Dr. James Asbury, MD

I was lucky enough to have Dr. Asbury as my hospitalist at Methodist. Many specialist would come in, run a test and say "not MY problem" and leave. Dr. Asbury kept at it until we found the problem. Most important to me were his Nurse Practitioners that are not only accessible, but competent and thorough. Nurse Practitioner Vivian Agugo saved my life by paying attention to my case. She LISTENED to me and helped keep me from being discharged too early. His weekend nurse practitioner(YES, he actually has the weekend covered), Uche Igwe called in one more specialist, a nephrologist when I begged to see one. That doctor found the problem. A doctor is only good as his staff. I have had to leave great doctors because they were inaccessible because of apathetic and incompetent staff. Dr. Asbury is obviously tuned in to his staff. The turn around time when problems arose was very fast. Dr. Asbury often popped in late. He is a hard working doctor who cares!

Left my father without any of his meds for 8 hours including seizure meds. Will not return phone calls from nurses. While my father was in PACU yesterday and his heart rate would not come out of the 30’s he still refused to return calls from PACU for permission to treat. I promptly fired him after never seeing him and had another doctor accept him as admitting. His negligence and lack of care could have killed my father. My fathers cardiovascular surgeon had him admitted but it has to be under a internal medicine doctor and unfortunately that’s who the hospital chose. Please do not use Asbury for yourself or a loved one. He needs his license taken away immediately. Methodist is aware and we will also notify the Texas Medical Board.