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    Hamako Conrad, MD - Coastal Eye Associates

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    Doctor took time to understand what I was going through. Asked specific questions and made sure I…read morefelt comfortable answering. Checked over a few things before offering advice and treatment. Wasn't pushy and seemed to know what they were doing. Felt well taken care of during the visit.

    I'm REALLY late to the party here, but this is my story…read more Back in late July, 1991, I was at the beach in Santa Cruz where I lived at the time, playing fetch with a stick, with my dog (Queensland Heeler). She was all amped up, like she always was quite frankly, and wouldn't let go of the stick. Like a dummy, I pulled on the stick while telling her to "give", and suddenly the stick broke, while I was pulling on it and she was hanging on. Before I knew what happened, I managed to shove that stick right through my RayBans into my right eye. Those ultimately sunglasses saved my eyeball, but did almost rip my eyelid off, and mangled my cornea as well. My friend immediately drove me to Dominican Hospital. The ER took a quick look and told me to get to Watsonville Hospital asap, where Dr. Hamako was "on call" for eye emergencies.........just that ONE day per week! Talk about God giving me some luck. Some 4 hours of surgery (cosmetic on my eyelid, and 22 stitches in my cornea) and my eyeball was saved by Dr. Hamako. Another 1/16 of an inch of penetration, and I most likely would have lost the eye......those RayBans slowed the stick down just enough. I can't read very well with the eye, but I can see good enough with it, and oddly, in dark situations, nowadays I can see better with it than my good eye...LOL......(it is because the corneal scarring bounces light around inside the eye in daylight or well lit rooms, making everything blurry, etc.) He advised me against corneal transplantation, basically saying the risk wasn't worth the reward, and I am 100% confident in that recommendation. Thanks again Conrad, and I hope you and yours are doing well!

    Gonzalez Gustavo, MD PhD - In the Target shopping center.

    Gonzalez Gustavo, MD PhD

    2.4(9 reviews)
    1.5 mi

    Was very rude towards my family and gave so much attitude. My brother was crying because he was…read morescared and before the doctor entered he looked at another worker and said "ugh wish me luck" and then entered. I thought this was very disrespectful towards us. Another client was also having issues with the front desk lady about misunderstanding appointments and it shows that they are not very welcoming nor professional. It just seems like a reoccurring problem.

    We were told by Dr. Gonzalez that my youngest sons vision was not correctable past the age of 5 and…read morea half or 6 years old. At another visit Dr. Gonzalez said the vision is correctable until the age of 10. He gets very annoyed if we ask questions. He will sometimes test my son's vision with glasses and sometimes without glasses. When he tested my sons vision with glasses, I asked if we could test it without the glasses to see how my son's eye was actually improving. He snarked and said that made no sense and that he would never do that....(except he had in the past). We also left my son's glasses with them for what we were told was going to be one week, probably less, so the lenses could be updated. 4 weeks later we still do not have my son's glasses back. Every time I call I'm told it will be there Friday or Wednesday. The Monterey location isn't even open on Wednesday (which I found out when I called to see if my son's glasses were ready). They don't have to do a good job because there is no other pediatric ophthalmologist within a 2-hour radius of us and they know it. They also never call you back or answer the phone. The lab they work with, CSC in Watsonville is extremely rude. If you call to try and get an update on your minor child's glasses, they will tell you it's a HIPPA violation and hang up on you. I'm not sure who is lying and saying my son's glasses will be ready when they're not. It's either the CSC Lab or Gonzalez's staff. If you don't have to go here, don't.

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