Family Physicians-Cedar Rapids

"Doctor Goedken and Jennifer have been my primary physicians for years. I feel they both listen to me and he has referred me to specialist when needed."

"I've been seen by Dr. Goedken and/or Jennifer for the past 15 years. I've always felt listened to and heard, no matter what I've been seen for. Both are very assertive, have always answered my questions, made out-of-office referrals if needed, and always want what's best for my overall health."

"I have been fortunate enough to have Jennifer and Dr. Goedken as my primary health care team for about a decade and a half now. I have found them to be very thorough and quite professional. I feel fortunate to have such high quality health care readily available to me."

"I would not recommend someone here. Jennifer is great, Dr. Geodken made me the most uncomfortable I’ve ever been in front of a doctor. A few years ago I was referred to their office when my childhood doctor retired. I’ve had severe asthma since I was 5 and I also suffer from severe allergies, all year round. With that, I typically need to see a doctor more often than people usually do, 2-4 times a year depending. I started to become very sick a handful of years ago after I started going here and it really tanked my physical and mental health. It lasted for over a year. During that time I asked Dr Geodken appointment after appointment to refer me to some kind of specialist, like an allergist or someone. For over a year he refused, and just kept trying to switch my antihistamines around and put me on more steroids. I was consistently getting worse and he kept refusing other methods. This frustration came to a head when I had my physical scheduled with Jennifer (I’m a female and felt more comfortable with her) but when I arrived Jennifer was out of the office for the day, so Geodken took over my appointment. He treated it as a regular checkup until he brought up that I was scheduled for a physical. I had already talked to the front desk when I arrived and we agreed to reschedule my physical, but Geodken offered to still perform it. I politely told him no. He pressed again, saying and I quote “I’ve delivered countless babies and done a lot of female physicals, it’ll be fine”. I had to tell him no two more times and I became insanely uncomfortable to the point where I wanted to be out of any space where he was. That was my last appointment. I’ve since been to a new doctor that immediately referred me to a specialist (an ENT surgeon at PCI) and they found out that I needed surgery immediately in my sinuses, and everything was taken care of. My allergies are the best they’ve ever been. If you took the time to read this far, again I would never recommend someone here. In my experience Dr Geodken does NOT listen, and he made me feel incredibly physically uncomfortable."

"Dr Goedken is very friendly and down to earth. He knows his stuff but doesn’t try to make you do things you don’t need."