Dr. Aranez is extremely rude and unprofessional at times and especially during labor. He makes inappropriate jokes or asks you repeatedly where you are from like what country. He kept asking me if I was Italian since my last name sounds Italian in his office and after my c section. Like who cares where I am from just provide me care. He doesn't spend more that five minutes with you at his office and just rushes your visit. The rooms looked dirty and unkept. There were used robes and sheets of paper those that you lay on, overflowing out of the trashcan. Dirty utensils left out. I think he even checked me without using gloves a couple of times. He also made jokes about Maduro after learning my husband is Venezuelan. He asked me a few times if I was Mexican and when I said no he said "oh that's good". Like what? So racist. He also is aggressive when checking you and placing the foley ballon inside you. He caused me pain several times and made me bleed. When he made me bleed he just said, "oh you're very sensitive". Like "no you're just a brute". He gets upset and nasty with you if you ask questions about your care or the procedures he recommends. His office staff are not friendly nor are they efficient. You have to call multiple times to get a hold of someone, oftentimes they don't even answer the phone. You also have to remind them to get paperwork done for you or else they forget and don't get it done. Dr. Aranez convinced me to have an induced labor after threatening me that something bad would happen to my baby if I didn't. He said, "Do you want your baby to die?". He didn't take the time to explain anything to me and would just say, no you need to do this or that. I wanted more information about the foley ballon and induced labor. I also wanted statistics on how many babies die if you wait until your due date instead of a week before your due date to be induced. He seemed bothered I was asking questions, was wanting more information, was questioning his recommendations and that the visit was taking longer than five minutes. He would argue with me and just say you need to be induced exactly a week before your due date. He inserted a foley ballon and it made my water break so he had to take it out and I had to go straight to the hospital to get my labor induced with pitocin. My labor was painful due to maybe my water breaking or getting induced with pitocin so I was yelling when the contractions hit. He came in and reprimanded me telling me to stop yelling because I was scaring the other patients. He called my yelling crazy and me crazy for yelling. He even laughed at me because I was yelling and said he had many women in labor there that day, none of which were yelling. It's never ok to compare, we are all different. So insensitive, rude, unprofessional and wrong. The registered nurse also was horrible. She agreed with him and was mean as well as dismissive towards me. She would roll her eyes at me when I asked her to lower the strength of the pitocin they were administering to me or to check how dilated I was. She was annoyed by me and offered me no help whatsoever. I would call for her to come to my room and she would tell me she was with another patient and would get to me soon. Minutes would pass and she wouldn't come to my room so I would call again. Sometimes she wouldn't answer my call. When she did talk to me and explained things, she'd speak down to me like in a condescending way implying I am stupid or incapable of understanding. Then I demanded she shut the pitocin off and she became really angry. She told me that Dr. Aranez was going to be really upset with me and I would need to talk to him over the phone. Both Dr. Aranez and this registered nurse were inconsiderate, tired, stressed, angry, frustrated, uncaring, upset and rushed our encounters. Due to Dr. Aranez's and this registered nurse's terrible care or lack there of, I decided to just have a c section because I wanted the nightmare of having to deal with them to be over, that and I was having trouble dilating. I don't recommend him nor do I recommend Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. I had a horrendous experience and it has led to me having trauma, depression, anxiety, shame, anger, sadness, worry, regret, feelings of loss associated with my decision to have a c section. I wouldn't wish how I am feeling on my worst enemy. Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere, don't see Dr. Aranez. You will regret it I promise you. read more