Well......we thought we had made our choice of Dr. Ortiz, but now they want us to consider Dr. Martinez for our (my husband and I) surgery next month. I'm unable to find much information about his as the main surgeon, so can anyone provide some insight?

We need to get our plane tickets booked for next month, but don't want to do it (they aren't refundable) if we're not sure.

Please help!

Thanks :thumbup:

Hi there,

Here's a link to a similar thread about Dr. Martinez:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f18/dr-ortiz-wont-there-my-surgery-dr-martinez-good-second-choice-74690/

I agree with Cujo's advice on this thread - if your husband is a higher risk patient I would try to stick with Dr. Ortiz since he is more experienced, but otherwise, Dr. Martinez has been working closely in surgery with Dr. Ortiz for at least a couple years, and I'm sure he has lots more experience than most bariatric surgeons in the US who mostly do gastric bypass.

While I can't testify on behalf of his surgical skills (I was banded by Dr. Ortiz) I can testify that Dr. Martinez is absolutely wonderful to deal with. I developed severe diarrhea about a week after my surgery and I called the OCC for advice on a Sunday and Dr. Martinez called me back literally in about 10 minutes and spent about 15 minutes on the phone with me asking me questions about my symptoms and then offering clear advice and guidance on the different things I could/should do to get better. He also asked me to call him back in 3 days to review my improvement.

I was just so amazed by the very thoughtful and careful attention - especially on a Sunday. I expected just to hear "Take x and it should get better" or something like that. And with his advice my symptoms got much better the next day (so I could go back to work) and was all better in a couple days.

Good luck whichever way you go - I'm sure it will be fine either way.