Austin Pulmonary Consultants

I have been calling for 5 weeks now for an appointment, once a week, and have not received a call back. What kind of people work there??? I am not going to call again. I’ll find another doctor.

May you never need a pulmonologist, but if one day you need one or someone you love does, then I firmly believe that there isn’t one better than Dr. Sean Gilbey at Austin Pulmonary Consultants. I have been sick on and off with various lung infections since 1998. I saw a pulmonologist at the Beth Israel Medical center in Boston for a year before I moved here after I coughed up blood. They diagnosed me with bronchiectasis, but never looked for an underlying cause. I was stuck in a never-​ending cycle of getting really sick, getting put on antibiotics, feeling better for a short time and then getting sick all over again.
And to make a ridiculously long, painful and frustrating medical story short, it wasn’t until I came to Austin and got very sick that I saw Dr. Gilbey and they found the root cause of my medical problems. I was diagnosed with an atypical Cystic Fibrosis, something that is pretty rare. If he had not so tirelessly looked for answers, then we never would’ve figured it out. When I saw him, I was down to 88lbs and getting seriously ill every 3 – 4 months. I was losing weight, missing work, exhausted, out of breath and in general frustrated. He did every test he could and didn’t stop until he had the answer. And now that he has it, his treatment has been proactive and consistent. He is excellent about explaining things to me like I am a human being and for the first time in ten years, I am finally feeling much better.
In addition, in at least one instance for me in dealing with insurance and hospital policy hell, he went above and beyond what is expected of a doctor. I have seen a lot of doctors over the years and there isn’t one I’ve trusted as much as doctor Gilbey.