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    Rick A Carpenter, DO

    Rick A Carpenter, DO

    2.9(14 reviews)
    0.7 mi

    He's very patient and through. Accommodates people with disabilities and the door frames are wide…read moreenough for big wheelchairs. Also has AC and if you don't want to wait inside then there's chairs outside too. There is a lady who rents an office space for facials if you're interested.

    I went to this office in Hilo to have cataract surgery. This was a mistake I…read more encourage you not to make because of the following: Way too many appts for the surgery, before and after--very unnecessary All appts were never on time, always a long wait. The waiting room was small and packed, so some people had to sit outside. Inadequate parking available. You only meet the actual surgeon, Dr Siapco on the day of surgery, and he is in a rush because there is a line up of people having the surgery. The surgery is at a separate facility and is an assembly line experience. The staff at the surgery center were not properly attentive to me so not aware that I was experiencing atrial fibrillation as it seems no one was watching the monitors. When asked by the anesthesiologist 10 minutes before having my R eye surgery how I was doing, I mentioned I was OK but having wonky heartbeats. Then all of a sudden I'm having a ECG, my surgery cancelled and made to go directly to my PCP while everyone talked stroke stroke stroke creating fear in me. My experience with using this office for cataract surgery was a very traumatic experience.

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    Fernandez Caron K OD -  Eye Q Hawaii

    Fernandez Caron K OD - Eye Q Hawaii

    5.0(2 reviews)
    1.3 mi

    I'm shocked there are no other reviews for Dr. Fernandez, who's been my eye doctor since I moved to…read moreHilo in January 2022. She and her staff have always been great on the basics -- eye exams, new glasses and contacts, etc. -- but I recently had more challenging issue that she was able to figure out when no one else could: Around a year and a half ago, I started having discomfort verging on actual pain in my left eye, discomfort that got worse with my rigid gas permeable contacts in -- to the point where I couldn't keep the lenses in more than an hour, maybe 90 minutes on a good day, making them basically useless. I'll spare you the long odyssey of figuring out what was going on, but two ophthalmologists tried to diagnose and treat me over the course of about a year, trying all the obvious stuff (e.g. dry eye issues) and failing to come up with a solution. So I circled back to Dr. Fernandez in desperation. She spent a LONG time with me, looking at the eye, trying various things -- more time than either ophthalmologist did by far -- and finally she figured it out: I had a relatively rare condition involving deterioration of the nerve leading to my cornea (sorry, but I'm not going to attempt to spell the official name of it). The treatment involved a very expensive recombinant nerve growth factor -- the cost of which, happily, was covered by my insurance, otherwise it would have been a real hardship. It worked. My eyes are still getting used to me wearing contacts again, but yesterday I had them in for over 7 hours with no problems, and probably could have gone longer. Count me as one very happy patient.

    She is the best ophthalmologist I have ever met. Very personable, and professional. I have known…read moreher for 20 years. She has always gone above and beyond what is needed to make the patient comfortable. She is very caring. Hi Caron Aloha Dan(diver)

    Bennett Eye Institute - opthamalogists - Updated May 2026

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