Scheduling with Karen is terrible! She claimed that she would give my husband a callback to get him…read morescheduled in however he had to call her back to even get the process started because she forgot. How many people did you schedule in before my husband called you back Karen?? Since he did wait for you call back till 4:30PM. Not only that but then she canceled the day of, two hours prior to the appointment claiming the doctor had to be in surgery... We scheduled two weeks ago ‍ Find someone else, honestly. If you're having pains or need to see a urologist as soon as possible, don't hold your breath on this location. UNPROFESSIONAL Ms. Karen.

Walking in first off your greeted by front desk receptionist that are rude! Also if your coming in…read morefor a 1pm appt, beware that's exactly after lunch and even though it's after 1 the girls inside will not open the door until they are ready, meanwhile when you want to leave a pee sample for them you better be ready to hold it for additional time. Also if you call them over the phone the attitudes are unbelievable! This isn't just the first time, EVERYTIME! Sedlak is ok, he cannot find any relief for my wife or a solution that can help IC or help us to find another Dr that specializes in IC. Kinda feels likes he's just guessing at it and throwing medication at us that doesn't help... He never really says much and for a specialist you would think he cares and help with research on who can help if he can't. All in all we will be looking for another Dr. (this will be our third time) As for this review, the front desk is by far the worst I've seen and Dr. Sedlak, don't expect a miracle but he is good just beware of front desk!!!! Cannot express that enough (Review is based of front desk)

...great doctor,,,easy to contact,,,first rate reception team,,,if you leave a message- the doctor…read morewill actually call you back- unheard of in this era.

Doctor is patronizing and rude. will not help you if he doesn't agree with your request. Makes…read moreyou feel like your needs are invalid.

Front office is rude. New Braunfels location made an appointment for me at this location on a day…read morewhere the DR isn't even working. I drove 45 min to be on time, and they proceeded to laugh in my face for their mistake. Didn't bother apologizing. Literally has no response when I asked her this is what customer service is? Laughing in someone's face? She just shrugged her shoulders. Come here if you want to get treated like scum.

Dr Tsai was great!!! Patient, friendly, professional and matter of fact. Texas Urology call center…read morewas absolutely terrible. Dr ordered followup for 1-2 weeks after surgery. I called and was given a date almost 5 weeks out. I told the lady the Dr's written order was for 1-2 weeks. She was clearly agitated and told me that someone would call me back within 48 hrs. I asked for Dr. Tsai's office number and she no, I was not allowed to have that. Of course I received no call back., so I called again, explained it all to another lady and she promised that I would hear something later that day or the next. Again no return call and still no follow-up into week 2 post op. Obviously the call center folks don't care what the Doctor orders nor about the welfare of the patient.

Urology Austin has eighteen locations throughout metropolitan Austin and nearby cities for over…read morenearly twenty years ago!!! Their exceptional care and ongoing support for their new and existing patients has had given their patients solutions towards living a better and a healthier lifestyle!!! Jerry Stefek

Avoid this charlatan. At the age of 70, I consulted him because I was having to pee every fifteen…read moreminutes. After a year of talks and tests, he persuaded me to have my prostate surgically removed. A year and a half after the surgery, my frequent-urination problem had not improved. His only advice was to have patience; sometimes bladders took a "long time" to "settle down" after a surgery. I consulted my family-practice physician. He figured out that the frequent-urination problem was not caused by something with my bladder or prostate. It was caused by high blood-sugar (diabetes). After I changed my diet and started taking diabetic medicine, my urination problem went away. How is it possible that after years of medical school, and more years of being a practical urologist, Dr. Ruff was unable to imagine an alternative explanation for an old man's frequent-urination problem other than that it was caused by a malfunctioning bladder/prostate? I can only think of two possible explanations. Either he is deeply stupid, or does not care about the welfare of his patients. My advice: stay away from him.

Dr. Ruff is very professional and trustworthy. Would highly recommend him if you have to go to an…read moreUrologist

I was a new patient of Dr. Aleman and have only *attempted* working with her and her office since…read morethe last couple of months. It ended today in flames and Exceedingly Unprofessionally. I came to her to get a much needed surgery. We agreed on a date (June 21) but she didn't tell me next steps. I waited a week to hear back and had to call them myself to get an answer. I was told I was "tentatively" on the surgery schedule but they were needing confirmation from the hospital and they would give me a call about it when they knew. I never got a call, had to call Again Myself and was told the same thing, that it was "tentative" and someone would be calling me about it from her office. I had to call them Again and at this point all the RED FLAGS are definitely UP It's a week out and I was told the hospital would be calling me THE DAY BEFORE to confirm everything. I said well that's crazy because no one has even freaking CONFIRMED this for me not to mention I have NO COST ESTIMATE. So I said well at this point can you please tell me what dates you have in August (because Dr. Aleman would be out all of July). I said please hold that June date for me until I figure out when your next availability is. Then the icing on the cake this morning I FINALLY get a call back from them telling me Dr. Aleman is on the other end to speak to me herself. I was relieved thinking we would finally get this all cleared up! Dr. Aleman answers and IMMEDIATELY starts REAMING me OUT (before even letting me get a word in edgewise) saying "IT'S PATIENTS LIKE YOU THAT MAKE ME WANT TO START CHARGING EVERY TIME YOU CANCEL A SURGERY DATE! I HAVE MOVED PATIENTS AND MY SCHEDULE AROUND JUST FOR YOU AND NOW YOU WANT TO CANCEL." I was literally floored/stunned. Never in my long history of working with doctors offices and scheduling (MANY) surgeries have I had SO UNprofessional of an interaction with not just a doctor's staff but the doctor HERSELF/HIMSELF! I literally started crying right there on the phone (because I have been in SO much pain and needing this surgery for years actually now). I told her I didn't appreciate her attitude and tried explaining my situation. I wasn't even trying to CANCEL this last minute I simply wanted to reschedule until I could freaking get some more communication about it!!! Her office acted like no patient ever asks for these things! Dr. Aleman blamed it on her having a "small practice" with no billing department, etc. And she suggested I try to work with another office. Well you better believe I COMPLETELY agreed with her!!! I recommend staying FAR away from this office especially if you intend to have a surgery with Dr. Aleman. You can have the smallest office in the world but it doesn't mean you can't maintain professionalism and kindness ALWAYS.

My adult daughter had surgery to have a urethral stent inserted because of a kidney/bladder stone…read moreand an awful infection. She was discharged without the proper antibiotic because the lab apparently still did not get the results of the culture? Needless to say, she ended up back in the ER with bleeding and pain upon urinating. She was given another antibiotic, still consistently in pain. The stent came out on its own which was terrifying to her. She tried several times to reach the doctor but was always sent to voicemail. Finally, when she reached the staff , they reprimanded her, and said they sent multiple voicemails. She asked to speak to the Dr. directly who came to realize they were sending the voicemails to the wrong patient! She did not instruct her about not using tampons with the stent in place.

I had to bring my teenaged daughter after some complications from anesthesia (not performed by Dr…read moreShaw). The staff put us at ease from our first contact. The surroundings were calming. Heather, Dr Shaw, and our nurse (can't believe I can't remember her name) made sure my daughter understood what was happening and what to do. She was able to sleep after that visit. I've been to other urology practices in other cities and this one is by far the best I've experienced.

TO DR. SHAW, TO YOUR INVESTORS, OTHER OWNERS, AND TO YOUR POTENTIAL PATIENTS…read more You all are using bad business practices. I UNDERSTAND THE SURGERIES GO WRONG. BUT IT WAS MORE THAN THAT. Training moment for you all, please read. Hopefully other people can avoid this scenario. Do not use this urologist, go anywhere but here. Nothing but problems. 1. Dr. Shaw gave me a vasectomy and several days later I had a giant lump on the right side. Went back several times over the next few months to see him and only saw his associates who gave me round of antibiotics, three rounds in a row before addressing any of the problems. I would request to see him on the phone they would say yes it's with him and it would just be another person who's never seen me before. The last visit I had was with a woman who actually shot me straight and said this is not normal and did not want to give me a fourth round of antibiotics. 2. After these multiple visits request requesting him but getting a nurse or associate I Literally had to stand in the office and demand to see him, they pulled me aside because I was being a squeaky wheel demanding to see the surgeon who bought my operation. Hence, I finally got to see Dr. Shaw directly after months and months of pain and suffering . 3. He told me that he no longer uses the technique that he used on me for this very reason, he could fix it, but it's a surgery and he has to put me under and my insurance would not cover it. He also agreed he would not bill me for that appointment. He looked in my eyes, shook my hand and told me he would not bill me. 4. Months and months later I get a bill for that visit from Dr. Shaw's office. Today I called and when I questioned it, they said they would take the co-pay off and I asked if I should call my insurance agency so they can take the entire visit off as discussed. The associate at Dr. Shaw's office hung up on me. They are trying to cover their tracks on a false bill in over billing situation She then handed me over to the practice manager. Large lump is still here and I've seen another urologist to see about taking care of it. I do not recommend using Dr. Shaw because of his inability to see a patient directly after a surgery when something went wrong. I had to stand my ground and demand to see him before he would. Then he made false promises and build me in my insurance anyway. If I personally would rate him as a surgeon, I would say one star because he botched mine, but I'm sure some things go wrong. The true one star situation here is a lack of ability to address the problem, when he did address the problem he made false promises, The manager said she would call me back in three days. I'll have another post on this in three days to see if this was taken care of. I'm also contacting my insurance agency to report an over billing statement. Dr. Shaw, hello from Travis hope you see this and I'm sure you remember me. Again, the one star is not because you botched my surgery. It's because of lack of the ability to own up to it, are you going through three rounds of antibiotics for something? That's not an infection, me having to stand in front of your office and demand to see you before I could see you again, and then making false promises to me afterwards. You looked me directly into my eyes and shook my hand and made me false promises. This is on you, Dr. Shaw. I'm sure you're a good surgeon and this is not the standards of your operation. I hope this is a training moment to make your process better.

Follow-up for problems related to a rushed appointment was poor and didn't meet expectations…read more This practice used to be much better in all aspects of medical care.

When your doctor is out of the office they ignore you, no one calls to tell you your doctor is not…read morein the office and the doctor doesn't call you when they come back.