MIchael Houston's Online Review Report Card

The best pulmonary doctor around. He is very straightforward with his patients. He cares about his patients. The office staff is friendly also.

The best pulmonary guy in town! Everyone there is certainly helpful and courteous. When you go there, make sure that you ask about the free coffee and donuts!

Dr Houston had treated my hubby for three years for IFP. He is straight up with his patients but seems to really care about each one. I appreciate his manner and trust his judgment completely.

Doctors may be good, but the office staff are terrible.

I've been seeing Dr. Houston since 2015. He and his office have literally kept me alive. He is the only pulmonologist Ì go to and I live in Perdido Key,FL. His office staff has always treated me with respect and professionalism. Dr. Houston is willing to try new therapies and offers informed suggestions or advise.

Dr and Nurse practitioners are good, billing and some office staff need work.

I AM FURIOUS!!! I have repeatedly attempted to get in touch with Dr. Houston concerning my mother's medication. No one answers the phone. I have gone to the office - the door is locked. There is no message on the door or when leaving a voicemail as to how to reach the doctor or why they are closed. This is unacceptable.

I've never actually met this guy but my interactions have been interesting. I was referred to him by my neurologist after doing a cognitive study with a neoro pyschiatrist, that he referred. The shrink doctor deemed that I was in good shape but I had disclosed that I typically only sleep about four hours every night which apparently raised a red flag, or two, which resulted in the roundabout referral. One more note before moving on to the sleep disorder doc, staying up late and getting up early started when I was very young because my Dad worked the 2nd shift and my Mom worked the 3rd shift. I would see my Mom off to work & wait up for my Dad. We'd hang for a bit, sometimes eat a bowl of cornflakes on the porch then it would be midnight or later before hitting the sack then of course up early for school. Then there's waking up at 2:30AM to do morning radio for years, my love if sunrises, etc. well the point is my sleep habits are as old as I am and just didn't seem to be an issue. But there we were, on the way to a sleep doctor. My first consult was simply Dr. Houston calling to do a brief screen and scheduling me for a sleep study at the Sleep Center of the Gulf Coast in Foley, AL. (review forthcoming) where I had a very pleasant experience. Soon afterwards I received a call from Dr. Houston who informed me that I had horrible sleep apnea. Okay I am very familiar with sleep apnea from my years in the medical field AND the years I've spent managing #1 son's really awful sleep apnea. However I don't snore, I don't dream, I don't wake up tired or with palpations and I'm a heavy REM sleeper but I just seem to always wake up before sunrise, it's just not a symptomatically obvious case to me. I got a CPAP machine in the mail, did a telehealth orientation for the unit (thanks to Covid) and I haven't heard back from the sleep doctor to date. I am scheduled for a follow up with him in the future but that's the extent of my interactions. Bottom line: I'm not ready to voice any suppositions at this point but CPAP is a great technology for those who need them and quite frankly nearly every breathing human being could benefit from using one every night. However I am skeptical about my need for this machine and have a little bit of skecptism the process that I experienced to get here.

Best asthma dr around . He caught my lung cancer right off the bat he saved my life .

My second visit to Dr Houston was today. So far I am tremendously impressed by this Doctor's professional paradigm. He is very thorough and has tremendous communicative skills and attention to detail. He comes across as a caring professional and seems to have a wealth of knowledge and experience. What a breath of fresh air (No pun intended) as well as a credit to his profession. Definitely recommend.