Barrett J Wallis's Online Review Report Card

Wait times are ridiculous. Dr was not helpful at all with my condition. Staff is incompetent and can not seem to even handle the simplest task. Office small and dingy. Stay away from this doctor. I wasted three months and five office visits.

He is a very rude person. Enters room and says hi then starts talking to computer, very disrespectful. Enters information about me that doesn't appear on my profile I filled out. After very brief exam again talks to computer and says I have a sleep disorder. Again not discussed or on profile. Gives me some samples, talks about scratches on ankle and leaves. Never once listened or otherwise examined stomach area. On check out was given patient summery that listed medications I never heard of and when I questioned staff was told info came from previous GI doctor. An obvious lie since I didn't have one. Cares more about insurance money than patient.

On my first visit for an esophageal swallowing problem, I sat in the patient room and waited for 30 minutes while his nurse entered all the information I had sent to her a week prior. When I finally saw the doctor, he examined me and asked questions and palpated my belly (not necessary since my problem was my throat, but I realized he was doing that to charge $378 and insurance only reimburses $60 plus my copay of $20). Scheduled me for an endoscopy and I found out about the implant of a Bravo device AT the hospital on the day of the EGD. He spoke to my hubby while I was coming out of anesthesia and my hubby was jot impressed by his manor, but reading the his reports showed that he was at least getting at the source of my problem where my previous GI had ignored me and failed to diagnose. I wore the device for two days, returned it and waited for next visit two weeks later for results. Two weeks later, he was totally unprepared to see me as the BRAVO results were not in the file and nobody on his staff had bird dogged them. He was scattered and unfocused. Again, he palpated my belly to charge the max. Was to have staff schedule an esophageal motility test. Front desk put it on the chart, scheduled me for two additional follow up visits(one for the missing BRAVO results and one post motility test) and I left. A week prior to scheduled test, I called office because the hospital had not called me to preregister. Staff told me they do the test in-office (I had a gut feeling this was an error, but let it slide). Arrived at office 15 minutes early for my appointment. It was 45 minutes before his nurse took me into a room. She took another 20 minutes entering info and took my weight, bp and o2. Doc came in and began dictating his notes into his computer as he always does(very annoying and seems disrespectful because he is NOT paying attention to the patient). As he is dictating, he is making comments about my bowels and incontinence and I am shaking my head NoNoNo until he finally stops. His staff has scheduled me for an ANAL motility test which means shooting a syringe of saline up your BUTT! Thank goodness I stopped the process. He was apologetic and said I would not be charged for my visit (accounting says I cannot have all of my $20 back because they took my vitals! We will see what American Express says about that!). Test is now scheduled at hospital and when the results are discussed at the follow up appointment, I AM SO DONE WITH THIS GUY!

Roughest colonoscopy ever, did not wait for sedatation to take effect. Greediest financial policies ever. Bogus billings. Intransigent office manager. Charged $5 late payment when their billing office keyed in the wrong payment amount by 15 cents! AND, they insist it's my fault and will not reverse the charge and the late payment. Stay away!!!

Talks to a recorder with his back to you. I had multiple procedures and he never told me what was wrong! This guy is a joke!! Steer clear of him, just ask any nurse at Citrus Memorial or Seven Rivers hospital,

Do not go to Dr. Wallace. I was under his care for 4 years and I finally had enough. The straw that broke the camels back . He is short staffed so in his office he had a "floater" and I was told he goes from one facility to another to fix computer problems. His name was either Troy or Todd. He tried to take my blood pressure and failed miserably. Like I said, we were the only two people in the room and Dr. Wallace came in. He had computer geek stand there while Dr. Wallis pulled my pants down to feel my stomach. I was appalled. For the next few years I was scheduled for an "Endoscopy" once a month at Citrus Memorial. The first hospital visit, I woke up from the surgery and was in the recovery room. I mentioned to Dr. Wallis that I had a sore throat. After the fact, he said he banded my esophagus with 6 or 7 bands. Neither my husband or I had not heard about this procedure before hand. I went to another Gastroenterologist. He said all of these surgeries none was necessary - so did the nurse at Citrus Hospital. Never again will I go to this so called gastroenterologist.

He's more interested in whats in your wallet, not your health.

To call him a clown would be a disservice to clowns.

Grrrrrr...eat!!!!

Dr. Wallis and his staff are very kind and thorough. Although the wait can be a bit much sometimes, it feels good knowing he is taking his time with me and making sure I understand exactly what is going on. He is incredible.