David H Aizuss, MD

I found Dr. Aizuss’ tone to be condescending. He treated me like a woman who didn’t know what I was talking about. After prescribing allergy drops for me which my insurance plan wouldn’t cover, neither of his offices followed through with filling out a pre-​authorization form or phoning in a different drop. I asked them to just have him phone in a different kind. It took him a week to call me back and he waffled about on his message, not knowing what my pharmacy was nor which drop to phone in. I went to a different doctor by this time, who diagnosed something totally different and treated me with respect and compassion. I will never return to this office.

I went to Ophthalmology Associates of the Valley a little over a month ago because I had a blurry spot in my right eye.
In brief: I paid for a full visit and got less than five minutes with the doctor. I feel I was scammed out of $ 50 for an eyeglasses prescription I did not want, need, or ask for and they attempted to pressure me into buying frames. Additionally, the reason I went to the doctor in the first place (the odd blurry spot) was not addressed in any meaningful matter and still persists to this day.
My appointment was with Dr. Aizuss, but that is not who I saw initially. I am not sure the doctor I first saw, but he was much younger. He was really friendly, and did all of the preliminary work – going over my medical history, etc. He seemed nice and asked if I needed an eyeglasses Rx and told me it was going to be an additional fee if I did and that it was his opinion my existing prescription was fine. I told him I didn’t need a new prescription, but that I’d come specifically because of the odd blurry spot in my vision.
After the first doctor saw me, I had a very long wait in an intermediate waiting room where it seemed I was forgotten. Someone arrived to take me to have pictures of my eyes taken, but the machine was apparently broken. Then they were interrupted and told by a nurse/​assistant that no, I wasn’t to have any pictures of my eyes taken.
Finally, after almost an hour from when I first arrived, I saw Dr. Aizuss, who I had booked my appointment with. He looked in each eye very quickly and said he saw nothing wrong. Then, without telling me he was testing me for a prescription (I thought it was part of the exam), he had me look in the refractor and, after less than a minute of swiftly doing, «Which one looks better?» he wrote me a new eyeglasses prescription. Dr. Aizuss, without really listening to my problem, dismissed it as a problem with my glasses prescription and suggested I buy new glasses through the company. This all took 5, maybe 10 minutes tops.
Afterward, I found out that I had no choice but to pay the additional $ 50 fee for the «optional eyeglasses RX.» When I told the person at the front desk I had, in fact, said I didn’t want an eyeglass prescription more than once, they told me that it was the doctor’s discretion and I *had* to pay the fee. But, that I would get a discount on new glasses, which I didn’t want, need, or ask for.
So, bottom line, I was essentially forced to pay $ 50 for an RX the doctor spent LESS than 2 minutes on and that I had no intent of using (sorry, I trust the original prescription from the doctor who spent more than a minute total going through the slides with me, which was less than a year old).
Worst of all: Dr. Aizuss was not unfriendly, but he gave no explanation for the blurry spot and strongly intimated that it was in my imagination. It’s very frustrating to be patronized and told that your actual health problems are imagined. Especially given how little time the doctor spent with me and the lack of explanation he gave beyond, «I don’t know, maybe your glasses prescription is wrong.» (even after I tried to explain that the blurry spot exists even when I haven’t worn my glasses for a few days).
Most aggravating, since my visit, the blurry spot has become worse and more distracting. Going to the eye doctor is expensive, and after being treated so dismissively, I really hesitate about going to a new doctor. So now I’m in a quandary. It’s already difficult to find time during the work-​week to visit a doctor, not to mention expensive.

Dr Aizuss performed surgeries on both of my eyes and took good care of me. he does tend to be a little blunt but he is also very knowledgeable and gets to the point. I respect that, and am now comfortable with him.

I just came back from a full check-​up on my eyes, and Dr. Aizuss was great as always. I’ve been going to him for many years, and have always found him to be incredibly professional, friendly and knowledgeable. He performed Lasik surgery on my eyes over 7 years ago… and the results have maintained so well that my vision (far and near) is still ²⁰⁄₂₀ without any glasses or drops. As far as I’m concerned, Aizuss is a genius, and his entire staff is friendly, fun and professional. I don’t think I waited more than 2 – 3 minutes in the waiting room, and then they ran me through every test efficiently, effectively and without delay. All of my questions were answered, I paid the tab and walked out very happy with the experience again.

I personally know and work with Dr. David Aizuss. He is a fine Surgeon and who is very conscientious with his patients. I would diffidently go to Dr. Aizuss for my Eye care needs.

I went to Dr. Aizuss as a new patient. WHAT A MILL/​ASSEMBLY LINE! He did not seem up to date on technology and did not want to waste his time explaining my eye problems to me. When my prescription for glasses was filled, it was the wrong prescription. Glass people at Costco told me to go back to my Doc and have him refit me with the proper prescription.

I have been a patient of Dr. Aizuss for many years. I have trusted my eyes and my family’s eyes to his care. When I had my cataract surgery i was very nervous and he took extra care to make me feel better about the surgery. I had excellent results. I am very grateful for his exrtra time and patience with me. My husband is now scheduled to have lasik surgery with Dr Aizuss. We look forward to his good results as well. Thank you Dr. Aizuss!

Owch! This guy actually hurt me & didn’t even care! I am always scared when I get my eyes examined, so I warned the doctor in the beginning that I’m easily scared & very sensitive with my eyes. I was hoping he’d be extra gentle, but he was NOT — he was horrible. He physically forced my eyes open (against my will), despite me telling him to STOP & wait a minute. It was a HORRIBLE experience and very unprofessional. Kind of like a Clockwork Orange experience… I probably should have made a formal complaint against him… but I didn’t want to. I just want to warn anyone else who might be looking for a professional and/​or gentle doctor to STAY AWAY from this one. He is very creepy in my book.

Dr. Aizuss is warm, outgoing and truly professional. He is an amazing surgeon and restored my vision. He takes care of my entire family and they all love him. His office is extraordinarily efficient. He has a gigantic practice and sees lots of people but he is always available when I have an emergency. His staff is devoted to him and his patients. I look forward to my annual visits and know when a serious problem arises he or a member of his outstand ing staff is always available.

Dr. Aizuss is fine, from all indications. However, his operation is run much more like a factory, or an assembly line to be specific, than a doctor’s office. You are efficiently and methodically shuttled from one exam room to the next to the waiting area to the next room to the second waiting area to the last room and then finally (whew) to pay the tab.
Lost in this efficiency, if you can call it that, is any modicum of personal attention. I have been trying for three straight days now to get them to explain to me my contact lens prescription, as it appears to conflict with my glasses script and also appears to be incomplete. I have called the office at least 6 times and each time have been told that the contact lens guy will have to call me back. Meanwhile, I need new contacts!
Dr. Aizuss himself is ok, but he delegates most of the work to his underlings. Must be nice.
Update: I finally spoke with the contact lens guy, a full week after first calling. He was very helpful and cleared up my questions. I then proceeded to order my special contact lenses from
. They charged me $ 183, including shipping. If I bought from Dr. Aizuss? $ 400. What a joke.