Felizardo S Camilon Jr, MD

OVERALL RATING = ¹⁰⁄₁₀
**This is a family practice, but the office looks like it’s mainly for peds which makes sense because it’s usually the kids that would see ENT’s more frequently, I believe. But if you’re an adult seeking consult for ENT issues, do not let this deter you.
PROCEDURES:
Tonsillectomy = 10
Adenoidectomy = 10
Nasal Polyp removal = 10
Checkup Exams = 9
ATMOSPHERE = 8
SERVICE = 10
APPEAL = 10
The Staff: Dr. C. and many nurses, assistants and front office clerks —
I’ve seen two other ENT practices before visiting Dr. C, and the previous two doctors made similar diagnoses: Get a sleep study and a C-​PAP to help correct snoring for better sleep. My sleep study score was 64, and the way it was explained to me was that it meant I technically stopped breathing 64 times within a typical hour during the night due to the snoring (sleep apnea). So I was a bit surprised that Dr. C recommended a whole different treatment plan of removing tonsils (they were humongous) and adenoids, and correcting my slight deviated septum. Dr. C was dumbfounded as well, as to why the two other ENT’s would not recommend this plan as it was pretty straightforward. He didn’t even require a new sleep study done to make the call. Long story short, I still snore but it’s significantly less where I don’t have the apnea. And I’m now experiencing two things I’ve never experienced in my life until now: Good night’s rest and being able to breathe through the nose WITH MOUTH CLOSED with absolute no noise. Once I healed from the surgery, I felt like a new man.
The Wait: Typical wait time ~10−20 min.
The Location: Requires parking in a structure, that’s not that well-​designed I’m afraid, but the office does validate for couple hours.
Looking forward to bringing my kids in to see Dr. C. It’s nice knowing that you have someone you have trust and confidence in to turn to for these types of issues if and when they arise.

Very rough with my very young child upon removing the sinus stents in the office without proper preparation and absolutely no analgesic/​pain control. Manipulated approval of T&A and sinus surgery with insurance company. Left my daughter in severe pain post-​operatively to the point of child becoming hysterical! Who ignores a child in pain, especially post op? Great surgeon? Ha… I don’t think so! Under prescribes antibiotics so my child had repeated & chronic sinus infections which then «justified» his doing surgery. He talked to the newspaper about becoming a cop years ago… what happened to that career choice? Strange… would not use him again! Definitely would not recommend!

We have been going to Dr. Camilon since my son was very young, he is now 22 he had major ear infections (and was terrible to deal with) huge Adenoids to The Tubes cured him. We all see him for Sinus problems to this day Wouldn’t go anywhere else, He remembers us always asks about everyone, All the Bad Unilocalers out in Unilocal land should understand that office staff ever where asks for insurance info before they see you some have to be pre approved, you also have to understand insurance doesn’t pay like it use to!!! And we have PPO insurance and we still pay 60.00 Co pay! HMO Is the worst paying for doctors these days! I am so glad that my Pediatric Dr. told me to see him! Because as a mom you will go anywhere to help your child!

I never met doctor as I was unable to be there when he saw my son in the NICU. However the billing office is horrible, zero customer service, they don’t explain your bill just tell you that you owe them money. They have sent me 4 bills in the past 2 years and every time I’ve called to ask questions I’m told something different. They have no clue what they’re talking about. My advice to anyone who receives a bill would be to double check you truly owe that because likely it could be incorrect as mine was.

Unfortunately I was told over the phone one price but that price was the discounted cash price Then once I got there without cash it’s an additional $ 15-​$ 20. This is the 3^rd time we come here and the doctor hasn’t done anything but prescribed meds that haven’t worked on an ear/​sinus infection. He could have called it in and saved me $ 220!
Looking for another doctor today!

Came here for my daughter’s tongue tie operation. The wait was longer than I expected and they had to get approval from the insurance company so I had to come back again and was charged another $ 20 copay. Dr. Camilon was thorough and I was reassured he knew what he was doing. He seems a little overworked as he stated that he was working that day from 8am-​7pm and hadn’t had time to eat. The nurses were nice, but really needed a lot of directions, they seemed inexperienced and unsure.
I would recommend the doctor but having experienced another tongue tie operation at Kaiser with newer equipment, cleaner facilities, and better organized, this office wouldn’t be my 1^st choice.

Although I did not want to have my surgeries on my nose, (I had a turbinate reduction and deviated septum) Dr Camilon insisted on doing this completely unnecessary operation. It was the most painful recovery I have ever had, (7 days of bleeding) and I was very much in the dark with the side effects. I have had cancer twice, and have had several surgeries and so I am used to pain. (I also had a plug put in my ear after only two ear infections, and he said I had to have all three surgeries)
Results? I am now partially deaf, I have no sense of taste and smell, and I am numb in the roof of my mouth…
I am devastated with what has happened and really wish I had never ever seen this doctor!

This review is based on a first time consultation not on his work ethic as a surgeon
I came in for a consult for my son’s tonsils and adenoids the nurses were very helpful and communicated with me thoroughly. However Dr Camilon came in the room didn’t even introduced him self took a quick 5 second look at my son and walked out, really am i suppose to trust my son with this Dr. who doesn’t have the courtesy and professionalism to introduce himself. After he left the room i had to ask the nurse if he was the Dr. Camilon She indeed replied yes he was. As a new patient and a concerned mother i would of loved for Dr. Camilon to explain the procedure my son needed to have done and for him to answer my questions but that was not the case.

Dr. Camilon is an amazing Doctor — so good even my husband and I go to him and trust him completely. He took our daughter’s tonsils and adenoids out 19 years ago, she had no complications and a very short recovery time, and we’ve been fans ever since. Feel a little silly sitting in the Fire truck chair, but worth it. His staff is great and he s a very caring Doctor. His main office is in Orange, but he has office hours in Newport on Wednesday mornings.
I usually would go to my GP and try to treat things, then when that didn’t work, I’d head to Dr. Camilon. Now I just go straight to him — he is an excellent Pediatric (& Adult!) ENT.

My daughter was referred to see Dr. Camilon for an ear infection on May 15, 2015. The office would not scheduled her because the authorization was expired on that same day. They needed to reauthorize. We waited for a week for the appointment. Then my daughter was diagnosed and needed tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, and tube insertion. We immediately asked the insurance to expedite for an approval because she can not sleep at night, she can’t hear well. The insurance finally gave the approval 3 days ago already, but the office would not schedule for my daughter to see the doctor. I called in several times and was told someone will return my call and no one did. They are either too busy, or don’t care if their patient is miserable or not. My daughter is desperate

For us not the right Doctor. After my son had his adenoids and tonsils out he was having a really ruff 10 plus day recovery. We had lots of phone calls to the Doctor with some questions answered and some not. I get some kids have a higher pain tolerance, some kids recover faster, some kids do better etc ect however we later found out that there is two different procedures for surgery. Dr. Camilon does Electrocautery which statistically has a much longer recovery than Coblation which has a much faster recovery. You parents do your homework and see which procedure is best for your child because when your child can’t eat, sleep, talk, ect without discomfort I’d wish I would have checked the FACTS out on which procedure would have been best for our child. With the internet, I discovered that Coblation has a much faster recovery and is less painful to the patient.
Bedside manner? Well his was not the best however that was not a big deal to me. I am not there to make a new friend.

Dr. Camilon quite literally saved my daughter’s life. He found a problem that every other Doctor claimed did not exist in our infant child. Not only was there a problem, but the issue was growing in my daughters airway. Other doctors said she was congested. If not for him she very well could have died. We were told he was the top doctor in the nation in his field, and now we know why.

Horrible Doctor with no bedside manner!
Dr Camilon took out my sons tonsils and adenoids. I told him that my son was Autistic and had ADHD so as a single mother I would like my son to stay in the hospital so he can be monitored closely. He looked at me like I was crazy and told me he wouldn’t do that because it’s an outpatient procedure. I went ahead with the surgery because I felt my son needed it desperately and I knew he was a capable surgeon. However if I had better insurance and more choices I would have never seen this doctor in the first place. Also when we saw him in the office he didn’t spend 2 seconds with us on the first visit. Instead they sent in the nurse and Physician’s assistant. The second time we went to the office for the pre-​opt, same thing. I had to basically demand to see the doctor. When he came in Dr Camilon acted like my questions and concerns were a big bother. It takes more than knowing medicine to be a doctor. He was just plain rude, condescending, and uncaring!

Very happy with our visit today!
My daughter wants to go there again!
The waiting room is bright and clean.
The office staff were helpful with my insurance questions.
Also, even though there were many reviews warning that the wait will be long, it was only 15 min. wait.
My daughter has been complaining of an ear ache for a week now, and even though we saw two different pediatricians, they could not find anything wrong.
With thorough exam, he was able to find the problem, and explain it to me in simple term.
Answered my unprofessional questions with patience.
The only reason I did not give five stars is because they don’t take my insurance!

I highly recommend Dr. Camillon as did my GP.
He specializes in pediatrics but I was told he is the best so I went to see him anyway.
I had him remove my tonsils and he did a great job.
He is an interesting and friendly doc who spends the time to talk with you at an appointment. Great bedside manner.
Office is always busy but the staff keep things on a roll.
Parking in the building is free for the first hour than $ 1 for an additional hour.
Located right across from St. Joseph and CHOC.

I am leaving this review more than two weeks after my daughter’s ear tube surgery and adenoidectomy. I wanted to give sufficient time to be able to give a full review.
My daughter had been suffering from what I thought were multiple ear infections. Her pediatrician said she had one in Feb, April, and one in June that wouldn’t go away after 2 rounds of oral antibiotics, and 1 set of antibiotic injections.
I went straight to Dr. Camilon on 7÷30÷14 without a referral. I scheduled an appointment a week before and was able to get right in. Dr. Camilon looked at her ears and immediately said he needed surgery, especially since I came prepared with all the previous ear infections and antibiotics my daughter was previously on.
I would know your facts before going to any ENT. I was told by my pediatrician to insist on adenoid removal as well. Dr. Camilon didn’t mention it, until I asked him about it. He said he wouldn’t do it unless he had X-​rays showing they were enlarged. He sent me to another building to do so. It took 30 minutes altogether to do that. Right when I returned he confirmed he would remove her adenoids because they were 4x the size they should be.
He was ready to schedule her surgery the next day! I was a little worried to jump right on it, because I wanted to do more research on Dr. Camilon. Plus I had a 2^nd opinion lined up for the next day. All the reviews on Unilocal said he was great, except for two (I wish more parents would leave more reviews for important things like this). Those were negative reviews were only for the wait times in the actual office. I was very nervous to trust someone with my daughter’s life, and also, he looked a little older, which made me a little weary too. Dr. Camilon assured me he had been «doing this for 30 years» and that he was the Chief of Surgery in Pediatrics Ears Nose and Throat for Children’s Hospital Orange County.
What helped me, right went I got to the surgery office, another woman and her little toddler son were behind me ready for surgery with Dr. Camilon too. When I asked her if she knew any info about him, she said «Oh, he’s great; he did my tonsillectomy when I was my son’s age too!» That was the best reassurance I could have heard!
My two year old had her surgery 7÷31÷14 at5:30am at La Veta surgery office. We got into surgery prep at 5:15 am; the nurses gave her a nasal injection to help calm her down. They took her away for surgery right at 5:30am, brought her out at 6:10am. Dr. Camilon came right to us after the surgery and reassured us everything went well. He told us the liquid was so thick in her ear, it was like Jello. When we came to her in the post-​op room he was screaming only because she was scared when she woke up and was still coming off the anesthesia.
On 8÷7÷14 I scheduled a follow up with Dr. Camilon, even though it wasn’t scheduled until two weeks after her surgery. She was still waking up every night so I thought something was wrong. We waited only a few minutes in the waiting room. He actually showed me inside her ears and the tubes, which I thought was great. He confirmed she still had a sinus infection and put her on another set of antibiotics (even though she was only a week into the ones that were prescribed from her surgery) but it was to help directly with her sinus infection.
I pressed Dr. Camilon for a hearing test. He scheduled one right away on 8÷13÷14. After it confirmed her hearing is perfect, he took a look again. Said everything looked great. Although she still had some snot, it wasn’t green which shows the sinus infection was pretty much gone. He said if it comes back within 3 weeks, she needs to come back for a nasal spray because of some kind of blockage.
Sorry for all the details, but it’s what I look for in reviews, especially when I’m researching surgery for my baby girl.
Dr. Camilon is great!

The most horrible experience of my life. And I was merely trying to get an appointment to come in for an emergency visit.
Staff questions me…
What kind of insurance do you have?
Me
I have PPO, but do you have an appointment available today?
Staff
Let me check your insurance first, can you give me the ID number?
Me
(Thinking, wtf? Are they seriously checking the insurance first before they can give me an appointment?) I don’t have the card with me, however I can provide it upon arrival if you have an appointment available.
Staff
Well which PPO is it? I can look it up?
Me
(Wow! This is incredible!) okay… If that’s the case I can pay cash if that’s what you need to give me an appointment today. I’ll deal with my insurance later on, on my own.
Staff
Just to let you know we will not be accepting any billing refunds after a visit.
Me
Are you discriminating on the type of insurance I have in order to provide me with an appointment to see your dr? This is unbelievable.
Staff, puts someone else on the phone:
You don’t have your insurance card on you?
Me
I’m sorry but I just said to your other staff that I do not have it on me, however I can provide the card upon arrival if I can get an appointment.
(However she proceeded to go through the same questions as the first person)
I said, if this is the case and this is the type of discrimination your office does on the mere fact of what kind of insurance a person has before you will provide an appointment than I don’t want to even bother with visiting your dr. Thank you very much for your time, I will be going else where to seek service.
It’s terrible that dr. Offices are putting into practice discrimination on the type of insurance a patient or potential patient has before they are willing to see them. It’s shameful to see this happening,

I’m a 23 year old male who has had moderate to severe headaches for 3 years now. I recently was accepted to Georgetown University for a masters program so I stopped working about a month ago in order to get ready to move from Southern California to Washington D.C. I also decided that this was the best time to see a few specialists and try to get my DAILY/​HOURLY headaches taken care of. I didn’t think it had anything to do with my sinuses and didn’t think an ENT would help, but since I couldn’t get in to see a neurologist for 3 weeks I decided to see if an ENT could possibly help. Dr. Camilon was extremely warm when I met him. From what I’ve read his waiting room is usually packed but this day I was the only one there so I actually finished my appointment before my appointment was supposed to even begin. Dr. Camilon didn’t treat me like the numerous general practice doctors and neurologists I’d seen for the past 3 years. He ordered a CT scan of my sinuses and a week and a half later I had a consultation with him. He sat me down in his office and told me I had a severely deviated septum and it was causing chronic infections in my sinuses near my right eye. He went over the CT images with me for a good 10 minutes and told me the only thing that would really help would be surgery to get the septum corrected and remove hardened tissue that had formed due to the infection. He showed me how the swelling and infection were bunched up against nerves on the right side of my face where I’ve had these headaches for THREE YEARS. I told him I wanted to hug him because this was the first time a doctor had found anything even after multiple tests and MRIs. The problem was that by this time I only had 10 days before driving across the country to DC. He said, «let’s do it Monday, and you can come in on Thursday before you leave on Friday for the follow up.» Now, I’m extremely squeamish about needles and surgery. I pass out a lot when I have to get shots or blood drawn. But when he said that I said, «WHERE DO I SIGN…» I’m going in tomorrow to have the procedure early in the morning. Luckily I do have really really good insurance that covers it 100% but before I knew this I asked him and he told me not to worry, we’d make it work. I’m super confident that by this time next week these headaches will be a thing of the past, and I’m not worried about going under tomorrow.
Also, when I told him that I was going to Georgetown, he took a minute to look around the room at at least 20 degrees to find the one from his summer program at Georgetown. I love this guy!

Dr Camilon saved our daughters life. He was called to CHOC the day my daughter was born because she suffered from stridor and had poor vital signs. He scoped her at the bedside in the NICU and determined that her vocal cords were not moving. He called me on my cell phone to tell me when I was with my wife at the hospital. He said not to worry, we will figure it out. Over the next few days she was evaluated again by Dr. Camilon and he determined that she would need a tracheostomy until her vocal cords healed. During the surgery he came out and explained that they are not moving and we need to do the Trach otherwise she will not be able to breathe without the use of a ventilator. We agreed and he came out and told us afterward that he thinks that it will be very short and not to worry as he has seen this before and he thinks they will move in a few months. He was generally concerned and you could tell he knew we were very sad about the situation.
Over the next long few months we took care of the Trach and we visited his office for followups with the trach and each time he would scope her through her nose and tell us, I think just a little longer. 4 months after he put the trach in we were able to successfully remove the trach and listen to our daughter cry for the first time. He was so confident in removing the Trach he did it right in his office, which we thought was nuts. No hospital setting at all. We did have to go the ER just to make sure she was alright after taking it out but that was because he didn’t have a pulse ox in his office. The next day her breathing sounded really bad and we went back for a consult. He scoped her again and calmly explained that we do nothing because she will heal up on her own. It has now been 17 months and our daughter is thriving and growing and talking non stop.
Dr. Camilon at times is hard to understand but he knows what he is doing. He is very friendly and will talk to you if you talk to him. He also is very confident which is a big thing when it comes to your doctor. When he says we need to do a surgery to put ear tubes in, we are like okay when is it going to be. No questions asked. I was told that when he first started at CHOC, he needed interpreter so he could talk to patients. You have to give him double props for learning the language over the years at CHOC. If it wasn’t for him coming to the NICU our daughter probably wouldn’t have survived. There have been multiple times when we have gone to his office for an appointment and he is called to CHOC and we need to reschedule. It doesn’t matter to us as we know he did the same thing for us and he will continue to do the same for others. There have been reports that he sees any patients that come to him because he says, who else is going to see them. I have to help them. It doesn’t matter what type of insurance you have or if they even have insurance.
His waiting room is packed but is generally not a long wait to see him. The guy is crazy busy and we always joke, when does this guy eat or sleep. He is a great doctor and we will be taking our daughter there as long as she needs to go and any future kids who need to be seen by a ENT. If you need to go to a ENT, please do your yourself and your child a favor and see this doctor.

All the bad reviews you read on other sites (or here) have to do with Dr. Camilon’s lack of warm and fuzzy bed side manner. If you do your homework, you will find that he is amongst the best Pediatric ENT’s in California and is VERY popular amongst his colleagues and community. He also see’s allot of less fortunate children who are a part of the welfare system and aids them FREELY! So in regards to a comment (on a different site) saying that he is in this for the money — you are WRONG! He accepts more than just PPO patients.
Your job as a parent is to ask questions — so SPEAK UP! Dr. Camilon can appear intimidating for his small stature and you may be taken back by his lack character/​bed side manner. However, my children see him frequently and if you actually talk to him, he does have a personality! He is always very respectful, patient, direct and attentive. You have to understand his culture also.
In the end, you really have to ask yourself whether having a social butterfly for a Doctor matters more to you than having one who knows what he is doing, does it well and is recognized for it. This is your child’s life we are talking about, not a car! So choose wisely.
Lastly, his office is NOT closed, here simply moved to a newer building. Google it!