Dr. Joseph Israel Hoffman, MD

I had a high expectation of Dr. Hoffman performance as I heard from doctor's coworkers how pedant the doctor is.. However, from the first day all I had is disappointments. Starting from the mistakenly wrong lens (not as discussed and agreed prior to surgery) was insert during the cataract surgery, the recovery was awfully long opposite from promised. Finally, the glasses prescribed by Dr. Williams after recovery were not usable. Never mind that I paid quite some money for the prescription. The time doctor spends with the patient is very minimum. You get tons of the tests done by the students. I thought it was for my benefit but now I understand it was part of students' study. I left Dr. Hoffman for another doctor to do the second eye and extremely happy. If you consider this doctor for your health, good luck !

He damage my eye on a simply surgery. He is careless and hide behind his lawyers. Do not let him touch your eyes.

The most horrible Dr. Please! Don't go to see him! You can turn blind like my husband!

Thorough, personable, easy to talk to.

I was at this Office a Few times For different Diagnostic tests. Always his students performed the tests. Finally when they had a diagnosis I thought Dr Hoffman would talk to me. He just read the paperwork without even look at me. He was all the time talking with his students. I would never go back. He cares more about his students than he does about his patients

During a simple OD Posterior Capsulotomy he burned the Cornea and hide the issue with the complicity of two other doctors in his clinic, Dr. Don and Dr. Williams. By the time I found out, it was too late to save the eye. These people care more about their insurance than the patient's eye. Stay away from these doctors.

He is an excellent drand his staff is wonderful. However I had to wait 2 hours before being taken on. That did not make me happy.

Dr Hoffman was great to my mother, when others would not help.. Thank you

He is an excellent doctor and one of the best in the area. I have been here multiple times and have had all my problems resolved with expertise.

A feel very lucky to have found Dr. Hoffman. After my arrival to Fort Lauderdale Fl. from Virginia I decided to seek help as my right eye blurriness was getting worse. I was able to get an appointment in a short time with Dr. Hoffman. I found the staff at the Fort Lauderdale office helpful and to the point, in particular Diana. The young doctors who examined me prior to Doctor Hoffman were also very professional, took the time to explain each step of the examination with superb clarity. Dr. Hoffman's is indeed an authority onthis matter. His behavior during the examination made me feel comfortable to trust him. The day of the surgery at the Miami Office, I had to wait a bit longer but the staff was very ware of my presence there. Finally, I was called in and directed for the surgery preparation w/o a problem. Doctor Hoffman greeted me and the nurses wheel me to the surgery room. I felt no pain during surgery which did not last very long. I felt no pain then or after the surgery. I… was concerned about the pain or discomfort that would cause the removal of the eye patch. It took place the following day of the cataract removal and to my surprise there was not pain or discomfort associated with this action. They reminded me more than once to follow directives to apply 4 times a day the eye drops in the right eye. In conclusion, if I have to remove cataracts fro the other eye, without a doubt, I will have Doctor Hoffman do it!