I was referred to Dr. Carey by my dermatologist to remove a small new mole I had noticed on my…read moreupper eyelid during my skin check. I'm a completely self admitted anxious medical person, especially given that I have a family history of melanoma and have been monitored closely over the years by my dermatologist. Plus, add in it's your eyelid which made me even more nervous. Thankfully I was in the best hands possible. Dr. Carey was so kind, calming, and wonderful throughout this whole process of getting this removed. His staff made everything seamless with scheduling, and answered any questions I had and were so kind when they could probably sense my panic at times about things. I'm almost 2 weeks out from him removing the mole and you can barely tell I had it taken off. I am eternally grateful for his care he has given me and feel so fortunate to have found him. Thank you Dr. Carey!

Dr. Tim Carey is, without a doubt, the best of the best. His expertise as an ophthalmologist is…read moreunquestionable--he's incredibly knowledgeable, precise, and thorough in every aspect of his care. But what truly sets Dr. Carey apart is his heart. He doesn't just treat patients--he genuinely cares for them. Every appointment feels like a conversation, not a transaction. He takes the time to explain things clearly, answer questions with patience, and make sure you feel seen, heard, and supported. You never feel rushed. You always feel valued. Dr. Carey is a rare and special kind of doctor, and I feel incredibly lucky to be in his care. If you're looking for someone you can trust completely with your vision and your well-being--look no further.

Front desk and scheduler for surgery could use some process improvement. Regular eye…read moreappointments and pre-op/post-op appointments are always running behind. Today, I wasn't even greeted upon arrival, and was told it would be awhile because I was 15 minutes early. They ask for your date of birth in front of all patients in the waiting room which is a blatant violation of HIPPA . Seems very unorganized. However, surgery in the Ballard office was amazing and efficient, and super kind.

The receptionist told me that my daughter can get an eyeglasses after the exam there with my…read moreinsurance for free. But they just did eye exam which she didn't need and told us that the optical department is not covered by my insurance. I ended up paying $50 for refraction which my daughter had with her regular doctor already. Horrible experience. I will never go back.

I have been going to the Ballard Office and Dr. Lam for years and I love her. BUT I have recently…read morehad serious issues in my right eye which required retina surgery and now requires Cataract surgery. Almost 2 months ago I made an appointment for one week from now with Dr. Carroll, also at the Ballard Office. Well today I got a call that he had to do surgeries that day so they had to bump me out to a month from now. I am going to start looking for a different cataract doctor but at this point I will likely have to wait months more. So disappointed. Oh and as some reviews have alluded to - Their online site sucks. Plus I have always had to wait when I have come in for appointments - most of the time at least 30 minutes to an hour. It is a testament to how much I like Dr. Lam that I have stuck with them this long. **Update Edit: Raised the stars to 4 after a same day callback from Dr. Lam's tech - he got me an earlier appointment to see the surgeon and I am now scheduled for surgery. I do really like the people at this facility I just would like to see them get a little more organized. Since my surgery I have been really well taken care of and am really happy. I am making an appointment today to go back in a month for updated glasses!

I am reviewing Eye Associates NW based on our experiences with Dr. Lam, Dr Le, and the worst…read moreoptical department known to man. If there was an option to give zero stars I would've chosen that instead. Absolutely terrible. Our encounters with Dr. Lam from the first visit to now two years later her bedside manners haven't improved and the optical department has only gotten increasingly worse just like Dr. Lam's attitude. If you are someone who likes your provider to be rude/abrasive and super unfriendly then Dr. Lam is the one for you. If you want an optical department that doesn't have their shit together this is also the place for you. Their excuse is always that they're under new management and trying to get their organization in order but there is no excuse for the constant incompetence and there's absolutely no way any management team will be able to properly manage Dr. Lam's ability to drive patient's away with her argumentative, aggressive, unpleasant, and unprofessional behavior. Our daughter has been seeing Dr. Le as her ophthalmologist for the past four years, she's great with nice bedside manners and is good with kids, but the disappointing thing is that we we have come to find out that none of her chart notes correspond with any of our daughter's visits as of the last two years. We commute 1.5 hrs each way to find out today that at each of the appts our daughter has had every 6-9 months for the past two years has not been properly documented NOR do the providers in the same practice communicate with each others office which is the MOST bizarre thing we have ever dealt with. The weird thing is that the optometrist (Dr. Lam) is openly pissed off that we also still see the ophthalmologist (Dr.Le). The reason why we have done this for two years is because 1) Dr. Le doesn't dispense contacts and 2) because Dr. Lam is SO incredibly unlikable that we and our daughter do not feel comfortable with her and do not want to make the full switch to utilize just her as our daughters eye doctor because she is that unpleasant to be around. Initially we thought maybe we met her on a bad day but clearly she has a bad day every day. This practice has terrible communication from within from provider to provider, and also fails to communicate with us about what appointments are exams and which are not. We have been literally wasting our time for appointments that didn't mean anything and didn't get documented properly. We held out hope that things would get better and improve, because we and our daughter genuinely like Dr. Le and find her beside manners and her pediatric patient care to be comforting for our child, but to find out today that the visits our daughter has had recently haven't been properly charted and exams never happening that we thought was the whole purpose of the appts didn't occur is especially frustrating when I specifically asked in February if our daughters eyes were going to be dilated and they responded "nope we'll just check her eyes, everything looks great" to "today's appt is just about contacts you'll have to come back for an actual eye exam." How in the heck has there been NO eye exam performed when every single time we've brought our daughter in to see Dr. Le (most recently in Feb 2026) we got printed glasses prescription, even last May 2025 we brought our daughter for an appt with Dr. Lam and her assistant Andrea specifically told us that since she had just seen Dr. Le a couple days before that Dr. Lam said she didn't need to see to her. Then when I call the optical department regarding an issue with my daughter's contacts I am told that my daughter's prescription is expired. We saw Dr. Lam today and she says my daughters glasses prescription is also expired when we just saw Dr. Le in February, make it make sense! Using a call center that is nowhere near the providers office SUCKS. You can't get ahold of your care team without going through the call center and that's with excessive hold times too and nobody returns calls. The optical dept may not be part of the providers business any longer but they were never good prior to being under new management they're still unimproved and do not return phone calls. You can't contact via patient portal either which is super archaic and inconvenient! Super disappointing experiences!

Dr Carey and his staff are wonderful! Came in to get a random growth on the side of my eye removed…read moreand Dr Carey took the time to assess all options before going with surgery. The before and after care provided by everyone at this office is superb

I had basal cell carcinoma on the lower eye lid, right next to my tear duct. Dr. Carey did the…read moreclosure and reconstruction. He did such a great job that it is almost impossible to see where the work was done. There weren't any complications and they really helped to prepare me for both the surgery and the recovery. I learned later that he was the best "lid guy" around. My dermatologist coordinated the 2 appointments the (cancer removal and then closure/restructure the following day. I probably would have not made the hour-long drive into Seattle on my own, but I trusted the dermatologist's choice. I feel very fortunate to be so well taken care by Dr. Carey and his staff. He was totally worth the long drive and I will continue to see him for future need if they arise.

I was incredibly fortunate to find Dr. Kenneth Fung. I was seen within 15 minutes of calling his…read moreoffice with an urgent concern on a Friday afternoon. Dr. Fung treated and explained my condition in detail, prognosis and lifestyle adjustments while healing. He even gave me information for a referral to a specialist in my area. His staff was friendly, professional and efficient, as well! I left Eye Associates NW with full confidence of recovery and an understanding of the next steps to ensure success in preserving my sight. Thank you so much!

I had to see Dr. Kenneth Fung for a follow-up appointment after laser eye surgery. I arrived about…read more20 minutes early, but the waiting room was already full. I ultimately had to wait approximately an hour before I was seen. When Dr. Fung came in, he examined my eye and told me that it appeared to be healing well. I then asked him about a concern I was having--seeing flashing lights when I look to the right. He told me that it was nothing to be concerned about. When I asked whether this was something I should be watching or concerned about, his response was delivered in what I felt was an annoyed and dismissive manner. I asked a few follow-up questions because I wanted to understand what I was experiencing and whether there were any warning signs I should be aware of. Unfortunately, my questions were met with the same irritated attitude. I was left with the impression that he was annoyed that I was asking questions at all. I cannot comment on whether Dr. Fung is an excellent or poor physician when it comes to the technical aspects of his work. However, I do believe that listening to and addressing a patient's concerns is an important part of providing good medical care. I was not impressed with Dr. Fung's bedside manner. Patients should feel comfortable asking questions about their health, particularly following eye surgery, and should feel that their concerns are being heard and taken seriously. In my experience, that was not the case during this visit.

I recently had cataract surgery performed by Dr. Shields at Seattle Eye Care. The quality of care…read morewas excellent, from the meeting to discuss my options through surgery. He took his time to make sure all my concerns were addressed. He greeted me at the surgery center before the operation to answer any more questions I had and again after surgery. I highly recommend him.

I have had occasional but chronic problems with vision because of intermittent eye dryness. Dr…read more Hughes has successfully treated me each time I have had a flare up. I have always returned to perfect vision. The staff is professional and very helpful. I would whole heartedly recommend Dr. Hughes.

I actually loved Dr. Periman. She is extremely personable, seemed very knowledgeable about dry…read moreeyes, mites, etc. and her staff were very pleasant. That said, I ended up paying nearly $4,000 for a bunch of stuff...lid cleansing, and 4 IPL treatments for Rosacea and ocular Rosacea. I had inquired from her staff about Excel V which I had read was the gold standard for ocular rosacea and they told me IPL was the way to go. Well, I only saw Dr. one time. The 4 IPL treatments were done by her staff. When I told them it didn't seem to be working about half way through I was told I needed patience so I went for the entire course per Docs recommendation. Not only did it not improve my skin at all, it actually made my eyes worse. Wish they would have laid out my options before rushing me into something that was really not intended for rosacea. Surely as knowledgable as this Dr is she would have known about the procedures such as Excel V and V Beam and could have explained them all so I could have made a choice. When I told the staff it didn't work they just said "ok". No follow up with me by the Dr or anyone else. This did leave me feeling like it was all about the Benjamins to them. Hope I'm wrong but here I sit....my eyes worse then ever, my skin still bad and my bank account much smaller. She came highly recommended and is probably great for dry eyes but I would not recommend her for ocular rosacea at all.

What a great bunch of people. As previously stated, Dr. Periman had such a wonderful bedside…read moremanner. Both her AND the staff were kind and informative. They answered all the questions I had and, being an engineer, I usually have a lot. I WILL go back to them for my next eye exam or any other needs. It was such a great visit. I've never had a doctor and their staff make me feel so relaxed and comfortable. This is the right one.

Do you hate getting puffed in the eye whenever your ophthalmologist decides to check for glaucoma?…read moreBoy, I sure do. It's like having some giant, eye-scoping robot spit in your face! NO ROBOT SPITS IN MY FACE! But wait! If you go to the eye clinic at UWMC you wont have to get spit... er puffed in the eye to check for glaucoma! Seriously though, instead of getting an annoying blast of air in my peepers during my exam today, I just had to look at a pretty blue light that some how accomplishes the same job. Keep in mind that UWMC is a teaching hospital. This can be both a blessing and a curse. It is good, because the docs are more than willing to explain what is going on in detail. When I left, I felt better able to perform an ocular exam than someone who just stayed at a Holiday Inn. However, on the down side, if you have an unusual condition like I do, the docs will parade EVERY RESIDENT IN THE HOSPITAL past you to have a look. While I enjoy being the center of attention, it does add significantly to the appointment time.

I came in for a routine examination with Dr. Lee and she did a very good job. I had high eye…read morepressures and she said my nerves looked suspicious for glaucoma. I have had an eye examination every year and never had been told that I might have glaucoma. Since my visit I have started medication to slow the progression of glaucoma. I am very grateful that she helped me! I highly recommend Dr. Lee.

Really nice Doctor I had a great experience she is helping me to cure My eyeread more

Took my 18 month old after I got a referral from her primary care physician. He was great with her,…read moreI can tell he loves kids and kids love him. Didn't have to wait long to be seen either. Because there are t many eye specialists that take kids my appt was a few months out, but worth the wait. Highly recommend.

If I could give a zero rating I would. Dr. Cadera did not take any care in trying to examine my…read moredaughter. Her current condition causes extreme pain with any type of light and he would not look at her eyes except with full lighting in the room which she could not tolerate. So he dismissed us and left her sobbing through the waiting room and out to the car. Since we were referred to him as the last person who could address the problem she was devastated that no one will help relieve her pain.