Edward E Manche, MD

Three years post op and I am now a third year resident in neurosurgery
No issues at all, still eye drop free
No eye fatigue even after long calls or surgeries using loupes
Visual acuity 20/​15, no diplopia or halos

He said, «No.» As in I almost cried because I wanted it done so badly. He just sat there very comforting and said that he understood and that it indeed is disappointing. He wouldn’t do it because I am often a ‘dizzy’ feeling person and he was concerned that a procedure could make it worse. He also said no because embroidery and sewing type work is one of my major hobbies and that he wasn’t comfortable potentially harming my ability to do the one hobby that I enjoy. I wanted to argue that I was willing to try, but when you go to see a professional sometimes you just have to accept what you don’t want to hear. I took off a star for the pushy sales pitch of the technicians that do your testing. I felt like it wouldn’t have been so heartbreaking if they hadn’t spent 25 minutes telling me how life-​changing the procedure was.

Dr. Manche and his staff are superb! I had the Lasik procedure done on both eyes after a well-​informed consultation with Dr. Manche. The procedure was quick and painless. After the procedure, I had several routine f/​u appointments and my last appointment was on my one year «Lasik Anniversary». Every single appointment, Dr. Manche and his staff demonstrated professionalism and punctuality. I couldn’t be more satisfied with my vision and the service provided!

Great office by far. I called to see if I could schedule an appointment and they were able to see me the next day! Everyone I met was very professional and knowledgeable. They performed a lot of tests on me and at the end I met with Dr. Manche. He has a great bedside manner and he was very honest with me as to why I was not a candidate. I left their office glad that I was given an honest, no pressure consultation.

Today, I had my 9 months follow up after my Lasik procedure with Dr. Manche. I wore glasses and then contacts almost my whole life and I am extremely pleased with the results after my Lasik procedure. I highly recommend Dr. Manche and his team as they all took time to explain the procedure and my options. I never felt rushed and always felt welcome in their office. Dr. Manche and his team are friendly, informative, and knowledgeable. I really appreciated how much time Dr. Manche spent answering my questions and exploring various options to correcting my vision. I can’t believe that less than a year ago I needed contacts! I am very grateful to Dr. Manche and his entire team.

Dr. Manche and his staff were excellent. All his technicians and support staff were very friendly, professional and patient. They took time to answer all of my questions, even a few that were a bit out of scope. I have some pretty intense allergies that affect my eyes, so I had some hesitations about surgery. Everything went well. My right eye needed some additional correction after the surgery, which they did at no additional cost. I’m seeing ²⁰⁄₂₀ in one eye now and ²⁰⁄₂₅ in the other. No problems with dryness. I did pretty good. LASIK is not for everyone, but I definitely felt I had the best customer service with Dr. Manche’s office.

Last week I completed my one year post Lasik evaluation. I went from being almost blind without my glasses to having ²⁰⁄₂₀ vision in one eye and ²⁰⁄₁₅ in the other. The quality of my life has definitely improved. Now I can drive, workout at the gym, and watch TV, all without the use of my glasses.
For me, the only drawback is that I now need reading glasses for my near vision. That is somewhat of an inconvenience when I need to check my phone or go grocery shopping, but I am glad to have the benefit of the crisp distance vision.
Dr. Manche was very thorough in explaining the advantages and disadvantages to me. There were no surprises. He did a great job with my surgery, and I would be happy to recommend him to anyone who is considering Lasik.

This was a very mixed bag. The technicians were very helpful and when they took my measurements they explained to me about the procedure and the measurements. BUT, they also acted as big saleswomen — they tried to convince me how awesome LASIK is and so on…
Dr. Manche was terrible — he barely had any time to talk to me. When I asked about possible complications he would not give me any. This is grossly unethical. He gave me a clean chit to do a LASIK or PRK — it was my choice, I was ok for both. I went to another location after that and they showed me how my cornea was better suited for PRK than LASIK due to the shape, and thickness. I felt as if the doctor and the receptionist are just meant to hush you and hurry you through. Once they realized that I had a lot of questions bout safety and possible complications or side-​effects — they totally shut me out.
The kind of patients they were looking for were the ones who are lambs and are willing to sacrifice their eyes to them, come what may. I decided not to go ahead with the surgery with Dr Manche — how I could I trust some one who had no time for me and was busy churning one patient after the other.

Went to Dr. Manche in ~2008 for PRK both eyes, and was very happy with the care. I was thoroughly screened and had everything explained to me. PRK takes a while to heal, so I got one eye done at a time, but I knew what to expect and it went smoothly.
At that time, I think Dr. Manche had already performed procedures on tens of thousands of eyes. There were much fewer competitors for these procedures back then. It’s 2015 now, and there are many other places you can go. But this is still a relatively new field. An employee of mine got LASIK back in 2001 when it was very new, and had lots of problems. Even today, a lot of testimonials/​reviews about places you’ll get are only a couple of years old. Dr. Manche has been doing this a long time. For what it’s worth, 7 years later, as a former patient, I couldn’t be happier with my outcome. Highly recommended!

I’m sure the doctor hears this a lot, but I should have gotten LASIK much earlier. I was hesitant, because who isn’t? The doctor ends up putting a laser to your eye the modify the shape. It’s scary, but Dr. Manche has done tens of thousands of these surgeries and he’s much more conservative than other LASIK consults I’ve done.
Dr. Manche also doesn’t push you to do the surgery either. He lays out the options, the pros and cons, and let’s you make up your mind. It’s nice not to be thrown to a salesman right after the initial consult.
One year after my eye surgery, I have ²⁰⁄₁₅ vision in both eyes. I couldn’t be happier.

No matter how badly I wanted to get LASIK done in the past, I’ve always been afraid to do so. I’ve heard many «LASIK gone wrong» stories and I sure wasn’t trying to risk losing my eyesight over a procedure that took only a few minutes to complete. BUT let me tell you, doing this has got to be the BEST thing I’ve invested in.
Dr. Manche explained everything and answered all my «scary questions» (multiple times because my paranoia caused me to go dumb and deaf half the time). He was always pleasant and had a smile on his face every time I came in and made me feel extremely comfortable with the procedure (before and after).
With my better-​than ²⁰⁄₂₀ vision, everything turned out better than I imagined it could ever be! I wake up with clear vision. I sleep without having to worry about taking off my contacts and travel without the worry of forgetting my thick glasses.
I am so glad I was referred to Dr. Manche. I refer all my friends to him and everyone has been happy with their results.

This physician is unethical and failed to give me all the information I needed to make an informed decision on my surgery. 1 year and 8 months after PRK, I have more health problems that I ever had in my life. It’s impacting every aspect of my work and personal life. To imagine it could all have been avoided if he had only answered my questions honestly. I had two pre-​surgery consults with him and asked about the most frequent side effects, so I can make a good decision on something so life changing, and to know what to expect. He denied seeing any issues with his patients except the most serious and rare serious infections or clouding of the cornea. He failed to warn me of the most commonly seen issues such as drooping eyelid, loss of best corrected vision, severe dry eye, inability to wear glasses if you cannot move forward with the other eye surgery (which was my case). I am now stuck wearing one contact lens in the uncorrected eye. Glasses are not an option for me anymore. I have a permanently droopy eyelid, a constant swimming feeling, headaches that never go away, can’t look at a computer for extended periods of time (which is my job) because my vision blurs up and the glare gives me a lot of problems, the dry eye gives me terrible pain in my eyelid to this day. I have to permanently use overnight ointment or else I have stabbing pain in my eyes when I first open my eyes in the morning. The consent process for this surgery was an absolute joke. Despite two pre-​surgery consults with the physician, I received nothing but reassurance that everything will be fine. After I paid and on my way into the operating room, I was given an informed consent to sign by the receptionist AFTER collecting the money for the procedure! Stay completely away from him and don’t be fooled by the fact that he is associated with Stanford.

It’s hard to compare versus other doctors because you only get LASIK done once (hopefully). But Dr Manche is extremely experienced, professional, on-​time, and responsive, and has a great supporting staff. Nearly a dozen of my friends have seen him for the same procedure and everyone is happy with the results.

I had Lasik with Dr. Manche about 9 years ago — and, to his word — he saw me for complimentary follow up at my request. I just wanted a re-​check to consider tweaking the results a bit (something he offered in the beginning, but I felt I was too busy to do). His explanation was very balanced and fair — he was clearly not trying to just make money, or he could have easily talked me into more procedures because that is why I was there. Instead, he just gave me a great free exam and all the pros and cons of doing anything more. Scheduling is flexible, staff and facilities are amazing, and this doctor has a high level of integrity.

Had a very pleasant and quick experience with Wavefront LASIK. All the staff is wonderful to work with, and Dr. Manche is very knowledgable.
It took me all in 10-​minutes to have the procedure completed for both eyes. No pain during the procedure, some soreness after, and back to work the next week.
I’ve gone from pretty darn bad to better than most … well worth the money!
They have a 12-​month pay-​plan, but you have to sign up a few weeks beforehand.
Would do it all over again.

NOTE: Did not have the surgery performed by Dr. Manche because my husband was not a candidate, but 5*s for the Dr. Manche’s honesty and the complete professionalism of his office.
Would DEFINITELY have chosen Dr. Manche if the surgery was possible!
Dr. Manche was our THIRD opinion…
OPINION #1: top-​rated SF office said «of course you are a candidate» and ran his credit card!!! even before he was examined by someone!!! (who was that examiner anyway… a optical tech? a optometrist? we were never told…). He told the «patient coordinator» (aka salesperson) and the examiner that he was informed years ago he was not a candidate because of a corneal condition but thought he’d check in again to see if the laser procedures has changed. Neither had heard of his condition (Um it’s on Wikipedia tho). But clearly they know how to operate a credit card machine. Examiner showed the top-​rated Dr. my husband’s file while Dr. was walking hurriedly back and forth across the lobby (I saw this part) and we never met the Dr., nor did she discuss my husband’s surgery with us. I guess this would have happened at the pre-​op appt? Thrilled he was (now suddenly!!!) a candidate he booked appt… but left feeling uncomfortable…
…Nagging wife **insists** on second opinion…
OPINION #2: very well known laser surgeon with a few Bay Area offices had time to see us a few days later. Very professional office visit and THOROUGH exam by extremely experienced optometrist who knew about my husb’s corneal condition and had seen it before. Informative discussion of the recovery and pros/​cons of having it with the corneal condition. Optometrist leaves and returns with news from the Dr. (who we again, never met) that Mr. Dr. says he IS NOT a candidate. Very honest discussion of why the Dr. wouldn’t recommend having the procedure and politely breaking the news that he would not do the surgery.
Massive disappointment and confusion. Google search the best laser eye surgeon in Bay Area.
Dr. Manche, FOUND.
OPINION #3: fortunately Dr. Manche’s office could see us today so headed down to Palo Alto. Such a professional experience, you really feel like you are in good hands. Lengthy exam — more evals than at the other two offices, and the Dr. actually came into the exam room, looked at my husband’s eyes himself (!!!) and then told us why he wouldn’t recommend the procedure (and the facts why).
I just can’t emphasize enough the importance of feeling confident about who is doing your surgery (for God’s sake, it’s your EYESIGHT) and that they are professional enough to give you an HONEST answer even if it means no money in their pocket. If you have any doubt, get a second (or third) opinion.
So grateful to Dr. Manche for his honesty and I highly recommend him — heck I’ll go to him when I stop being a chicken and I’m ready for my own LASIK!

This was one of the best medical procedures I’ve encountered (and I’ve been thru a lot!) Dr. Manche is a dedicated and caring physician and his technical team is terrific! It’s a beautiful building too :-) I was referred to the Stanford Eye Center after I was told I did not qualify for Lasik (my eyesight was that terrible). PRK was the only thing, and the only recommended center was Stanford.
For PRK, the doc only performs the surgery one eye at a time. This is because unlike Lasik, your eyesight takes a couple months to fully repair. So this is a more arduous process, but when you are practically blind, you will do anything! The surgery doesn’t hurt; it is what comes after that does!
If you choose this procedure, you will need a week or so off for each eye, so save your time up. I spent the first 3 days post-​surgery drugged out of my mind on painkillers, since your eye will hurt. If you have been scratched on the cornea, you will know the feeling. Now imagine a cat shredded your eye! THAT’S why you need the painkillers! Just sleep it off for a few days (its kinda nice to have a real reason to do NOTHING).
My eyesight recovered gradually over a couple months, with my vision improving by half immediately after the surgery. With the first eye, I just wore my contact in the bad eye so I could get around. Nothing about PRK is instantaneous, but I believe it is only recommended for those who are so blind, there is no other choice. But Dr Manche and the Eye Center team make this laborious journey almost enjoyable! I would recommend this to anyone.

I cannot say enough good things about Dr Manche and his team.
I came to Dr Manche for Lasik and after he looked at my eyes he determined that the shape of my eyes was a bad risk for Lasik, so he recommended PRK. This is SO important. Many hack doctors would just push forward anyway.
His team was incredible — both bracing me for the UNBELIEVABLE suffering that is PRK aftermath, but then also the quality of care and the RESULTS.
I started at –4.25 in both eyes (barely able to get around my apartment without glasses). Now, four years later, I have ²⁰⁄₁₅ vision. yes, superhuman vision. My life has changed dramatically for the better. Thank you Dr Manche!
PS — Notes for anyone considering PRK. BRACE yourself for incredible pain and suffering in the first few days/​weeks. The surgery itself was painless, but about 36 hours later for duration of about 5 days it was like someone was grinding broken glass in my eyes. Taking one week off work is mandatory, two weeks ideal. At three weeks I still couldn’t really read a computer screen or drive, but I somehow muddled through my work day. Be patient in your recovery — your sight will return, but it is one of the most alarming experiences ever to lose your sight so dramatically.
Also for the first few days after PRK I was effectively blind. Be sure to have friends lined up to check in on you if you live alone. I live by myself and originally thought «oh I’ll call my friends if I need help» not really thinking through how tough it is to dial a phone without being able to see and not memorizing people’s phone numbers!

Dr. Manche and his staff are consummate professionals! The office is top notch and I was very impressed with the care I received.
I was hesitant to get Lasik (you know, these are your EYEBALLS!), but I had looked into it for a long time. When I saw Dr Manche’s credentials and experience, I was immediately at ease.
I had a good, thorough screening appointment, and was told I was a good candidate. I went ahead with the procedure a few days later and it was great! Everything went just as expected. Dr. Manche and the techs have had so much experience, they really deliver a world class service at a world class facility. My vision is great — better than ²⁰⁄₂₀ (it has been a year already), and it is wonderful to live without glasses or contacts anymore.
I definitely recommend!

After doing much research and reading as many reviews as could find, I elected to visit Dr. Manche and the Stanford Eye Laser Center for a Lasik consultation last October 2011. My vision was terrible due to having an astigmatism in both eyes and since age 6 I’d been wearing glasses. I’m 32 now. Due to the astigmatism, Dr. Manche recommend PRK as my only option which was not the news I wanted based on the longer recovery time, but I decided I’d had enough with blurry vision and scheduled the appointment.
The facilities at the Eye Laser Center are brand new and otherwise spotless. The staff is very accommodating and professional. I never had a single issue scheduling an appointment (pre-​op, surgery, followups) at a reasonable time. Dr. Manche himself is friendly and avails himself to answer any questions you ask, just don’t expect him to go into extended detail about the nuances of the «recovery». Much of that varies from person to person. Speaking of which…
As you will learn from researching PRK, there is an extended recovery due to the need to remove the protective epithelium over each eye. The actual procedure is truly painless, even more so than I anticipated, and you go home the first day feeling great (though with heavy glasses on and lots of drops in your eyes). Right on schedule 36 hours later an epic burning sensation starts in both eyes as your body realizes it suddenly needs to regrow the epitheliums. Thankfully this protective layer grows insanely fast and the burning sensation only lasts about another 36 hours. I wouldn’t actually describe this as «painful» but rather more annoying due to constantly tearing up. After that, the burning goes away and as your epithelium continues to regrow layer by layer and get smoother and smoother until your perfect vision dials in.
For me I was seeing about 70% after the first week, then about 85% after the first month. At this point you are certainly good to drive, though you may have some streaky vision at night. Three months after the procedure I was at 90% clarity. Over the last nine months I feel my truly sharp vision arrived and I couldn’t be happier. In fact, if you look at those topographical maps they make of your eyes, my corrected eyes are absolutely perfect. No more mountains and valleys due to the astigmatism!
Obviously for a top dollar price of $ 6,000 you expect the best service, equipment, and skill and I was not disappointed. After one year, my right is seeing ²⁰⁄₁₅ and my left ²⁰⁄₂₀ (though I’m right eye dominant and I think my left is just as sharp as my right). I would not hesitate to recommend Dr. Manche and the Stanford Eye Laser Center.