Vascular Surgeons who are Physicians - Longmont, CO

"Dr. Gutwein said I was a good candidate for the stent procedure for an abdominal aortic aneurysm from 11/21-12/2/22. The procedure was scheduled in August for 11/28/22. She canceled the surgery on 11/2/22 without telling me or my PCP. She was angry that I was inquiring getting the surgery from my Interventional Radiologist locally instead of traveling to Indianapolis. Dr. Gutwein called me on 11/9/22 after “cooling off” asking if I was still planning to have her do the surgery. I said yes and had informed her office on 11/3/22 that my Interventional Radiologist was not able to do it. I never had made a change I had just investigating the local option. I was not told that she had canceled my surgery until 11/22/22 when her office called me to schedule it! My surgery was rescheduled for 12/5/22. I met with her on 12/2/22 when she told me that I was not a good candidate for the stent procedure needing an open repair surgery requiring a long hospitalization. She also said that my surgery scheduled for 12/5/22 was waitlisted and wouldn’t happen. The following week I sought a second opinion from another vascular surgeon at IU Health. I was in their Medicare Advantage HMO. She refused to allow me to get a second opinion and referred me to an out of network surgeon. Medicare requires that a second opinion if you have an Advantage HMO I discovered later. My surgery was rescheduled with her for 1/16/23. Dr. Dalsing of IU Health stated on 12/15/22 in and addendum to the 12/2/22 visit note that I was not a candidate for the stent procedure needing the open repair surgery. I was not informed of his addendum and discovered it in 2/23 while collecting records for a review by the nurse advocate for IU Health. On 1/9/23 I was able to get a second opinion with Dr. Kevin Sheridan after changing my health insurance for 2023. Dr. Sheridan stated that I was a “horrible candidate” for the stent procedure. He fully explained why and what I did need. I had Dr Sheridan perform the open repair on 2/3/23. Dr. Gutwein did not accurately diagnose the treatment for a very serious surgery. My August appointment was a regular phone call to discuss my surgery. She didn’t respond to most of my messages and didn’t communicate with my wife as I requested in writing. She was dishonest about her canceling my surgery. She didn’t provide appropriate information. She was unprofessional. I and my wife suffered great emotional distress and financial losses due to her poor medical treatment. I do not recommend Dr. Ashley Gutwein and have reported her to IU Health. "

"Waste of our time. Was referred to this doctor for a specific reason and he denied the reason and kept kicking the can down the road; taking no action until the issue became very urgent and then had to go elsewhere after several useless “procedures” under anesthesia when nothing was remedied. He didn’t even read the records from the referring doctors and past imaging notes after being asked several times. Yet collected fees from all of his suggested procedure where he did not do what was agreed upon. Will not be returning to this surgeon. He was friendly but doesn’t listen and failed to look at records or refer us to someone else if he was uncomfortable doing what I was referred for."