Lia Arber Md's Online Review Report Card

Lia Arber refused to give me a medical note that my 11-year-old asthmatic child cannot wear a mask at school due to his health condition. She said: ALL kids MUST wear masks at school because that's what the state wants. So, it doesn't matter to her that my child, whose lungs are already compromised, will be deprived of oxygen 7 hours a day at school. It doesn't matter to her, that instead of oxygen he will be breathing CO2 with all the germs and bacteria accumulated on the mask. All the junk that our body wants to naturally eject would be forced into my 11-year-old son's lungs, brain, blood while at the same time his young body will be gasping for air and not having enough? I asked myself: what is wrong with this "doctor"? Didn't she take the "Hippocratic Oath" years ago? Hippocratic Oath that means "First, do no harm?" Why would she want to harm my child??? Is it negligence, incompetence, or just fear of losing her practice? Avoid her by any means if you want your child to be healthy.

Today I stopped at my pediatrician's office and picked up health records for my both kids. The reason why? My pediatrician, who is not my pediatrician anymore, LIA ARBER (remember her name, people) refused to give me a medical note that my 11-year-old asthmatic child cannot wear a mask at school due to his health condition. She wants all kids, despite their health condition, to wear masks. She said: all kids MUST wear masks at school because that's what the state wants. So, it doesn't matter to her that my child, whose lungs are already compromised, will be deprived of oxygen 7 hours a day at school. It doesn't matter to her, that instead of oxygen he will be breathing CO2 with all the germs and bacteria accumulated on the mask. All the junk that our body wants to naturally eject would be forced back into my 11-year-old son's lungs, brain and blood while at the same time his young body will be gasping for air and not having enough. I asked myself: what is wrong with this "doctor"? Didn't she take "Hippocratic Oath" years ago when she decided to become a doctor? Hippocratic Oath that means "First, do no harm?" Why would she want to harm my child??? Is it negligence, incompetence, or just fear of losing her practice? I don't care what the real reason is. All I care about is that she is not a doctor I want for my children or any children for that matter. So, I am sharing this story with you to warn you about this "doctor" or any other "doctors" like her. Remember her name: Lia Arber, a pediatrician. Avoid her by any means if you want your child to be healthy.

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My two children have been patients of Dr. Arber for 5 years and we will now switch doctors. There is no bond between her and myself or her and my children. She shows no compassion at all. It is also hard to get an appointment in the Gurnee area which she says she provides services but I have to travel to Chicago (1 hour away) to be seen. I've also requested copies of my daughter shot records for school purposes and it has now been 3 weeks and I still have not received them. My daughter can not attend school without them and I've been basically begging the office to send them.

I am not happy anymore w/Dr. Lia ! dr my daughter get sick! Firts bronchitis and she didn't do nothing only antibiotics, as she was on vacation she send to another dr and she right away put her in nebulizer, after my daughter get sick ,she run some test that i received results after 3 days! Too late I decided to go to another dr. They run tests and results in 10 min + they told me she's anemic and they put her on med. ??This shows me she just care $$ ! Anemic is not a game in my kids health!

I had been going to Dr. Arber for 10 yeas with my older children. They were always pretty healthy, but when I had a new addition to the family the baby was sick a lot. Dr. Arber was not able to diagnosis what was wrong with the baby. The symptoms were getting worse the baby started having seizures, she never order blood work or sent us to a specialist. The baby would cry all day and night was vomiting had bad rash all over body and I made several trips to her office with no relief for baby. Finally I switch doctors and the new doctor ordered blood work only to find out baby had an allergy to milk. Dr.Arber never had good bed side manner and doesn't spend a lot of time with her patients. When it comes to newborns and babies she doesn't give you a feeding schedule or tell you what your child's percentiles are, you are left guessing. Her office hours are not convenient and she is not up to date with the technology. She is not very friendly with the children and does not create a bond with the child. I am happy with the new pediatrician and wonder why I didn't switch years ago. I don't recommend Dr. Arber I think she lost her passion for her job and she just goes through the motions now.

Great staff very nice. Good Dr. Happy to know i can get appt that day cause child is sick and

Always a comfortable and smooth visit. The kids are never uneasy that they have to go to the doctor, and that she remembers them, even if they are "big" kids now.

I have Dr Arber as my kids pediatricion for 8 years never had a problem with her or trying to schedule an appt. Her officestaff is great. I would highly recommend this office.

My son was sick everyday for a year. He couldn't get off the couch because he would be sick. He wouldn't eat, his glands were swollen, etc. I asked to take tonsils out and she said no. After I had all I could take my husband and I tried a different doctor and on that first visit she agreed to take his tonsils out based on DR. Arber's notes. He has been so health since that I cannot believe she put him through so much and said he would have to be like that until he grew out of it at the age of 9. Not to mention she wasn't very nice either.