Gustavo Lara

"I received the most professional care from this office and Parkview Hospital. He’s associated with everything went so smooth with my surgery. All my concerns were met and everything was very smooth. Loved everybody at Parkview. Thanks, Lucy."

"Unfortunately, I would not recommend Dr. Lara, his office, or the hospital he is affiliated with for surgery. My initial consultation seemed to be great. They did not wait on booking my surgery, he seemed kind and knowledgeable along with his nurse who said she would be with me every step of the way. The afternoon before surgery I received a message from the hospital telling me that my appointment would not be until the afternoon the following day. My original appointment was set for the morning. I called Dr. Lara’s nurse because I could not reach the hospital to try to get more information. His nurse assured me that nothing had changed. Confirmed that my surgery was still in the morning and that she would be there. I showed up early morning to the hospital, find out hours later that my time slot was not until 4pm. I sat in a hospital bed with no food or water all day, and surgery did not take place until after 5pm. Naturally upset, Dr. Lara came in to speak to me 10/11am. He looked exhausted and I did make a comment about how tired he looked. Around 5pm, I was prepped for surgery and wheeled into the surgery room. There were 3 technicians in the room, no doctor at that time. My gas mask was not secure. The anesthesiologist began to administer medication through the IV in my arm. Excruciating pain from the inside of my arm, up my shoulder and into my heart, I screamed in devastating pain with what felt like an induced heart attack. The technician in the room who I believe was monitoring the heart machine yelled at me to “shut up” and yelled at the anesthesiologist to hurry up and put the gas mask on me. The pain was incredibly terrible. Doctor Lara did not come to check up on me after surgery. He quickly let my mother know that I was out of surgery, nothing else was said, and he walked away. The nurse was never present. I was sent home with a bra bandage that was several sizes too small. Bandages were taped on my incision rather than around the incision, and the cut looked like a two year old could have done it. Two weeks later I went to my follow up appointment with doctor Lara. I let him know my concerns about the surgery and the technicians. He really had nothing to say about. He quickly (not thoroughly) looked at my incision, told me I needed Neosporin on parts where the surgical tape stuck to my skin, and left the room. Two months later, I am dealing with an infection on the inside of my breast. It was confirmed in an ultrasound that the infection is from Dr. Lara’s surgery. I am now on my second antibiotic treatment, and working with my physician and the insurance company to find a new surgeon."

"1st I have to thank God for giving doctor Laura the ability the knowledge to do the wonderful work that he does I had hernia surgery on February the 10th I had no pain and No complications I want to thank you for your professionalism your care all of the staff at your office and at the hospital for taking care of me and my family as well as you did God-bless you all"

"I just went through breast cancer Dr lara and his staff was amazing caring I put my life in his hands and thanks to him and his team iam alive he's a wonderful caring doctor who cares for his patience thank you Dr lara ❤️"