Spindel Eye Associates

David William

I haven’t been to a eye doctor in over two decades. Being a bit nervous the staff, nurse, and Dr. Wood were excellent, extremely friendly, thorough, and friendly. Highly recommend!

Carol Bartlebaugh

The Dr. was very nice and took the time to explain what was going to take place if I was going to have cataract surgery.

Ashley Carette

By far the BEST experience my husband and I could have asked for! Rebecca and Carissa are so sweet and amazing! My husband and I have anxiety and they really made our experience a breeze! The Dr. was great and the front desk staff was great also! Thank you!!

Grace MacMillan

I had lasik eye surgery in 2013 with Dr. Vazan. At the time I was 23 years old. During the initial consultation I asked Dr. Vazan if I should wait to have the procedure until I was older because I had read that eyes change more rapidly when you're younger and I didn't want the procedure to be ineffective. He said I may see minor regression in my distance vision when I was older but nothing that would need to be corrected and the only thing I needed to be aware of was that it was likely that I would still need reading glasses when I aged. I was thrilled at the prospect of being able to read my shampoo bottles in the shower without glasses and made an appointment for the procedure. During the actual procedure the chair that moves the patient between the two lasers malfunctioned. My eye flap on one eye had already been cut and the chair would no longer operate. I had to sit in a secondary room and wait while they called a representative from the chair company to troubleshoot it. Although I did finish the procedure that day it was a very upsetting process. However, after the procedure my vision was perfect so I was thrilled. 6 or so years later I noticed my vision seemed less and less crisp. Now, at the 9 year mark I can barely make out street signs. I had an appointment with my PCP to rule out medical concerns and then made an appointment with Dr. Vazan. When I called and told the receptionist my concerns she said regression after lasik "happens all the time." However, the current research I'm seeing shows it's less than 1% of patients. Anyway, during my appointment with him I learned that my vision is now very close to what it was before lasik. When I asked him why this happened he told me that eyes change over time and that is is not uncommon. When I reminded him that that's not what he said to me during my initial consultation he said that he never tells patients the procedure is a permanent fix. He then asked about my profession and daily habits. After I told him, he suggested that attending graduate school and reading in addition to looking at my phone were the causes of my significant regression and that he tells graduate students that they may experience eye changes from excessive studying. Well, he didn't say that to me when I had the procedure done and was in graduate school and I feel that him blaming my quite ordinary habits was almost offensive. He did offer to do a corrective surgery which he said would be painful and require extensive healing time. As a mom to 2 young kids thats not reasonable for me anyway but when I expressed that I had a traumatic experience in my last procedure he said "sometimes the unexpected happens" and several sentences later that "it was extremely unlikely anything like that would happen again." I'm sorry Dr. Vazan, but you also told me it was extremely unlikely my eyes would regress to the point where I can't read the Netflix menus but here we are. When I told him that I was discouraged that I paid a significant amount of money for this procedure (particularly for someone in their early 20s) and now I would have to pay for glasses for the rest of my life he said he waved the $20 copay for my appointment and I could use that towards glasses. Thanks a lot. After leaving my appointment I confirmed that the research shows that roughly 1% of people have the issues I have after lasik. So I suppose the point of this review is to say that if you are considering lasik with Dr. Vazan both he and the secretary I called and spoke with said regression after lasik is not uncommon. However, globally it is extremely rare. That, coupled with my traumatic surgery experience, and lack of any sort of compassion on the part of Dr. Vazan compelled me to write this review to suggest that you may consider looking elsewhere for lasik surgery, particularly if you hope it's a long term solution. I will say that the office staff was today, and has always been, pleasant to deal with and Gretchen is an absolute doll. I'll miss them as my family and I take our eye care somewhere else.