Dr. Lesley Davila, MD

I was a patient of Dr. Davila’s for years, but I have recently decided to stop seeing her. My autoimmune issues were symptomatic only with no specific diagnosis. We got to the point of just managing my pain. After a while, I got the feeling that our visits were becoming routine for her, and that my complaints about certain medications were dismissed (i.e., “it’s all in your head, but we can try something else…”). The final straw was when I needed a prescription I'd been on for years renewed right before the Labor Day weekend. The script was sent from my pharmacy to her office on Thursday. By Friday, it was still not renewed so I sent the office a message. After a few hours of not hearing anything, I called the office. Still nothing. I went through the three-day weekend in a tremendous amount of pain and nighttime withdrawal. It was awful. I had to message the office again. They apologized for the “delay”, and I finally got my medication Tuesday afternoon.

I see Dr. Davila about my autoimmune illness, Sjogren's Syndrome. I never feel rushed through her visits like I have with other doctors. She listens to all of my concerns and addresses each of them. She has never tried to bully me into a treatment I was unsure about, and she is more than willing to order testing or imaging to make sure that a complaint isn't more serious.

It's hard to find a good Rheumatologist I was DIagnosed with RA 7 year ago and Dr. Davila is the best Rheumatologist I have ever encountered thus far. Absolutely top notch Physician with a unique understanding of RA that I have not encountered anywhere else. I've been an RN for 24 years.

Very caring and answers all of my questions and fully understands the issues with when you don't fit the "normal" for rheumatic diseases

She didn't take a critical health issue seriously at all & almost killed me. I have Wegeners Granulomatosis (vasculitis) & the Cytoxan she had me on (chemo) had caused critically-low blood cell counts. She told me for 3 weeks not to go get a transfusion. I got so sick I was admitted to the hospital with sepsis & was hospitalized for 11 days (several in ICU). She never called the hospital to consult with my doctors, either. I am seeing a new doctor in April.