Tanya Lynn Halvorsen, MD, PhD

Very professional, 100%

We waited for over an hour after our appointment time to see the doctor. We arrived 5 minutes before our time to check in, after leaving school early to make it in time for the appointment. We were taken back to get vitals and basic intake with the nurse in an efficient manner. When the nurse left after about 5-10 minutes I asked if the doctor was running on time, just out of curiosity. She returned saying she was a little behind. 30 minutes later we hadn't heard from or seen anyone so I stuck my head out to ask the nurse for an update. She came back in our room and said the doctor would be about 8-10 more minutes. 30 more minutes later we still hadn't seen her. When we were getting to the point where I was starting to worry about the rest of our family's well being and evening programming, already knowing we were going to miss our next scheduled activity, and starting to stress, the doctor arrived. She apologized, but after over an hour of waiting and not planning for 2 hours worth of time for this very standard and basic check in appointment, both my daughter and I were on edge. The doctor asked questions, listened to us and gave thoughtful answers, but it felt very transactional. We needed to have labs drawn, but no longer had time to stay to have them done because we're going to need to go down to the outpatient lab and wait again. We could have done that in the hour we waited. We now need to find time for an additional appointment to do that. My daughter and I both left feeling like we don't need to go back to see her again. We discussed alternatives on the way home. This is our 4th endocrinologist in the same office, after our first retired and our second and third left the office. We just feel a disconnect after this experience. I'm sure she's a good fit for other people, and there was not a problem with her care, but after the whole experience we just left feeling like we'd like to meet someone new in a new office. Our previous appointment with her was also late, and I am thrilled that other people are getting thorough care, and also I have a teenage daughter who doesn't want to miss school. If we'd known she was running an hour late, we wouldn't have had to leave school early at all and would have had labs drawn during our wait time.

Dr. Halvorsen was very thorough, in both her intake and examination. Dr Halvorsen explained the functions of the thyroid and answered any questions we had.

Everyone is nice and helpful.

Best endocrine dr ever!!

Thankful for a doctor who listens

We are happy and satisfy with Dr Halvorsen as our doctor.

Thank you very much to all the doctors for everything you did and the help you provided me for my son. Thank you to all the team of Children's Hospital.

Everyone was so friendly and went out of their way to be helpful. Even with a computer update slowing them down, they did not get frustrated or impatient, and were very communicative.