Dr. Hilger is a world renowned surgeon. I have friends who areotolaryngology surgeons who agree that he is the best there is. I have had two surgeries performed by Dr. Hilger, over a decade apart, the second of which was extremely complicated. The first surgery fixed a deviated septum. The second time I had broken my nose multiple times and the bone had completely buckled under the stress of multiple breaks. Dr. Hilger not only solved my breathing problems both times, which was life changing, but he also improved the appearance each time. In addition to my own nose, he has also performed successful surgeries on other family members, as well as one of my friends. I also have to note that I am so pleased to see that he continues to mentor young surgeons because I would never want to trust anyone else with face, but if I had to, it would be comforting to know that they trained under this world class surgeon.