feel comfortable. Our kids love going to the doctor because of him. We respect him as a physician and adore him as a man. We have recently moved out of state and can no longer see Dr. Felkel, and we are truly devastated. There is something about Dr. Felkel that is extremely rare and I canâ??t imagine we will ever find another pediatrician with the knowledge he has of medicine or the love he has for our family. We seriously (and I mean this) considered changing jobs and everything about our lives just to stay near his office so our kids could continue to see him. We were more sad to leave him than we were our friends and family in St. Louis. I cannot say enough wonderful things about Dr. Felkel. I trust him with my childrenâ??s lives and health without any reservation. I hope he still lets me call in when Iâ??m worried about our kids even though we arenâ??t really patients anymore :D He never once made me feel silly for calling (even though we all know I probably called overly much about super minor things). He always treated us with kindness and patience. And letâ??s addâ?¦.I donâ??t think we were EVER taken back late for our appointments. He never rushed us through an appointment, always being thorough, and yet still always managed to see us on time. Heâ??s an incredible man and doctor. I would recommend him to EVERY family I know (and I have). If I could give this guy a billion on a scale of 1-10 I would. Seriouslyâ?¦.heâ??s that great.

I love the whole group of doctors. My kids love Dr. Felkel's magic tricks and enjoy their visits. I am completely comfortable with Dr. Felkel and trust him implicitly.

We love West Side Pediatrics. Dr. Felkel is the best. We trust our childrens lives to him without reservation.

I have 4 children that utilize dr. Felkel as their doctor. They like to call him "dr. Rick". I worked as a pharmaceutical rep for 20 years in the st. Louis area, having multiple discussions a day with doctors regarding patient care. I found dr. Felkel to be extremely knowledgable regarding various disease states. Most importantly he always had his patients as the number 1 focus in our discussions. This is why i choose him, to care for my children. Additionally i have found his staff and partner, to be excellent.

Wonderful Doctor

We moved from Texas last month, which was difficult being 8 months pregnant. We had a visit with our oldest son and we were very impressed with the professionalism of Dr. Felkel and his staff. We decided then that he would be our pediatrician. We have since had our 3rd son and could not be happier with the office. Being in the medical field myself I was very impressed with Dr. Felkel's clinical knowledge. I have had many interactions with physicians in the past and now have found someone with the skills my family deserves. One of the things we liked was how comfortable he made my boys during our visit. Dr. Felkel was training another doctor during our visit and he explained a finding on my son not only to the doctor but spoke directly to us, in a clear and precise manner. We love Dr. Felkel. We wont ever go anywhere else.