Michael A Hsu, OD

Dr. Hsu is the most kind, considerate and caring eye doctor I’ve ever seen. I was referred to him years ago by a colleague. He has been instrumental in keeping my eyes healthy. He knows the eyes say a lot about your body’s overall health and he genuinely cares. I highly recommend him!

I think it is ridiculous to have to wait three months for an eye exam.

I have been seeing Dr. Hsu for about 20 years. I had seen another opthamologist, who had prescribed me the wrong type of contacts, and caused me to have blood vessels go into the back of my eyes due to lack of oxygen. I was told I could never wear contacts again. I went to Dr Hsu and he was able to find a contact that my eyes could tolerate. He has kept me comfortable as my eyes have changed over the years. He is great, I recommend him highly.

I wish there were multiple categories on Unilocal.
Dr. Hsu is great. Thorough, knowledgeable, personable. An excellent optometrist. 5 stars for quality.
Unfortunately, his exam rates are exorbitant. As another reviewer mentioned, the topic of insurance coverage didn’t come up until we were walking out of the exam room, when I was told that my insurance (UW GAIP) wouldn’t cover much. My fault for not reviewing my benefits beforehand and asking about rates. Turns out my insurance only covered $ 60 of the $ 200 (!) exam bill.
So be forewarned. If you’re like me, with healthy eyes and a relatively weak prescription, I would go elsewhere for a routine checkup. If you need the best, go to Dr. Hsu.

I’ve been coming here awhile and he’s always been very patient and extremely willing to help when schedules became challenged. Years of contact lens work have gone smoothly and efficiently.
I’m a fan and I’d recommend him.

On a recent Sunday morning I broke my glasses and was leaving for a work trip the next day. I called the «emergency» number. Dr. Hsu was driving home from Portland and suggested I meet him at his office late Sunday afternoon. He had a matching pair of frames, changed out my lenses and I was on my way! How great is that?

After seeing another eye doctor for the past 20 years, this year I decided to try someone else, and I am SO glad that I did. Dr. Hsu is exceedingly competent, professional, thorough, and helpful. I was impressed with how much care he took in finding just the right brand of disposable toric contact lenses for my sensitive, dry eyes, over the course of a few weeks of trials with different lenses. During this time, he also helped me find some allergy eye drops that 1) provided much-​needed relief in a bad period this summer, and 2) I could actually afford! His efforts have truly improved the quality of my life this season.
Dr. Hsu and his staff are honest, smart people who know what they’re doing. Communication has been outstanding: they’re on top of phone calls and email. I also appreciate how they really seem to try to save you money any way they can. My out-​of-​pocket expenses for vision this year have been significantly less than they were in past years, even though my insurance has not changed.
Dr. Hsu is also really, really nice. He’s an awesome eye doc all-​around.

I have been going to Dr. Hsu for the last 10 years and he is great. He explains everything and is always willing to go that extra step, in a emergency seeing you on his day off.

I’ve been in search of a dependable, friendly, and competent optometrist for about 4 years and I’m so glad I was referred to Dr. Hsu. My last eye doc rudely burst my bubble of thinking I can wear contacts forever when he told me that my eyes have about 5 years left to wear contacts before I am forever stuck to wearing my coke-​bottle glasses. I left his office crying.
Dr. Hsu was honest and efficient. I have astigmatism as well as severe near-​sightedness and he assured me that as long as I take care of my contacts and dispose when I should, I will have a long life of being a contacts wearer. He’s friendly and thorough and I never felt rushed. He also doesn’t have that awful torture machine that blows puffs of air in your eyeballs. I hate that thing!

i’ve been a patient of dr. hsu’s for a couple years now. he’s very knowledgeable and friendly and his support staff is quite nice too. in my opinion, his exams are very thorough and i never feel like he’s rushing. the only concern i have is that once i called his pager for an emergency and i never received a call back. i left two messages, but neither were acknowledged. obviously it wasn’t a life-​threatening emergency, but it’s a little unnerving when, as a patient, you feel like you don’t have access to your health-​care provider. also, every time i see him, he always asks me about my insurance as he is dismissing me. it seems a little unprofessional and comes across like he’s trying to make sure he’s going to get paid properly. i think that those matters would be better handled by his receptionist/​office manager. regardless, i will probably continue to be his patient since i am confident in his abilities as an optometrist and trust his recommendations.

Best eye guy in all of Seattle. You know when multiple people independently recommend somebody, they’ve got to be good. Well, Dr. Hsu is the guy that everybody recommends.
Not only is he detail-​oriented, professional and master of all things optic, he’s a personable guy too.