Rachel Shepherd

Rachel Shepherd, MD

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Languages Spoken By This Provider:

English

Accepts New Patients

Telehealth Appointments Available

River Place OB GYN: Austin Office

6611 Riverplace Blvd
Suite 202
Austin, TX 78730
Phone: (512) 473-8300 Fax: (844) 971-6110

River Place OB GYN: Pflugerville Office

18900 Limestone Commercial Dr
Suite 600
Pflugerville, TX 78660
Phone: (512) 375-3440 Fax: (933) 974-1976

Education

Residency: Brown University

Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center

Hospital Affiliations

St Davids North Austin

Dr. Shepherd is a native Texan who grew up in Lindale. She started her career as a teacher. She has a passion for helping others and taught in places from San Antonio to India. Dr. Shepherd decided to combine her love of teaching, interest in women’s health and passion for service into a career in medicine. She completed medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center and finished her residency at the Ivy League’s Brown University. Dr. Shepherd takes pride in educating patients about their condition, providing personalized care and forming meaningful relationships with her patients. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, hiking, running and spending time with her husband, also a teacher, and two children. She is excited to return home to Texas and to join the River Place OB/GYN team!

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Attention to detail, understanding patient’s concerns and genuine care

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Dr. Shepherd is very welcoming and makes you feel very at ease.

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Dr. Shepherd is very knowledgeable and does a great job relaying information in terms that we can understand. Bedside manners are very good. Highly recommend her and her team!

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Annual Exam

Friendly, caring, didn’t make me feel rushed

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Obstetrical Appointment (routine)

I feel that Dr. Shepherd is highly professional and answers all of the questions I have. Feels very genuine to go to her with any concerns or issues. I absolutely love Dr. Shepard and I feel that she's very highly experienced. I also feel very it is that she can answer any question I have and I feel confident with her delivering my baby

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It was quick and detailed

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This office is extremely friendly and helpful. Dr. Shepherd is a wonderful doctor. You can tell she cares very much for her patients. I am an older patient, and I never feel like I am "out to pasture." That is a wonderful trait to have as many older ladies don't feel as if they are valuable at our age. Not so at this practice. Dr. Shepherd is very prompt in sending out prescriptions or any other action on behalf of the patient.

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Patient care is excellent. Love Dr Shepherd. She is knowledgeable & spends time to meet the needs of her patients. Staff are pleasant & helpful

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Always love and respect Dr. Shepherd!

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Follow-up Visit (Problem / Complication)

I appreciated that this md at the facility took the time to listen and assess and discuss options and scheduled a follow up on the spot-unlike that other dr on site. This MD was way more informative and helpful and empathetic than the last guy I saw there. The visit with him in August-September made me not want to return, but this visit rectified that.

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Birth Control Consultation

Everyone was so kind and informative.

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Office Visit / Follow-up

Easy to make appointments online.

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Follow-up

Everyone there was nice Dr. Shepherd explained things in detail

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Annual Exam

Rachel is very nice and acknowledgeable of OBGYN topics, she answered all of my questions.

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Pelvic Pain

She took my situation very seriously and did a sonogram to check

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This was a follow up after 3 months on medication with no results (for fertility). I was told I would have to take an ultrasound--I asked why, and the front desk had no answer. We waited 45 minutes to be seen for a scheduled appointment. The nurse took us back and again I was told I'd have to do an ultrasound--I asked why, what we were looking to find, and again no answer. Doctor came in and confirmed it was unnecessary. Told us we will now need to go to a specialist. We could have been told this over the phone (interrupted a work day for this and my husband came with me). Not only that, we should have been told to make an appt in advance of starting treatment because now I have to wait MONTHS to see a fertility specialist and this office has not faxed my records to them in a timely fashion. I think Dr. Shepherd is great--one of the best Ive worked with--but this is a sensitive issue, so sitting around in a Dr. office is triggering, not getting info in advance is frustrating, and the unclear nature of the appt set me up for disappointment. Now I feel further behind on the process than ever and like the office is not supporting me.

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Dr Shepherd is very thorough and so nice.

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Dr. Shepherd is beyond amazing. She has so much expertise, is proactive, and is so friendly, she puts you at ease. I have driven quite a ways to ensure that she is my provider. I highly recommend her.

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Breast Exam

the doctor took her time to examine me and explained everything in a clear and calm manner

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Follow-up Visit (Problem / Complication)

Dr. Shepherd takes every one of my concerns seriously and gives the most thorough care! She never dismisses my over-the-top anxiety, which is hard to find in a dr sometimes. She’s the best!!

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Everyone was very professional

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