Arturo Quintanilla, MD, FAAP – Rancho Mirage Pediatrics

Happy to say that I am not a patient.
Thank you for clarifying this .
Despite your mean reply you have a blessed day.
Monica C.

Today’s date is 01/​09/​2016, If there were zero stars, that’s the grade I would give this man! He was very rude with horrible bedside manners. No kind loving Dr. treats his patients with such disrespect! Arturo Quintanilla you are a piece of shit! You do not have my respect to call you Doctor! You are very fortunate I did not go in with my daughter with her baby’s first appointment! I probably would of slapped the shit out of you! This is her first child and she was looking forward to the whole experience, but instead you belittled her and sent her home in tears, feeling like a worthless mother. No one should ever go through this, the staff was not helpful at all either, but of course how could they? They would most likely get fired! I do not recommend this person to anyone. He obviously does not enjoy his line of work and most likely is just collecting insurance money. I hope this review get read in time before any other mommies schedule to see this wanna be Doctor!

This update is for Dr. Quintanilla, who responded to my review. After reading the reviews left by others, I wouldn’t expect you to recall this specific experience since your unfortunate behavior appears to be pretty consistent with other families. You were aloof and distant from the second you stepped into my hospital room, so please do not try to blame the experience on my fully cooperative, sleeping newborn or myself, as I was too astonished at what was happening that I almost didn’t have time to collect my thoughts and ask your name before you abruptly walked out of the room. We were seen by our regular pediatrician after we left the hospital so I know what a thorough exam entails and what you did was not even close. As a mother (and first time mother at that), I had just given birth to two tiny, fragile miracles and the child you «examined» should have been treated as such, regardless of the fact that you see newborns all day every day and may have lost the fondness for it. Your behavior may be harmless to a newborn, but it is certainly not harmless to the parent who has to witness it. A little empathy goes a long way. As for the wonderful nurses, they were very respectful and did not bad mouth you. They simply stated that my concerns with you had been echoed through other parents in the hospital and they informed me of my right to protect my children as I see fit. If they were simply «having a bad day,» I tend to think they would have ignored me because the last thing they’d want to hear is another patient complaining. I appreciate your apology but if you are truly sincere about it, then please make drastic changes to your bedside manner.

A fter my review they responded to it saying they wanted to make it right. Well I got a letter in the mail today saying they were discharging my daughter… so not that I would ever go back there but the letter also said enclosed is a form to forward her medical records to her new doctor and of course there was nothing in the envelope so thanks for that. Let me hust say i changed her doctor the day of her last appointment but this guy still has the nerve to send me a letter discharging her. HA what a joke. Good riddance, so much for getting into contact to make this right!

Just like EVERY REVIEW EVERYONES LEFT… Doctor is not caring… Ever since my son has been to this office he goes crazy every time he is inside a doctors office… Doctor does not care said rude comments about my son! Doctor is very disrespectful does not care about the children. Don’t understand why he’s even a doctor for children. Ladies that answer the phone are pretty much DUMB… Can’t even answer my questions… Office is ridiculous. I would give this office no stars as a review if I could! Makes no sense to work in a pediatricians office If you can’t help the patients. My son is terrified because of how the doctor treated him. The doctor doesn’t even try to be nice to my kids. Doesn’t even take his time to look at him. Told him my son had something going on with himbut he didn’t even look into it just told me to come back in 6 months… This doctor and his office is HORRIBLE. VERY VERY VERY HORRIBLE I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE TO ANYONE HE NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OFF THE MAP AND BE SHUT DOWN THATS HOW BAD HE IS!

I recently had my son at desert regional and I too had an unpleasant interaction with this pediatrician. Being a first time mother I expected the pediatrician to be gentle and understanding, however that was not the case with Dr. Quintanilla, he was extremely rude and rough with my son. He seemed almost bothered that he had to be there. He had our chart in his hands and still got everything wrong. Definitely won’t be seeing him again

I just read all these reviews about this doctor and I have to say I have a good one.
This guy is the biggest POS a_​_​hole I’ve ever met in my life. My wife and I had a baby boy at Desert Regional Hospital in Palm Springs. He had some complications that required him to stay in the hospital longer than usual. During the time we were there we were seen by various pediatricians. One of them was him. This guy comes in, starts undressing our baby and examining him. Doesn’t acknowledge us or introduce himself. Doesn’t make any eye contact with us. A minute or two into his examination he starts asking us questions. The first couple questions were related to our baby’s condition and then one of them was along the lines of ‘what insurance do we have’? When we told him the insurance and Medical Group we belonged to he says ‘he doesn’t take that insurance so your baby will have to be seen by someone else’. Then he just walks right out. He leaves with our baby undressed and no diaper on. No apologies. Just walks right out.
My wife and I look at each other and are like ‘what the hell just happened’. By far the worst experience with the U. S health care system we’ve ever had, by a hundred. The most extreme example of a doctor who doesn’t give a sh_​t and treats patient’s like non people.
I wish I could post this review a hundred times and reach as many people as I can. The thought that this kind of person is working as pediatrician sickens me.

The day my son’s insurance came in I was ecstatic ! Because I knew who I was going to call to make my baby update with his immunizations. I was so dead wrong with my choice to pick this doctors office. My week ahead scheduled appt. was to be at 8:40am SHARP that I was there that day on time. Filled out my papers quickly by 8:53 now wait time right? My son and I got called 30 MINUTES AFTER three patients were taken care of (2 of them arrived ten mins after us) from there we went to the exam room and WAITED from 9:30 til 10:13! Dressed up my baby and said peace out to the slow non brushed front desk girl. I didn’t even get to met the GREAT BOSS HIMSELF yeah mommies don’t waste you time!

Ok here we go… I have never been so upset, livid, able to cause harm to another human being in my whole life till I met this Dr. I waited 1 hour and a half then he came in grinded his teeth together and told my son he had better lay down now… then grabbed his arms and grit his teeth together again and said put your arms by your side by grabbing his arms and forcing them down. Are you kidding me??? Who the hell is he? My son would be the first to say hi hug you tell you who he is. really this guy is disgusting… truly not a pediatrician. Hello they are kids. What is the matter with you???.

I find it interesting that this Jack ass had nothing but 1 star reviews with everyone saying the same thing. Maybe someone should call CPS and make sure his kids are ok… I wish he would have grabbed my son’s arm like that in front of me, I would’ve broken his…
How do people like this stay in business? Oh that’s right, Dr. Josef Mengele had a pretty good run in Auschwitz.

Stay away! He is condescending and rude. I’m a professional woman with 2 children. He treated me so rudely I wouldn’t go to the appointment without my husband with me. I’d get anxiety about taking my child in for an appointment with this man. I called for a vaccination appt for my special needs child. I told them our insurance had changed and said I’d bring my new card to the next appointment — instead they checked my OLD insurance and CANCELLED my Friday appointment. Baby had been running 102 fever for two days and I’d been eager to get in to see him. HE is ALL ABOUT THE MONEY! I would have gladly paid out of pocket for the baby to be seen or had his staff done their job and notated that we had NEW insurance instead of taking the liberty to confirm our old insurance the day before and CANCELING our apt without speaking to one of us first!

I’ve never felt so uncomfortable!!! He was very rude and aggressive with my baby. Very aggressive! I felt so violated! I left the office very upset by the way we were treated and could not wait to get the heck out of there! Do not take your kids here.

I took my 14 month old baby to see Dr. Quintanilla because he was having fevers and a productive cough. They scheduled our appointment during their lunch break. We had to wait for 45 minutes to be seen. The office staff, in particular the office manager, was very rude. Finally, Dr. Quintanilla spent very little time with us, didn’t obtain a thorough history and performed a limited physical exam. He did answer my questions, but appeared rushed and came across as condescending. I happen to be a medical doctor and am very disappointed with my experience with this physician. I never treat my patients like this and will not seek follow up with this doctor. I do not recommend him to anyone.

I took my 10year old daughter to see Dr Quintanilla for some issues she has been having with her joints for several years. It took us 1.5 hours to see the Dr and then when he came in he treated us as if we were a bother. I tried to explain her situation quickly but was cut off within 15 seconds. He also made it clear that I had filled out 1 area on the worksheet incorrectly and was very condesending. He made it very clear that he was bothered because I «failed» to bring in her paperwork from her previous Doctor. I personally had not asked for any paperwork because I wanted to make sure we liked the Dr. before we pulled any old charts. He examined my daughter for about a total of 1 minute and was very pushy and rude. He ended with stating he was the wrong Dr. to diagnose her problems and she needed to be reffered elsewhere. I have never felt so uncomfortable in an office and just couldnt wait to get out of there. Believe me, I will be changing doctors today.