Dr. James Aroet Whitaker, DO

I've had so many surgeries and walking with a really bad limp for such a long time. When I first came in, I was in really bad shape. I couldnâ??t walk, I was stooped over, I used a walker, a wheel chair, and barely walked with a cane. Iâ??ve had both knees replaced, I have a plate in my ankle and my left thigh. I have nerve damage on my left side. My other doctors and surgeons told me it was a miracle I was able to walk again after all that. Iâ??ve had years of therapy in the pool, in my house, icing down, massages, getting my muscles to work at all. They told me they couldnâ??t do anything else for me. When I first came in, using that 1-10 pain scale my pain was a 100. I have bursitis, osteoporosis, fibromyalgia, extreme pain. Dr Whitaker is a wonderful and great doctor. Since he started working on me I can walk upright and straight. I hardly have any limp. I still use my cane but only for balance. My pain level is down to a 2-3. My medication doses are down and I am… off of some of my pain medications. It is just a miracle what he has done for me. I can walk upright. I never thought that would happen again.

I am a patient with Medicare. I have found in my experience to not be treated as well as a patient with a fuller and more complete and comprehensive health plan. Therefore when doctors take on patients such as myself with Medicare (or patients with Medicaid as well) they actually lose money by taking these patients on. In my experience you get treated by medical personnel briskly (in and out) & with not as much quality of care as someone say with Blue Shield or other well paying insurance. It's unfortunate, but it does occur...not all the time...but the majority of the time. However, with Dr. Whitaker I found a genuinely caring and compassionate and competent Dr. I was accurately diagnosed and treated. When "glitches" came up & it was evident that I needed further care than what I had originally come in for he has continued to extend exemplary care. What I like most about Dr. Whitaker is his fun & personable personality. I feel he genuinely cares for me and my health and wellbeing… with the goal of getting to the target of my medical issues and solving them without just putting me on a bunch of pain pills. This is what I have been looking for in a doctor....not just covering up my pain; but getting at it's source, treating it competently and thoroughly with the aim of my getting well so that I don't need to go back again. Dr. Whitaker has stated this as his goal for me as well. In addition to all that I am very impressed with his medical education and prior medical experience which gives me confidence that I am going to a doctor who "knows his/her stuff". If you are unfortunate to need the services he provides; you have done very well if you choose to have Dr. Whitaker as your provider.

Dr. Whitaker is not only a brilliant physician with an impressive academic and practical background for the medical profession, but he is clearly a physician who cares on a personal level for his patients. He worked with me a long time before coming up with a new, innovative approach to treat my pain that has been successful for me! I had been in intractable, chronic, and acute pain on a daily basis for seven months. Two different injections tried by a previous pain management doctor, plus one by Dr. Whitaker, himself, had yielded no results. Dr. Whitaker continued to research my case until he came up with a brand new (to me) treatment which he had not tried previously. It has been a very successful treatment for me, and I am deeply grateful to him, as I've now been able to resume my normal activities of daily living!