Beckman Randall DPM, FACFAS

Dr Beckman was my second opinion doctor. Best thing that happened is that I was referred to him. He is upbeat, fun, and overall, great to have as a doctor. He put me at ease with my upcoming surgery and was phenomenal. Thank you doctor!

I went in about a year ago for an aggravating ankle injury that another podiatrist failed to help with. Dr. Beckman proceeds to first tell me that it would be useless to do an MRI because then all we would do is know what the problem is. Huh? So he proceeds to highly recommend expensive orthotic insoles, which of course I’m sold on because he says there’s no way I should run (I run ~20mi/​wk) without them. After receiving them, I ran in them and on about the third run, my opposite heel from my ankle injury started hurting me. Well, here it is over a year later and my heel is still injured. Haven’t run in the insoles since. $ 500 wasted down the drain, thank you very much.
Now what do I do? Another Dr. will just tell me to not run, walk or do anything but ice it.
So far in Houston I’m 0 – 2 with podiatrists… think I’ll wait till I move from this God-​forsaken city till I get looked at again.

I found Dr. Beckman here on Unilocal and noticed he had some high ratings, so I figured I’d try him out. What I didn’t pay attention to was that his positive ratings/​reviews are SUPER old. I went to the Katy Frwy location and will never go back to see him again.
I went because I noticed my foot was starting to form dry calluses, I thought it was probably be because of my increased running activity so I wanted to get advice on how to stop it and prevent future occurrences.
I arrived at 11am appointment, the reception greeted me and after about 10 minutes sent back to the patient room. I sat there for another HOUR waiting on the doctor and shockingly he walked in, looked at my foot for 1 minute and said «oh you have a mild case of athlete’s foot». I have to say I was a bit relieved and pissed at the same time. I sat there for an hour and 15min for you to give me 1min of your time!!!
Next he said «I will prescribe you a cream, it should arrive by mail». Luckily while I was sitting there for the hour of wasted time, i had time to go through and read all of the Unilocal reviews and saw that his «mail order prescriptions were a scam» so I politely declined. Instead we wrote me out a prescription but thankfully I have a good pharmacy because they called me to tell me the prescription he gave was for $ 356! Who pays $ 300 for some foot cream when you can go to a local store and get some Gold Bond or Lotrimin for $ 15 – 20. Outrageous
Visit Dr. Beckman at your own risk.

Dr. Beckman did bunion surgery on my foot and it was amazingly easy. Several years ago I did the left foot with a different doctor and was non weight baring for over 12 weeks. With Dr. Beckman I walked out of the recovery room to the restroom and to the wheel chair to be released. I wore regular shoes in one week and had little to no pain. Amazing is all I can say, he said who’s the Superman and I agree. If you’re scared to do it, don’t be I went to him because of the reviews and it was the best decision I could make. :)

Not too happy with Dr. Beckman follow-​up procedure. Went to him for pain in foot,; got a cortisone shot & said I needed insert for shoes. He said they would call my insurance to see if the inserts are covered & then would call me and let me know. My appt. was on a Tues. By Fri. afternoon I had not heard from the Dr.‘s office so I called. They said Miss Frances was in the process then of verifying my ins. Now it is Tues.(1 week later) and I called an hour ago. After being transferred 2 times the girl said Frances was not in this location today and has not verified with my ins. yet. and she should have it verified sometime this week. I asked her if Frances was the only one in the office who could verify it and her response was yes. One other thing that I did not like was Dr.‘s Beckman’s wise cracks given to me and my mother. Do not recommend this doctor or his staff.

I came to Dr. Beckman with pain in my foot. He found some swelling, but no apparent reason for the pain. So he prescribed an anti-​inflammatory cream. When he said «I’ll have them mail it to you» I should have realized something was wrong. There are many pharmacies in Houston, and I didn’t have any exotic problem. Why mail it to me?
Something was wrong, all right. The cream cost $ 500. Most of that would be billed to my insurance; someone called for my credit card number for the $ 40 co-​pay.
A good anti-​inflammatory crème costs about $ 20, and can be bought easily at any pharmacy or online.
He may be a competent doctor; I didn’t get to find out. But beware if he offers to have a cream mailed to you. Tell him you’ll just pick it up at the pharmacy.

First time visit, filled out paperwork in 3 to 5 minutes, sat down for 5 minutes, got called in. Waited to get xrays onsite another 3 minutes probably, xrays took probably another 4 – 5 minutes, sat down again and waited for doctor…4−5 minutes? Came in and had already reviewed the xrays and knew my foot was broken. Shockingly quick, easy to talk to, I will follow up with more reviews during the healing process. This was at the 1140 business center drive location.

Dr Beckman is simply awesome.
— Dr. Beckman is a marathoner and triathlete, so he knew exactly what I was going through with my foot pain from marathon training. In fact, his numerous finisher medals hang in the waiting area!
— He spent 45 minutes with me going over the anatomy of the foot, my x-​rays, different treatments, and ways to modify my training. He even watched me walk up and down the hallway.
— His treatment was very conservative, which I appreciated. With only four weeks to race day, he gave several ways to treat/​live with my bone spurs so I could make it to and through race day.
–He didn’t try to push any fancy orthotics or other devices on me. Awesome.
— Staff was very friendly and helpful, even when I accidentally showed up at 10 a.m. for my 3:30 p.m. appointment.
— If you’re a runner having foot issues, make sure you take your shoes — he could tell a lot about my gait just from looking at the soles of my trainers.
I only wish every one of my doctors was as caring and thorough as Dr Beckman! I will definitely be back to see him. Don’t hesitate to make an appointment if you have any kind of foot pain — you will be glad you did.

Dr. Beckman (and Dr. Biel) are awesome! I am a doctor nearby, and their office runs incredibly smoothly. I had to be rescheduled 1 day after my appointment (due to medical illness of the doctor) but they called me promptly and got my right in. You might have thought this would have caused a long wait at the new appointment, but I had barely sat down in the waiting room when I was called. Dr. Beckman was extremely personable and helpful, giving me a diagnosis and treatment. He is a talented athlete himself, and was particularly understanding of my desire to get back to running ASAP! I will recommend this practice to my patients and friends.

I saw Dr. Beckman, of Spring Branch Podiatry, for the first time recently and was quite favorably impressed with him. Besides being knowledgeable and confident, he was personable, warm, and even showed a sense of humor. (Many doctors lack that, in my experience!) He was able to diagnose my foot problem, explain the diagnosis to me, give me a cortisone shot, give me a treatment plan to follow until I see him again in three weeks, and answer all my questions – and although he did NOT rush me at all, he did everything so efficiently that we were finished quickly. I left his office feeling like I understood what was wrong and what I should do for it between appointments. I recommend Dr. Beckman highly.

I highly recommend Dr. Beckman. Besides being an excellent surgeon, he is genuinely concerned about your well being. Got me in for surgery the very next day, takes the time to explain everything to you. I had a very complex fracture of my ankle but expected to recover to 100%.