Roberto F Pereira, MD

Dr. Pereira is a skilled physician and surgeon, but beyond that, he is a concerned human being who genuinely listens to his patient's concerns. This gives him ammunition to act on a patient's issues that a simple exam might overlook.,

I have been seeing Dr Pereria for heart problems for a month, and as far as I'm concerned he is the only Cardio doctor in North Georgia. I highly recommend him.

I had a pacemaker replacement which he decided to move towards the center and lower part of my chest for no good reason. I have had pacemakers for 23 years with no problems and my body had a perfect cavity to accept the new one. No Pereira decides he knows best he moves it creating another scar, placing it on top of a rib which will mean for the first time in 23 years it will be visibly sticking out of my chest for the next 10 years. He implants it with a processed pig offal pouch which my body rejects, he causes a massive seroma and hematoma. It was sticking right out of my chest and it burst out 7 weeks later oozing puss and I had to undergo a corrective procedure at another hospital performed by a proper Dr. The operation took 3 1/2 hours to correct removing blood clots, and debris from whatever he had implanted into me. Neither Pereira or the hospital can agree as to what he did implant as shown on my records! Not only that I was prescribed drugs that he knew I had an allergy to… which caused me a debilitating c.diff infection. It has cost me $10's thousands and three months of my life. I have consulted with three other senior well respected Cardiologists and none of them could agree with his course of actions. Their view was that the relocation was totally necessary, gave a much increased chance of infection and risked damaging a pacing lead that had been in place 23 years. It created a great deal more trauma than was necessary by digging away at and tearing my pectoral muscle. One has to ask why some Dr. end up practicing in back of the woods hospitals. I guess some do by choice, others simply do not measure up to the top jobs on offer. I think its worth travelling to a major hospital and check the reviews very carefully. I was forced by circumstances to have my procedure by Pereira, check out the ratings and reviews on sites not related to the hospital before committing to what for me was a nightmare.