Sarah B. Whittle, MD

My experience with Dr. Vilela has been the best. Excellent technical skills and good professional. He did cochlear implant surgery on my daughter and we had the best results with no issues. I would recommend his services to friends and family.
Apr 4th, 2022

Absolutely the best Doctor we could have found to do our sons cochlear implants. We drove 3 hours to Houston from Corpus Christi to see him and other doctors at Texas Children's Hospital. And every trip was worth it. He was very thorough and explained the entire process to us on the first visit. Gave us time to ask all the questions we had (and there were a lot) and took the time to answer them all. He was very truthful and upfront that it would not be easy on us or our child but if we put the work and the effort into it we would reap the benefits. We listened to his and the audiologist instructions and our son is doing amazing five years later. Every time we get the opportunity to see him I thank him for giving my son the gift of hearing and to this day I still cannot hold back the tears when we visit him. Theres not enough I could ever say here on this post that would explain the amount of respect and gratitude I have for him and his team at Texas Childrens Hospital.
Apr 3rd, 2022

Dr. Vilela is an incredible ENT doctor. I trust Dr. Vilela with my eyes closed. I strongly believe that he does a wonderful job addressing parent's concerns and paying attention to every child's needs to get them back to being healthy. Dr. Vilela puts himself in the parents' shoes addressing each and every one of their concerns. Its rare to find a doctor that combines such personal touches and care for a patient as a person with outstanding quality of medical care. Dr. Vilela takes his time to go over the diagnosis clearly and treatment options. I have been to other doctors in the past that breeze in and out of the room in 5 mins and barely even talk to you. He is always going above and beyond! I highly recommend becoming his patient! You won't regret it.
Mar 16th, 2022

My daughters pediatrician referred her to this doctor because she has reoccurring ear infections. My daughter has had 3 ear infections back to back . And this doctor really upset me because he was so nonchalant, condescending & very dismissive. He barely checked her. Spent 15 minutes on our visit. Let me provide a detailed visit. First he states that ear tugging is normal because all babies do it for comfort. Thats a lie. Every baby is different. I know my daughter. My daughter doesnt tug, dig or pull at her ears for comfort. She is experiencing discomfort and is very fussy so I know something is wrong. Then he proceeds to compare my child to his child. First of all, that has nothing to do with the patient which is my child. On top of that, he tells me to schedule her a hearing test 6 months from now. Like what!!! Thats stupid . She could be deaf by then fooling with a joke of doctor like this. My daughters pedi wouldnt refer her to ENT if she wasnt concern. I wouldnt recommend this doctor to anyone that wants to keep their hearing. I asked my daughters pedi for another referral to a different ENT that actually cares about the parents concern & actually care about my child.
Mar 13th, 2022

My experience with Dr. Vilelas care for my deaf daughter has been excellent! Dr. Vilela has performed two CI surgeries on my daughter and he was kind, compassionate and explained the process very well. He has a great reputation in the CI community and I couldnt be happier having my daughters well-being in his hands!
Mar 12th, 2022