Hilario Juarez Bariatric Surgeon M.D.

I first saw Dr Juarez on Sept 14, 2001 at his seminar at St. Luke's Hospital. My first impression was "OH my Gosh, HE looks EXACTLY like my father!!!!" Betcha you don't hear that one every day. After I got over that shock, he seemed very personable, shy even.
The man has a good sense of humor, and was informative, though seemed to get annoyed when people asked repetitive or stupid questions. I liked that though, it tells me that he is human. The only complaint regarding my experience, is the horridly long time it took transcription to get my chart back to Jackie in billing. 4 weeks. it seems like an abominably long time. I could have taken it home and transcribed it myself!

My first impression of Dr. Juarez was that he was a very talented and caring man. He was very knowledgeable and personable at the informative seminar we are required to attend before having our initial consult. He is congenial and patient even after being asked the same questions repeatedly. When I went in for my initial consult, I first met with Emile, his P.A. He also is very knowledgeable and caring. He patiently answered all of mine and my husbands questions, and after realizing we still had some concerns, he had Dr. Juarez come into the room and talk with us. Dr. Juarez did not try to rush us, just sat and patiently listened and answered all of our questions. He didn't make me feel like a "number" at all. His office staff, although very nice when you speak with them, are very busy and have a tendency to "drop the ball" from time to time. My best advice is to keep on them if you are waiting for something. They don't seem to get upset by repeated phone calls and inquiries, although I get frustrated having to repeatedly call them for something.
As an added little extra: I happen to work in another hospital in town where Dr. Juarez is an on-call abdominal surgeon. He does not do gastric bypasses at our hospital, but other procedures such as appendectomies. He is liked and respected here by our staff. I had never met him before my consult, but I ran into him while I was at work the week after and he knew who I was. I don't think he actually knew my name, but he did know me by sight and realized that I was a patient of his. I was rather impressed by that. Overall I would rate him as a 10, for both his reputed skills as a surgeon and as a human being.

I think that Dr. Juarez is honest and to the point. My impression has not changed. His office staff was extremely nice especially Jennifer. She is a God sent. Amil is Dr. Juarez's assitant and he is also very nice and knowledgeable. Dr. Juarez believes in aftercare and that this surgery is only a tool for you to use. He was very open and honest about the risks of surgery--he addressed even ones that I wasn't aware of. On a scale of 1-10 I would rate Dr. Juarez as an 11.

He was quick. But that is because so many people Come to him for this procedure. The office staff is nice. I only paid attention to them when it was turn to get evaluated. I have been up there several times with my husband who had the surgery. I can't say there is anything I don't like, yet.

My first impression of Dr. Juarez was he was extremely knowledgable, this was at his seminar. I knew a lot about the surgery before I went because my mom had just had it with Dr. Zahn and I did a lot of research for her. Now it is my turn. Dr. Juarez was very quick in the consult, he was stuck in suregery so he was running about 1 1/2 hours behind. It really did not bother me because he answered the few questions I had. Now I can't wait to see him when I get a surgery date. He did ask me how much I knew about all this and if I had any further questions but I didn't. I have done my research on him and I believe I can trust him with this surgery.

Hi all

My name is Mike and I am 8 weeks post-op with Dr. Juarez. Since I did have some complications, I am not sure how I feel about Dr. Juarez. I feel like I have gotten more help from his assistant Emil. Emil is more thorough and takes the time to explain any concerns you have. I live in Mesa around Fiesta Mall and I usually go to the Bally's on Longmore. Basically I am looking for a workout buddy (M or F) that is interested in going to the same Bally's in the evenings and focus mostly on Weight Training. Now that the weight is coming off, I am looking to sculpt and tighten my body/skin. My exercise program has been consisting of 30 minutes of walking to start and the work on 2 body-parts a day. I only started 2 weeks ago, but have not been consistent because it is boring to go by yourself. Hopefully I can find someone that has more or less the same goals as I do, where we can both motivate each other. If interested, email me at [email protected]

Well I really can't say much about Dr. Juarez because I only saw him 5 min.before going into surg.
except that the lord has blessed him with very beautiful and gifted hands (Thank God).
Now Emil his asst. on the other hand is just absoulutly wonderful he made me feel as if I had Known him forever and he was so kind he
was the one who handeld my case from day 1. In referance to his office staff they are so busy that sometimes they over look alot of things AS I SAID VRY BUSY
I had a real hard time with the office staff untill I spoke to Jennifer which got on the ball and called me back with date and time of surg. for the fallowing week.
THANK GOD FOR THESE PEOPLE.

My surgeon is Dr. Hilario Juarez. My first impression of him was a very positive one. He is very approachable and friendly. I could tell that he was very knowledgeable. His whole office is very helpful and caring. I haven't found anything about Dr. Juarez and his staff that I don't like. I would recommend them to anyone, especially a friend.

I liked Dr. Juarez very much. He did a great job!

Dr. Juarez was right on time. He was personable, freindly, and informative. I learned quite a bit at the seminar. I wasn't expecting to, I have done so much research on this subject. the least thing I like was how slow he talked, but really that was more me being sleepy than him being irritating. <G>. He was quite frank about problems, things that could develop post/op, and mortality rates. He does the lapriscopy but unfortunately I am too short, and weigh sixty pounds too much. sigh. He was quite clear that it would not be a picnic to get an incision that long.



he lets you know that aftercare is important, he also has a good staff set up for questions you might have so you are not left hanging between office visits.


update!
OCT 9 01

went to my surgeons appointment last week. I was very nervous and was amazed at all the people in the office who had just had surgery. they were all VERY nice to me and supportive. I saw the med assist instead of juarez which is what I was led to expect. NONE of my records have been sent yet to him..which peeves me. they were right about hand walking it all...HEED this advice!
then when I saw the med assist he asked if I had any questions...I said no, I had done a lot of reading. he said I have a lot of stomach hanging down..<I do> and asked if I wanted it cut off when they did the surgery! ?!?!?! I was totally astounded. I had no idea such a thing could be done! that would be at least fifty pounds of fat removed for me. I was so stunned I asked NO questions about morbidity rates etc... complications for this procedure. he said they would try to push it through my insurance. it would help with the incision I am sure... since the weight would not be pulling on the incision. on the other hand there would be an incision all the way across my pelvis as well. hmnnn. I am going to have to call and ask some pointed questions.... I am interested indeed... it would change my clothing size immediately.... but I want to live through this so we shall see. I will update after some qustions get answered. and after my psych eval as well.

annette