I am a long time pt from Tampa General with cystic fibrosis and had a lung transplant patient last year. Dr Rolfe and his staff are unbelievably dedicated to their patients. I never saw him "intent on taking out your lungs" until my lung function got really bad. What I love about him is he doesn't pull punches...you know exactly where you stand with him and he tells you everything about your illness. He is very honest, one of the smartest doctors I have ever known (and I have known several), and really cares about his patients. Someone tried to tell me to go to Gainesville but they didn't really seem to care very much about the patients so I was glad I stayed in Tampa. I have had other CF friends who felt the same way about Gainesville. I am shocked by the information from Jessica. First, TGH was the number 1 transplant center in the state in 2007, as they did more transplants than Gainesville. Also, Dr Rolfe has always called me back whenever I had concerns. They also have their own clinic now and there are lots of exam rooms. Part of the problem may be that there were 2 bad employees in their clinic and I heard they were fired. One was the CF coordinator and one was a secretary. They really were difficult to deal with and I never felt like the coordinator Amber took good care of me and the secretary never passed on any messages. I would always call and talk to one of the other coordinators (Kerry, Kim, and Ginger) and they always helped me out. Since those 2 employees were kicked out, they hired a new CF coordinator named Rachel who is really nice and does a great job. Also, the new secretary named Allison is great. The other coordinators took great care of me both before and after my transplant. I know everyone has to find a transplant center that works for them, so Gainesville sounds better for Jessica.