Austin Gastroenterology

Finally found a physician that listened to me. Dr Goodell interacted with me as a physician should. He asked appropriate questions and listened to my answers. How is that too much to ask for?

It’s been a long time since I have enjoyed going to a doctor’s office. I can’t say enough good things about this practice.
Dr. Chad Long and his staff Diane (front office), Melissa (check out), April (medical assistant), and Louise Wilson (FNP) are fantastic. they make you feel like family. They are warm, caring, and they take the time listen to you. They don’t hurry you in and out.
Believe it or not I look forward to going back. They are awesome…
Nancy R.

I am super happy that I could be the first person to review this location. Let me first start by saying that I came here for a second opinion but boy do I wish I would have came here first. I made the mistake of seeing Dr Siddiqui in Cedar Park who belongs to a different Gastroenterology business. So when I saw that other Dr Siddiqui he listened to what I had to say as a 35 year old active male who was taking large quantities of prescription pain medicines which are known to constipate for over 6 years but with that information he did no testing no exam in fact he didn’t even ask me any questions but he recommended an upper GI endoscopy and colonoscopy, well I am a waiter at one of the nicest fine dining restaurants in town and as it is my job to take you from a 30 dollar bottle of wine to a $ 400 bottle of wine, I also felt like this Dr Siddiqui was trying to up sell me and make money as I did not feel as a healthy active 35 year old male that I needed these procedures. So guess what I scheduled the second opinion its Austin Gastroenterology and boy was the experience awesome.
I met with Dr Chad long who is an energetic nice friendly and extremely caring and intelligent human being, he will answer all of your questions listen to all of your concerns and he has a genuine concern for your health and well being. Needless to say after discussing my medical history with Dr long he decided that as a healthy 35 year old male I did not need a colonoscopy or an upper GI endoscopy and I respected his thoughts on that so much because he could have very easily recommended both procedures and made a quick $ 10,000 or more off of me as a business (but this doc is a gem, not greedy, he really cares, but he treated me like a human being and he did not recommend something I did not need, so definitely ask for dr. Chad long and Cedar Park he is by far the best choice in my opinion. He came up with an idea of what may be wrong with me prescribe me some very strong stomach antibiotics the target overgrowth of bacteria and I have a two month follow up and he gave me a bunch of great advice on how to become more regular and avoid this constipation…
How wonderful it was to hear that after being in fear for over a month because of what this other idiot Dr Siddiqui said to me, but now I was ok because in reality what was wrong with me might be irritable bowel syndrome or just a lactose intolerance or the bacterial growth I’ll update this post in two months when I go to my follow up, but I must say this guy is a true professional, a true class act, & a good human being someone who I would and will and do trust my health to. Thank you Austin Gastroenterology for giving me one of the best experiences and health care of that I’ve ever received in my life, everything from the initial phone call to schedule the appointment to the friendly lady that answered the phone and was caring and nice enough to add notes to my file, to the reception is staff, to the medical assistant– all the way down to the doctor you guys get a 100% A+ score thank you very much and you have my business for life and if you are smart you will choose Austin Gastroenterology for your GI issues as well.