You know how you don't appreciate what you have until you no longer have it? Unfortunately, Dr. Ahmad is no longer in my insurance network, but she is WELL worth paying out of pocket for. Here's a review I did for someone who IS in my network and what a horrible experience that was; I went back to Dr. Ahmad after this bad experience and remembered why she is one of the best doctors I know.
I actually have three complaints (again, complaints are NOT about Dr. Ahmad's office):
I was told that my appointment was for 8am. After 20 minutes, the assistant came back to get me, did the eye chart and then asked me to sit back down in the waiting room as there were no exam rooms later. It wasn't until 8:50 I asked when I was finally going to see the doc, as I had been waiting 50 minutes. I was told that my appt. had been for 8:10 (no, I was specifically told it was at 8am), so therefore, I'd only been waiting 40 minutes...as though that was acceptable (complaint #1).
When I finally got to see Dr. Newman, I explained what was going on and how I was 99% sure that my continuous watery eye was due to a clogged tear duct, as this has happened to me before and that was the problem. He insisted that it wasn't, and preceded to give me eye drops and antibiotics and tell me how to wash my eyelids. Even when I said specifically that I wanted him to probe/irrigate my tear duct, (complaint #2) he wouldn't do it, as it was too invasive and could cause an infection (yet, he prescribed antibiotics...)
Long story short, a week later and my eye was still streaming. I'd spent $75 on my copay, $75 on GENERIC eye drops, and after calling his office to let them know it still was running, was told by the nurse that it sounded like I had to have my tear duct probed and irrigated! Seriously?! Bye, bye $150.
I went to a doctor out of my network and she LISTENED to me, agreed that it was my tear duct and then probed and irrigated the tear duct (Dr. Ahmad at Walmart on Mansell - fabulous!) Now I'm much better.
Complaint #3, I called Thomas Eye Group's office over two hours ago and asked to speak to the office administrator to let them know of my complaints. I was told that I had to leave a message and that someone would get back to me asap re: these issues. No one has called me back yet. read more