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Kirk Eye Center
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6 reviews for Kirk Eye Center
I had a mixed appointment here. I experience an ocular migraine and had no idea what it was (wavy vision out of nowhere, very scary). My doc referred me to Kirk Eye Center. Overall, I had a decent experience. The nurses/office people were very nice.
During my time with one of the Dr. Kirks (there's three and I honestly am not sure which one I saw) I asked how I would know I was having another ocular migraine and not something much more serious--like a stroke (pertinent because of my family's history of having strokes and dying).
Dr. Kirk said something like, "Well, you'd also be speaking gibberish..." (I read up online later and the symptoms between the two are very, very similar). And I nodded, not entirely comfortable. Then Dr. Kirk turned to my husband and said, "Oh but how would you know since *they* all speak gibberish!" "They" meaning us dumbass women, I guess!
I try to be polite about dumb misogynistic jokes but given I had just been expressing something important and scary--AND I AM THE PATIENT--for him to turn around and insult me and all women I was just not amused. Also? I'm just TIRED of men insulting me to ingratiate themselves to my husband! (I eventually tried to explain this point to the doctor but he was not interested in hearing it).
Anyway, my husband mentioned it to the doctor as we were leaving--we only mentioned it because the nurse told us we should let the doc know how we were feeling--and the doctor was not only NOT in any way apologetic but he basically made it seem like we were being unreasonable for even mentioning his joke was in poor form.
I paid, told him how I felt, he never really apologized and I left.
I knew I was right to confront him when a couple of different nurses/office workers apologized to me profusely. I can't imagine what it must be like to work for a guy that thinks misogyny is so hilarious. My sympathies to the ladies in his office!
Two stars because everybody but Dr. Kirk was nice and everybody was efficient.
edited to add: I also disliked their check-in service. You have to stand at an airport-like kiosk and type in all of your information. I'm tired of self-service everything!
ONE star is too high!
Dr. Kirk performed LASIK on my eyes and botched my right eye so badly, after two attempts and a desire to lift the corneal flap a THIRD time to remove epithelial tissue before then wanting to again perform a third enhancement, I went to a prestigious doctor for a second opinion who warned me to stay away from this mad scientist! Unfortunately, Kirk had already removed so much corneal tissue and had ablated off-center that he had created new distortions in my eye that were not there prior to the surgery. My new doctor was very limited in what he could do to fix my eye for the third time. He did perform a PRK procedure because he refused to lift the corneal flap a third time like Dr. Quack Kirk had proposed, so after many weeks of healing, I now see a blurry 20/25.
Dr. Kirk is nothing more than an assembly line set-up who cares nothing for his patients and has no ethical practices. He will repeatedly perform procedures when ethically, he should not. We are talking about your vision here! I am SO lucky I listened to my gut instinct and got the hell out of there before I let him touch my eye ever again!
BEWARE!
Plus, he is one of the most expensive LASIK surgical doctors out there, and he does nothing above and beyond the service and skill you can find in other places. I wish I could have saved myself the $5400 I spent and gone to my wonderful doctor who saved my vision in the first place!
Do your research...get referrals...check AMA and other places before you trust anyone with your important sense of vision, which these guys so carelessly take for granted!
This was my second time here and I will never go back. Very impersonal, assembly line eye exams. The actual vision test was done by a technician, not a doctor. When the doctor did see me (he didn't even tell me his name ,so I didn't know who he was until I read his name on the prescription). He looked at the chart the technician had completed and said nothing much had changed since my previous visit two years ago; he shined a bright light in my eyes, said everything looked good. He didn't even write or sign my prescription. He had a technician or clerical assistant ( I'm not sure what she was) write the prescription and print his name on the signature line.
When I went to the counter to make my insurance co-pay I was given a coupon for $20 off the price of glasses, if I bought them that day. So I purchased a pair glasses, but was told since I had insurance I couldn't use the $20 coupon!. So why did they give it to me! ?
The optician that helped me select glasses was friendly and helpful, so it is a good place to purchase a pair of glasses, but if you want an actual doctor to conduct your eye exam go somewhere else.
I saw the one star review and feel I need to do what I can to wipe out what that one unfortunate phone call is doing to the Kirk Eye Center's rating.
Eight years ago I had my "legally blind" classified vision repaired with the help of Dr. Kirk and his lasik surgery.
The surgery was quick and the Valium they give you before is helpful in calming your nerves. We're talking about your eyes here, lasers on your eyes. You're awake and you can smell the burning. So yea...take the Valium.
As soon as you're done you sit up and can see. It's absofuckinglutely amazing. You pick up some pain meds at the pharmacy on the way home and then sleep with goggles on until the eyes heal themselves beyond the pain.
I, though, woke up only a few hours after my surgery in unbearable pain. I found my husband and had him call Dr. Kirk on his cell phone. It was 11:00 PM., he would have to pick up the medication from his office and meet us. I lived in Roger's Park then, the Doctor was at a fund raiser in Hyde Park, my magic eye drops were in Forest Park. We met on Columbus Drive. Dr. Kirk was in his tuxedo and asked to have the pleasure of administering my drops; they worked immediately.
"My hero," I said. My husband sighed a big sigh and then off went my knight in his BMW back to his fundraiser.
He called the next day to see how I was doing even before I came in for my appointment.
This kind of care and attention is why I highly recommend the place. The Center is named for this man and his brother, it is their care and skill that I'm rating.
If you need your eyes checked out, I would definitely go here. The people are nice and your appointment generally starts on time. The doctors are very good and know what they are doing. Th exam is also usually fast, yet very thorough. As a testimonial to how good this place is, people from far aways suburbs come here. in fact, when i last went, one guy was in town from another state and thought that as long as he is in town, he should come here since he was here a long time ago.
Don't get me wrong though, while the cost of the exam is cheap, the glasses and contact lenses will cost more here than at Lens Crafters. But the doctors always know what they are doing.
I was told on the phone they take my vision insurance. When I get to my appointment, they look at the card and say... oh, we don't take your plan (meaning they do take some levels of my vision insurance but not the one I have). Should have cleared that up on the phone maybe?? thanks for wasting my time, now I have to wait 3 weeks to get in somewhere else.