Christianne Schoedel, MD

We were referred to Dr. Schoedel by our family eye doctor because my daughter, who was 9 months old at the time, was experiencing symptoms of strabismus in both eyes — each would dart in depending on which direction she was looking. The wait was VERY LONG each time we went (at least 45 – 60 minutes behind schedule), which is difficult with a baby/​toddler. Dr. Schoedel seemed very knowledgable so we stayed with her for several months, but from everything we had read and researched, we thought our daughter needed to have surgery.
She suggested we try glasses first, so we did, and spent a couple hundred dollars. We went back 6 weeks later, she said it looked like my daughter may be a candidate for surgery, but wanted to try another prescription so we had to buy new lenses. We went back several times, after the glasses did not work, and she said that surgery was the only thing that would work. Of course, we had already paid for several visits and the glasses, second set of lenses (totaling more than $ 500) and we were now into a new plan year on our health insurance and would have to pay for a large portion of the surgery and anesthesia, and there was a sense of urgency — she said we needed to do it soon so as not to lose anymore time. She scheduled the surgery for three weeks out.
Needless to say, we were not thrilled about waiting for so long and then rushed, so we sought a second opinion with Dr. Repka at Johns Hopkins. It’s only a 25 – 30 minute drive south and our experience with him was phenomenal (he did my daughter’s surgery).
I have several friends who take their kids to Dr. Schoedel and are happy with her care… I just wanted my daughter to have the best care possible, and was very glad I made the decision to see Dr. Repka.