Dr. Sunil Lalla, MD

r Lalla literally saved my life from anaphylaxis shock. His wisdom, professional demeanor, genuine compassion and ability to quickly diagnose what was happening made the difference between me being able to wake up today.

Was impossible to get ahold of. My father sat with cancer that he couldn't get diagnosed for months because he struggled so hard to reach anyone that he gave up trying. By the time he asked me for help it was too late. Perhaps he's a good pulmonologist but as far as general care goes I implore you to go elsewhere. My dad had stomach pain for over a YEAR without anyone finding the giant tumors in his kidneys. Unacceptable. My Dr responds the same day to messages in Mychart. You cannot get Dr Lalla on the phone, you'll get his nurse. You probably won't even see him when you go to the office visit. Don't accept a Dr who won't respond to you.

Dr. Lalla has been my Internist/Pulmonologist for 5 years. He has always spent time discussing my health issues and care at my appointments. He is an excellent listener and always has options to offer me. I would still be on oxygen full time if Dr. Lalla had not given me various breathing exercises to do at home to help my lungs. He followed my care closely when I was recently in the hospital. I recommend him to anyone looking for an Internist or Pulmonologist that cares and believes in giving patients choices to improve their health - the way healthcare used to be!

Was referred to Dr Lalla by our retiring family Dr ..am very trusting of his knowledge as we have heard from many people the most wonderful stories of how he saved their lives.. he is caring, knowledgeable and puts you at ease with his thorough physician skills. So glad we found a family feeling practice ...

Dr. Lalla took command of a very critical situation during a recent hospitalization. He was able to make quick discerning decisions that made a difference in a life/dying situation. His follow up in the office was one of continued concern, and LISTENING and validating of a definitive ongoing plan of care for this new condition. I am grateful for his knowledge, care and caring.

Understanding doc who listens and treats based on data / evidence

Several years of office problems and endless waiting for return calls or just failure of office or Dr to use local pharmacy when specifically requested. Thursday in his office I get no exam, no stethoscope exam just told to get a external Covid test at a testing site. After external confirmation of Covid late Friday afternoon I get notice he sent script to mail order pharmacy. I ended up in ER where I got an X-ray, full exam, vitals monitoring. Got a script filled locally for Covid and sent home. As of now, Tuesday afternoon, I still haven’t received the mail order script and wouldn’t have even begun treatment if I waited. This is so typical and I am so done with this Dr.

HealthPark Hospital, Fort Myers, July and August, 2019. Dr Lala took over medical care in July on the 5th floor and in August/September on 3rd west. The admissions were directly from the emergency department, (ER was amazing care, thanks).

I cannot say enough good about Dr. Lalla. I have been very ill for over 14 years with severe lung disease. I have been to multiple Drs. to find a diagnosis and treatment. After being sent to a Michigan University to try to "Rule Out" different possibilities, with no definitive answers concluded; they just settled on the closest possibility and began to treat me for Rheumatoid Arthritis of the lungs. (Even though they could not conclude that was

The visit lasted more than 4 hours, when it should have been less than and hour. A CT scan was ordered for the blood clot in left-arm. It has been 11 days since the scan and there has been no follow-up by the doctor. Swelling in left arm persists. Have contacted the office multiple times for information and have never received the courtesy of a returned call. This office is very unprofessional.

Failed to see patient had internal bleeding. Failed to manage patients pain even though he should have because patient was under palliative care. Patient suffered in pain for weeks. Horrible bed side manner, no empathy for family members. Did not take anytime to explain patients condition. Walked away from POA without any explanation of why he felt patient had no qualify of life. Never told POA that patient would never walk again, was told he would go to rehabilitation. In 18 days time I had not seen the doctor and I was there 6-9 hours a day. Had to request to see him. Told daughter in front of patient he had no quality of life. Doctor went to see patient in the evenings when he was usually sleeping but awake during the day.

I was discharged and cleared by my surgeon at 5:30 AM Dr. Lalla didn’t show up for 8 hours after to speak with me, which he didn’t even have too. I sat around in the hospital for zero reason costing me my day, and now the insurance company will waste money on wasted time. I would not recommend him for any practice.

2 1/2 hr. wasted trip. No social distancing. Couldn't find our schedule. Staff was very rude. And the list goes on.

Dr. Lalla either chooses or is challenged to effectively communicate in person and is totally absent on his required office Updox portal. All communications are assigned to discourteous, verbally challenged, unprofessional and incompetent Office Staff. Annie, Dr. Lalla’s PA is an excellent communicator and seasoned PA but her effectiveness is diminished if a task or request is dependent upon Office Staff. My repeated experience is a great call and action plan with Annie, PA but no follow through because the Office Staff or Office Manager (Debbie) fails to complete simple requests like an Order for a Chest X-ray or bloodwork. When you call to inquire, you are inevitably forced to act as go-between or facilitator to make the authorized action plan happen - you can either message the portal and get no response or have guaranteed, unpleasant discourse with rude and under qualified Office Staff. This environment is not conducive to receiving quality healthcare.

Office Manager was VERY rude during call regarding my husband’s hospital follow up appointment. The office refused to see him after an ER visit. I was advised that I was being transferred to billing for payment arrangements and then Debbie the office manager stated that she was was overriding the decision for payment arrangements. The office then lied stating that the doctor was called to the hospital for an emergency after my husband was able to borrow money for his hospital follow up.

Sincere and genuine concern for patients.

This doctor was a referral and saw my wife once and his PA once. My wife is on maintainer medication and not one prescription has his office ordered from the first visit (one year). His office is the worst. They ordered the wrong meds and refuses to correct the Rx. Even being her doctor she was referred out because he is booked until 2021. Terrible office staff also. .

I had a cardiac arrest and was, assigned Dr Lalla, he spent less than 5 minutes with you when I had a follow up appointment neither him or his assistant even knew why was there never even looked at my records and charged me, 135 for doing nothing. Less than 2 months later I was hospitalized for pneumonia He still never took the time to look at my records and see that I coded twice and had to revived twice. 4 days in the hospital and barely saw him less than 5 minutes just to listen to my lungs. Bill was almost 800 for nothing. The 4 day he asked me why I was still there and the nurse told him he never released me so he covered his but by saying I needed more x-rays and breathing treatments which should have been started the first day not the last night. He's rude.

I have been a patient for over ten years both for pulmonary and primary care. He is not only knowledgeable in both fields but caring, professional and concerned. I had lung surgery under his care and couldn’t have been in better care.

Excellent doctor, very kind and considerate in helping you with what ever medical issue you may have. His knowledge is outstanding in all fields, you can ask him any question and he will help you fine the correct solution and path you need to improve your health.