Lance Turkish, MD

I was in and out of Dr. Turkish’s office in an hour. The staff was very sweet and the doctor seemed genuinely concerned with my condition. It’s unfortunate that some people had such negative experiences because I would definitely go back to see him. He’s been practicing for almost 50 years according to all the plaques on his wall and you can tell that he is very knowledgeable.

I first saw Dr. Turkish 6 years ago with a detached retina and have continued to see him regularly for the underlying condition.
He (and his staff) are courteous, professional, and always take the time to explain everything and answer my questions. I sought the opinions of at least two other ophthalmologists before deciding to treat with Dr. Turkish. I appreciate his thorough yet conservative approach; when others wanted to treat immediately with surgery he suggested less invasive (and ultimately successful) options.
FYI — my appointments have often lasted for more than 2 hours — but I’m glad he takes his time and isn’t trying to rush me out of the door.

The wait time for this doctor is 1 –2 ½ hours, he degrades and insults his employees on a daily basis. His staff is more caring then he is, I would not recommend this doctor to anyone. Please go elsewhere!

These other reviews shock me after the abusive and aggressive experience I had that left me scared, in shock he still is granted the privledge of seeing patients, and in tears.
I called the his office and was asked by his receptionist if I could come in,” right now.” I was experiencing a floater in my eye so I jumped on the appointment and left work early.
The receptionist got me all set up. She was courteous and helpful
The technician came in the exam room and did a few quick tests. His name is Mathew and was also very amicable and helpful.
An hour and 19 minutes went by and still no sign of the doctor or any news on when I could expect to be seen. I asked the receptionist if she had an estimate, she said «I don’t know. He should be in any minute.» I said «ok, I just want to be sure I can pick my dog up before 7pm». It was 5 pm (I arrived at 340pm). I went back to the exam room to wait.
When Lance Turkish walked in, he did not introduce himself and went to the table and started writing. He was not looking up. I said: «hello are you the doctor?»
He said” yes” and did not look up.
Lance Turkish then sat in front of me and began to speak to his technicians as he pulled closer to my chair. He motioned to a bottle of eye drops on the counter for Mathew the technician, to open
I said, «excuse me, can you explain to me what those are for?» — which I think is a patients right to understand what is happening!
Turkish responded: «To dilate your eyes»
I was surprised to hear this, as I had not been told this was going to be involved and I had no one to drive me home. I let him know I wouldn’t be able to drive if I had that done. It’s here he began to snap.
He told me he assumed I knew I would have them dialated.
I explained that, as a patient, I would not assume anything about the examination but would expect if something would interrupt my ability to see clearly for an extended period of time, I would be advised to bring a driver along.
At this point he asked me if I had ever had my eyes examined. He lean in and aggessivly and consecedingly huffed. I responded that I had an exam in March. He asked if my eyes has been dilated. I said, no, I hadnt had that done since i was 20 years old. He said then you never had an eye exam, and pushed away from my chair He made an aggressive push away, which immediately made me stiffen up and said I should have known and I was wasting his time. He asked why I even came in. I said ‚” you should not be so rude to your patients” he snapped — in front of his entire staff! That I was rude because he did me a favor by getting me in at all. he pointed his finger toward me and grimaced. I said his receptionist only told me to come in right away and never told me about a favor. He said «do you think I let people come see me whenever they call same day? I did you a favor». I didn’t know what he wanted me to do with that information. Was he trying to make me feel BAD I wouldn’t be able to drive after a dilation? I was the one with the problem, why should I be made to feel badly?
I said I don’t want to listen to this anymore, you are very rude, I don’t want to be seen by you. As I walked out he YELLED: «YOU NEEF TO HEAR THAt YOU WILL GO BLIND. YOU HAVE A RETINAL TEAR AND YOU COULD GO BLIND» he then FOLLWED me through the hallway of his office out through the waiting room. At this point I was afraid he might physically harm me, as he was angry yelling and chasing me. I quickly said you need to stop following me this is inappropriate. And I ran out to the elevator trying to leave as fast as I could, afraid he would follow me further.
I have never had such an abusive and horrible experience with anyone in my life.
This man should be stripped of his medical license as he has no bedside manner and an anger management problem.
I am VERY surprised the whole staff just kept thier heads down while he yelled, taunted, and FOLLOWED me chasing me because I was afraid, and walking very fast toward the exit.
Suffice to say, I was genuinely afraid of my well being Imagine what it would feel like to be worried about your health, be yelled at for not magically knowing what would happen when you got to the doctors office, and then chased out by a screaming doctor telling you the worst possible prognosis for an issue he didn’t even exam !!! Please avoid this person, I hope for no one to ever have to go through something like this again.

Dr. Turkish is an excellent physician! He takes a great deal of time with his patients and is the most thorough ophthalmologist I have ever been to. After spending a great deal of time with me on my visit, he called back to say he was worried about a complaint I made and wanted to order another test. The results turned out to be fine but I was so happy to know he had turned over every stone in investigating my symptoms. I would definitely recommend him to anyone.

This is the first doctor I that have met in my life who puts his patients before everything and anything. He genuinely cares for every man, woman, child, (and probably even animal) who walks through the doors of his office. He is beyond brilliant (he can identify an eye disorder in a few informed minutes) and he a wonderful human being. Honestly, you really can’t say that about doctors nowadays.
Yes, Judy, his raspy-​voiced assistant can be relatively difficult when it comes to scheduling follow-​up appointments (she is known to cop an attitude every now and again), but what do you expect for a amazing ophthalmologist who is as high in demand as he is? You can’t always get the best dates, but any appointment is worth it for your health. He is experienced in performing a highly complicated eye surgeries (I know this first hand), and can fix common eye diseases in a few days.
Check out the articles about him in his waiting room, and you will get a great glimpse of his heart – as a young, budding physician, he said his goal was to cure the world of blindness caused by diabetes. Dr. Turkish’s warm demeanor and overall wonderfulness more than makes up for any appointment-​based shortcomings.
Really, he is the best. Ophthalmologist. Ever. And I don’t throw around the word «best» lightly.