"I first had a consultation with Dr. Ortiz in October, 2003 at his office. He was very gracious and gave my three friends and I all the time we needed to ask silly and not so silly questions of him. We were an hour late because of the traffic on a Friday evening. He was so kind.
My impression of him did not change while I learned more about his credentials and qualifications, except that I grew more aware that he was the one I wanted for my surgeon.
Overall, both Drs. Ariel Ortiz and Martinez are very wonderful doctors. Dr. Martinez spent a whole hour talking with my friend who is a nurse who flew to Los Angeles from Seattle to go with me for the surgery. They are both competent surgeons and have great bedside manner, making my nervous mother and my RN friend, plus me, feel at ease and more relaxed about the whole lap band procedure."
