Arturo Aguilar, M.D.'s Online Review Report Card

Dr. Aguilar has used diagnostic ultrasound imaging on me twice now. The first time was to determine the extent of a muscle tear and the second was recently to determine where exactly to put a non-steroid injection into my knee. He is the first doctor of any kind that knew how to personally use ultrasound for diagnostic purposes in his office. The injection, by the way was painless. Kudos to his staff as well.

I have been a Patient of Doctor Aguilar for about 6 months now. He was concerned about my 45 year smoking addiction and was trying different things to try to help me kick the habit. A couple weeks ago, I'd been feeling bad for about a week and wasn't getting better, so I went to see him. He immediately found that my blood oxygen was critically low and called for an ambulance. Below 90 is bad. Mine was at 70. I was in grave danger of a heart attack or stroke. He sent me straight to the hospital. My diagnosis was COPD and lung infection. I spent 4 days in the hospital and was told by one of the doctors there, that I will die in about 2 years if I don't stop smoking. I was also told that I can live a long time and recover a lot of my cardio if I stop smoking now. After 4 days in the hospital without smoking, I kept it going after I was released. 10 days with no cigarettes now. I know I'm going to succeed this time. Doctor Aguilar was determined to help me stop smoking and although it didn't come about the way we expected that it might, it did happen. The drugs I was prescribed have worked well. I feel like the clock has been turned back 25 years. I can breathe and my cardio is about 500% better. I never expected such great results. Doctor Aguilar is a very caring person. His goal is to solve his patients health problems. He does this without being demanding or judgmental. Doctor saved my life and improved my quality of life dramatically. Thank you Doctor Aguilar!