Gilbert M. Ruiz, MD

Back in 2001 and 2002 Dr. Ruiz misdiagnosed me and failed to realize I had hearing loss as a baby. He treated my mother like a paranoid parent and was unsympathetic to the whole situation. He misdiagnosed me three times in a row.

Luckily my mother found a different, and competent, doctor and I was taken care of properly and can now hear, speak, and otherwise communicate on the level of a hearing individual.

After him essentially telling my mother that I wouldn't be able to read or write or talk normally I, in 2nd grade, was tested and was found to have the reading comprehension of a 10th grade level. Most people I meet don't realize I have hearing loss because I speak do well.

17 years later I've graduated high school and am preparing to study law at UH. This doctor couldn't have been more wrong about me and never had an ounce of compassion towards my mother.