Eye Specialists

My 84-year-old father had a very traumatic experience at Envision Eye Specialists at 3920 Bee Ridge Road in Sarasota that resulted in permanent eyesight damage and a diagnosis of glaucoma. It was a full-blown medical malpractice experience – something we never imagined possible in this day and age! His surgeon, Dr Mauer, prescribed the wrong sedation, even though my dad informed the nurse during the pre-op interview that he was allergic to certain medicines, which made him agitated. As he started the surgery, the doctor failed to test whether sedation worked. Once my elderly dad showed signs of agitation during the surgery, he stopped the operation halfway by pushing the cataract deep inside the eye and sent him home without as much as a pain relief prescription or a follow-up plan. As a result of this surgical damage to an otherwise healthy eye, my dad experienced weeks of sharp eye pain, headaches, and loss of vision. It took him eight weeks to get a surgery in another hospital… to repair the damage inflicted by Dr Mauer. Worse, he never got as much as a follow-up call from Dr. Mauer! We are writing this review as a warning to other cataract patients. What happened to my dad is surely not an isolated case, as shown by the callousness of Dr Mauer and his staff.