Advanced Retina Associates

I was referred to Dr. Logani after my eye doctor detected 6 small holes in my retina. I was able to get an appointment fast, but waited 2 hours to see the doctor. The waiting room was packed. After a painful and what I’m assuming a through sure exam he said I was fine, BUT I did have severe eye allergies. I’ve never had eye allergies and my eyes don’t itch, water, or are red. I also noticed all the other patients were being scheduled for allergy tests, too. Um, no thanks. I don’t have the time or extra money to waste on ridiculous tests. Go somewhere else. I trusted my eye doctor, now I’m losing that trust.

This is the most UN-​PROFESSIONAL MAN I HAVE EVER MET. Your appointment time means nothing to him. While you arrived on time at 9:30 am, he is performing eye surgery at Northridge Hospital. His arrival time at the office is 12:00pm. His excuse, emergency arose. He has done this to me 3 times! Third times a charm! Why doesn’t he have his staff give us the choice of either waiting or rescheduling. The front waiting room is 2 people deep and the back waiting room has 12 – 15 additional people waiting! We get shuffled around like a herd of cattle or should I say dollar signs! Some of these patients have waited in the boiling sun to catch a bus, hoping that they won’t be late for their appointment. Meanwhile, Logani is sitting in an air conditioned hospital «humming while he performs surgery». He does this EVERY TIME he is here in the valley. I wonder how long his other patients in Beverly Hills wait. Most of his patients here in his valley office are low income immigrants, and put up with his actions. I am appalled that he would squeeze so many patients into one day. Goes to show, all he is interested in is the mighty dollar. Each head is a dollar sign to him. If you come to see him as a patient, pack a lunch and prepare to sit for over 3 hours. Which is unnessesary!!!

I was referred to Dr. Logani after I had a scratched cornea that was very painful. I’d never been to see an ophthalmologist before and he helped get my eye back in shape. However, then he started scheduling annual follow ups. I’ve been back I think three times, and each time, I don’t see the Dr. for at least 2 hours. They bring you back multiple times to do a quick eye exam, then maybe take some photos of your retinas, etc., then back out to the waiting room to try and make it seem like it’s not as long as it is. When the Dr. finally sees you, he studies his iPad and computer screen for a couple minutes, does a quick look at my retinas, then usually says everything is good and sends me on my way for another year. He spends less than 5 minutes literally. My eyesight is terrible, but there’s never any discussion about macular degeneration, or anything, not even any questions about how my vision is. I’m really getting the feeling this is now just a factory for the Dr. to bill people’s insurance companies as much as they can. They overbook so much which causes the long wait times, and they try to do services that probably aren’t necessary. I had just recently become diabetic due to a surgery that removed a good portion of my pancreas. The Dr. then said I needed to do a dye test to check for diabetic retinopathy. That came back negative of no surprise to my endocrinologist who said she wouldn’t expect me to have symptoms of that for at least 20 years, but on my last visit to Dr. Logani, they wanted to do the dye test again and I declined. Then on my last visit, while in the waiting room, I heard the receptionist trying to explain to an elderly patient that the Dr. said he had eye allergies and needed to come back for an allergy test the next week. He just couldn’t understand what she was talking about. Well, when I finally was in seeing the Dr. for my 5 minutes, guess what? He said I had evidence of eye allergies and I should come back for a quick allergy test the next week to see what I’m allergic to. He asked if I was experiencing any redness, or irritation in my eyes, and I said no. I’ve had absolutely no symptoms of anything. He still said I should come back for the allergy test. That was kind of it for me. I don’t think I’ll be going back any more. The Dr. is very nice, but I just don’t have a good feeling going there from now on. It just seems like it’s wasting 2+ hours of my day and my insurance company is getting billed for who knows how much.