Children’s ENT of Houston

Our daughter had developed serious breathing & eating problems since arriving from the hospital. Our Pediatrician recommended CENT of Houston more specifically Dr. Edmonds. We got an appointment right away. They diagnosed the problem quickly and scheduled surgery immediately. Dr. Edmonds performed the surgery himself in a Texas Children’s hospital. The surgery went quick and was a total success, our daughter has recovered fully and breathing/​eating/​sleeping like a newborn baby should. I can’t say enough about CENT and especially Dr. Edmonds, they are truly professionals and experts in their fields. Highly recommended.
Only bad thing… long waiting period once you check in. But trust me, it’s worth it.

My daughter had Dr. Vilela, she is 7 months old and suffers from severe to moderate hearng loss. I would NEVER take a child to see this doctor. My daughter failed the newborn hearing screen and he told me itwas no big deal she may have to have tubes in her ear but thats it and why did I need to see him for that. He was very rude and could not be bothered by this new moms questions. Thank goodness I got a second opinion as we found out she is severe to moderate deaf. Had we not got a second opinion she would have a learning disability growing into a toddler. She is now fitted with a hearing aid. He is at best rude, but at worse not a good doctor in terms of knowledge of the ear. I also had 2 doctor appts where he forgot to show up in the Katy location. Meaning I took off of work and took a newborn /​waited hours for a no show. I would caution anyone from using him.

FYI: Dr. Vilela has moved to Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. He sees patients in the Medical Center (832−822−3250), Sugar Land (281−494−7010) and at the West Campus in Katy (832−227−1420). He takes most major insurances and Texas Children’s CHIP and Star Medicaid.

We dealt with Dr. Vilela and his staff and they have been very helpful and great. After my son had his tubes put in Dr. Vilela called to see how he was doing. That meant so much to me as now days I haven’t seen no one call you to see how someone is doing. I called one day and 2 days later they were able to see my son, then we had our appointment for a month later but they had a cancellation and my sons operation was a week later after they had seen him. Overall it’s a great place, great people that listen and answer all your questions.

They have large seating area with plenty room for kids to roam and play while you are waiting. Not sure about the average wait time but this is our second visit and each time we had to hang around for 1 hour. We also noticed other folks in the same dilemma especially for the more popular doctors. We came here based on good reviews for Dr. Duncan however we feel a little pressured having to get surgery performed when we believe it would be better served if the candidate had more time to recover from current situation. Again perhaps the rush is because this office is so busy but that’s typical of the Medical Center.

Since birth my three week old son has been having some breathing issues, so after receiving a referral from his pediatrician, I called Children’s ENT yesterday to attempt to set up an appointment sometime before the new year. To my surprise, they fit me in that day– a feat that anyone who has ever tried to get an appointment in the med center can tell you is near miraculous! Keep in mind that this is also during a holiday week and you will find it near mind blowing!
All of their new patient forms are available online, which is helpful when you have a newborn and are then faced with the daunting task of driving downtown with him to get a scary doctors appointment. After waiting about ten minutes in the waiting room we were quickly ushered in and saw the doctor within another ten minutes. He preformed the test (allowing me to hold and comfort my child while he did it), provided a diagnosis, treatment and prescription in under an hour after our arrival. I couldn’t be more impressed. The doctor, Dr. Viela, was also great with my son, very personable and appeared to be very knowledgeable and was very attentive to our questions and concerns.
I couldn’t recommend them any higher.