Dr. Charlotte Ricotta Thompson, MD

I'm getting more frustrated each visit. They seem unorganized and each time i am instructed to come in for a "15 min appt" it turns into 3-4 hours. After 5 visits with in a few months, there is clearly something wrong but it seems she is afraid, unable to understand where the issue is, or not confident enough to make a diagnosis, while my eye sight is growing worse each day. When I press Dr for answers about the health of my eyes her answers are responded to with, "umm, ahh, maybe." Staff and Dr aloof- Reception is plain rude and unapologetic. They make me feel as though I am taking too much of their time and like i am asking them to come back and see me. Reaearching new Dr's with higher competency and confidence levels .

My four year son is terrified to have drops in his eyes. We have done everything to assure him that it will be ok and he is a big boy and can do this. We have been seeing Dr. Thompson for a year and each time we have saw her I have had to restrain my son so that she could put drops in his eyes. Well today at his appointment I guess she wasn’t in a kid friendly mood and she was very impatient and making comments that we needed to talk to him about getting drops in his eyes. This is a process that we have done several times and he is still afraid to be restrained. She insisted that she could have four or five people to hold him but he was not feeling it. We ended up leaving and in few words I told her that we are requesting a referral to a more child friendly provider. She was very impatient and didn’t show any concern to a scared kid who was under her care. The experience with her today was very distasteful and I will never subject my child to someone who would so impatient with him… ever again. I am beyond livid with her actions today and this review of her practice will not just stop here. I’m taking this to the top!

Dr. Charlotte will help you, Very Caring Dr.

I had upper eye surgery about a month ago. I showed Dr Thompson my eye lids were not the same. One is lower than the other and also puffy skin on eyebrow area. She said insurance only pays for correcting eye for seeing better. So here i am with puffy brows and one drooping eye lid. On disability and can not afford to get surgery corrected. She left me with looking disfigured. I can understand the surgery not going perfect sometimes but the doctors should be responsible for correcting the error. I will continue to fight this matter until my eyes are corrected. I would not recommend Dr Charlotte Thompson!

This woman yelled at an 87 year old patient with eye cancer telling her she was told not to take her vitamins. This is the third time being diagnosed with skin cancer near the eye. Patient was told "Oh sorry you were told that 1% could experience reoccurring cancer." Then Dr. Thompson yelled at her again saying "you should have remembered the procedure from three years ago" This poor woman can't remember what she ate yesterday let alone procedure requirements from 3 years ago. Horrible bedside manner, avoid her if at all possible. All she cares about is the almighty dollars she gets.

My 4 year old daughter was referred here after having some swelling of her eye. Dr. Thompson and her staff was great. She conducted a thorough evaluation and explained all treatment options with no pressure to pursue one over the other. She took her time and made us very comfortable with her assessment. Her friendly staff has followed up to see how things are going with my daughter.

After seeing her for approx 13 mos for shingles in the eye, she referred me to a cornea specialist before she did an eye lid repair surgery. Due to the shingles the eye lid muscle has become damaged causing the eye lid to droop. Her office said they would make the appointment. After waiting 5 weeks and not getting an appt from them, I made it myself. From that time I checked with the new Dr if they had received my records from her. No they hadn't. Everytime I called her office to inquire about my records they would just say they will send them. After 8 weeks the appointment with the new Dr who Dr Thompson had referred me had arrived. While I was there I was told that Dr Thompson never sent the records. I told them that 8 days earlier I went to the office to ask about my records. The receptionist told me that she faxed the records the day before. Then Dr KanitKar's nurse called once again to ask for the records. She was told that Dr Thompson refused to make my records… available to him. She actually refused to release my file to him even though she was sending me to him for his expert opinion. How can a Dr refuse to give a patients file to another Dr of her choice especially when her office girl told me that they were faxed 8 days ago.

I will never recommend Charlotte Thompson to anyone. She showed no concern for telling me what she was testing me for and why. Nor, did she explain the results of any of those tests to me. She acted annoyed when I asked questions and I basically left with no more information on my condition than when I arrived at her office. She was rude, unprofessional, and the equipment was out-dated and dirty. Wait time was 10-15mins. Total appt time was 2 HOURS. For that amount of time she should have been able to do more than just acknowledge the symptoms I told her about. I would not recommend her or her practice to anyone.

Despite the long office wait time I always experience being seen there, I've been a loyal patient of Dr. Charlotte Thompson for 11 years. That is until today. I took off of work, showed up to a scheduled appointment, and was told before I could be seen I had to pay a past due balance of $25! Past due from when, for what I asked? That doesn't even equal out to one of my copayments, I stated. Then I was inadequately informed that due to "their system changes", it's showing an unpaid balance from 2004!!! This is 2013, clearly that $25 was an oversight on their behalf due to "their computer system". Clearly that was some type of an error, I mean I've been seen every year since 2004 - why hadn't this fee appeared then? None the less, despite the office of Dr. Charlotte Thompson not ever notifying me of the fee, not mentioning the balance when I phoned and scheduled the appointment, and stating that if I didn't pay it they would tack on another $15...she lost a loyal customer. … Couldn't provide me with an exact date of service, what the charge was for or anything. I guess I might as well just hand out $25 dollars to any and everybody asking, huh doc? If the fee was valid surely they should have been able to provide me some more info other than "system changes". I don't mind paying money for services provided, I mean, really, I went there today expecting to pay a copayment. But you're not just going to rip me off. Doctors are like car insurance companies, its too many out there to just stick with one, when given poor customer service. Thanks but no thanks, I'll find another.

If I could give zero stars i would...Not only did i wait over an hour to be seen, Dr. C Thompson was not respectful, she did not listen to my concerns. It was a waste of time and money. They overcharged me and now my insurance company and I are currently trying to get my refund for overages. I even spoke to one of the lady's in the office who said "well people's insurance cards will say 30 and it ends up being like 60". I was informed by my insurance company that this is not how it works, and something fishy is definitely going on there. I feel bad for anyone else who they have skimmed money out of.