Family Practice near Owens Cross Roads, AL

“The doctor suggested that I immediately go to the Crestwood Emergency Room at Crestwood Hospital. I did that and found out that I need to rest with left leg elevated and I should be okay.”

“Such a great practice! I always feel I’m being well cared for. The patient portal allows access to message the practitioners who always answer promptly. Also allows access to my own health information, pay bill online, etc. Everyone is so helpful and responsive.”

“Dr Summerford is kind snd thorough. Nurses, lab staff are helpful and pleasant. Recently I saw Dr. Perrin due to Dr. Summerford being out of the office he and his staff were very nice and treated me well for an infection. I appreciate they have an in-house lab that allows them to call me the same day with lab results! This is a great family practice which I and my family have gone to for 40 years!c”

“I have been going to Family Medicine of Huntsville since about 2000 and Dr. Bramm was my doctor. I think it goes without saying Dr. Bramm is and was an amazing physician and though I was sad to see him retire I was happy for him. Subsequent to that Dr. Ashley Weil took on his patients and there were a few hiccups there that I am convinced now was misunderstandings between myself, the admin staff, and Dr Weil as my father, mother and niece had also been seen by Dr. Bramm and then it seemed all of a sudden I was told Dr Weil was not accepting new patients. It took me a bit to get that straight but we finally did and Dr. Weil saw my mom and niece and the administrative functions got straightened out. Then shortly after that Dr. Weil left Family Medicine of Huntsville and those of us who were patients of Bramm and then Dr. Weil were without an assigned doctor. I cannot speak for anyone else but I received good care in that transition time and never was treated less than even though I did not have a primary care physician assigned. A year later they hired Dr Sally Ha Chu as my primary care physician. I did not know how to read her at first because of course I had not had any long term doctor there but Dr. Bramm and then once I became comfortable with Dr. Weil she left. So there was a “warm up” period I think where I was looking to see how she would regard me and my case history. I have read a lot of reviews comparing her to Dr Bramm. That is not fair at all. Dr. Chu brings to the table different experience than the experience Dr. Bramm brought. They are two separate people with different personalities and opinions but both qualified medical professionals. I can speak from personal experience that the same level of quality care I received from Dr. Bramm I have also received from Dr. Chu. It was not the SAME STYLE maybe in delivery of the care but it was quality care. I have had a couple of health scares in the past year and she was very thorough with diagnosis, treatment and follow up. She also diagnosed me early on in the first couple of visits as being very low in Vitamin D and kept track of that and prescribed weekly high doses to get me back up in good range and took the time to explain to me the fact daily calcium intake only had enough Vitamin D to really help with absorption of the calcium in the pill but that I could not get enough vitamin D from calcium pills if I was so low. I am grateful for her diligence in this type of preventive care especially since reading studies the majority of people who experienced severe effects and hospitalized for covid were found to be depleted in Vitamin D. She has never once written me off when I have had questions or concerns about a health matter, diagnosis method or medication. She has always taken the time to answer my questions and when prescribing meds for illness the office had always followed up. I think going in Dr Chu knew she was filling some large shoes of Dr Bramm plus having to ease the concerns of his patience who had been without a primary care physician for over a year when his last replacement left for another practice. This had to be a pretty unique situation for her to step into knowing the patients she was taking on. I just want to say I understand the inclination to want to compare to Dr. Bramm or the Family Med Clinic of yesterday but this is a new time and new unique set of circumstances especially given all the weirdness surrounding the virus that shan't be named. I believe if people just open their minds a bit and start to appreciate the experience Dr Chu brings to the table as a medical professional versus comparing her to another physician (who made the choice to retire and take on new endeavors) there will be a good benefit of a solid Dr/patient relationship.”

“All of the staff was friendly and welcoming. NP Jastin was hands down one of the best providers I have ever seen. I highly recommend HAPPI care at the Sparkman location!”