Stuart Septimus

Dr. Septimus dismissed my symptoms for several years as a teenager and made me feel like a head case, so I continued to ignore them as an adult--until I had a terrifying cardiac event while running. A cardiologist performed an electrical study and ablation after my family doctor diagnosed me with a congenital heart defect that explains my lifelong symptoms--meaning Septimus missed it all those years when I was seeing him. I thought perhaps the science just wasn't there back then, but I see PubMed articles published around that time on reliably diagnosing my condition in pediatric patients. In addition to being condescending, Septimus commented about my weight at every appt., positively if I'd lost and judgmentally if I'd gained. That's an inappropriate way to treat a teenage girl, and very strange given that I was not medically overweight! My parents made me put up with him because he was a 'good doctor.' Finally properly diagnosed and treated, I beg to differ! What a jerk!

Dr. Septimus was very nice and very helpful, but... It took him 2 hours to explain the condition that I have. He was very slow, and he would explain things over and over, even though he did not need to.

Dr. Septimus did not seem very pleasant. He frequently got upset with his office staff for trivial things. As well, when discussing medical matter with him, he did not listen even after being corrected. Overall, not the best bedside manners. His office staff on the other hand was very pleasant.

Septimus saved my son't life by recommending a specific treatment for a rare condition most doctors don't know about. I know a few other people who have had to see him for their children's issues as well, and everyone agrees that he is the one you want to place your child's life with, if you must be faced with such a decision. I would not go anywhere else - don't care what people say about wait time and other dumb things that don't matter when you are treating an organ that has no backup.