Ophthalmologists who are Physicians - Ridgefield, CT

"On 11/6/2013 I had a vitrectomy with ERM peel done by Dr. Neal Zimmerman in Prospect, CT. Three weeks later Dr. Zimmerman abandoned his practice due to stage 4 cancer. Danbury Eye Surgeons and Physicians then took over Zimmerman's practice. Scartozzi was the lead surgeon at the office. For the next 18 months my vision in the operated eye got worse and worse. On every visit the OCT showed my retina profile becoming more and more distorted, which caused more and more distortion and vision loss. Scartozzi and his surgeon's just jerked me around and at every visit said 'come back in 2 months'. After 18 months I went to my optometrist, got a -6.0 contact lens, and went on with life. In spring 2016 my vision was so bad that even the most powerful contact lens, -10.0, wouldn't let me see a stop sign from 20' away. I went to a world famous retina specialist in TN who told me I had ERM remaining on the retina from the 2013 operation. He said it should've been removed as soon as it was noticed. He said because the ERM had been in place for so long I'd need to have part of my retina ( the inner limiting membrane, ILM) removed. He said I'd never regain much sight. He said if the ERM had been removed as soon as it was noticed, I'd have had a very good chance of regaining up to 75% of my lost vision. I then pulled all my records from Scartozzi. On every record the doctors, including Scartozzi, who saw me noted 'residual ERM', or 'remaining ERM', or 'ERM present'. This revealed that all the doctors, including the great Scartozzi, knew I had a time sensitive condition that if left untreated would cause permanent vision loss. But not one of those SOB's ever told me I had a time sensitive condition, and not one of those SOB's ever told me I needed surgery NOW, NOT LATER. Because of Scartozzi and his butchers my right eye is now useless. I can't work in my field as Class A aerospace machinist. I can't see well enough to do the hobbies and sports I once enjoyed. I'm fortunate enough that my left eye is good enough to drive with, but I drive like an 80 year old person. I have no joy left in life and nothing is rewarding any more. My dreams of touring the country in my RV and seeing the great beauty of the national parks (Denali, Yellowstone, Glacier, Sequoia, etc) is ruined, torn away from me and smashed to pieces, all because that arrogant f--k Scartozzi and his crew of clowns didn't do their damned jobs - the jobs they swore an oath on."

"I have been going to see Dr. Erich Braun for about 2 years now because I have to do visual fields yearly and because I had dry eyes. On 10/8/2020, I went to see him because one of the plugs (from my left eye) had fallen off and I was going to get it replaced. I had mentioned to him that my right eye was red and I had a stye that went away. He checked my eye and squeezed it saying that I may have had the root of the stye in there. I left the office and the next day my eye was swollen, red and the pain was horrible. I called and asked to speak to him and he did not call me back instead he had an assistant call me to tell me to put a warm compress and eyedrops. I did that for the weekend and noticed it was getting worse. On Monday 10/12/20, I called the office and asked to please speak with Dr. Braun. They said he would call me back and again someone else contacted me to tell me that it takes a while and continue putting the warm compress on my eye. She also said that if by Friday it wasn't better to call them back. On Friday, the pain had subsided but the eye was still swollen and red. I called again and said that I wanted to Speak to Dr. Braun and no one else. He never contacted me. This is my 3rd week and my eye is swollen with a lump on my eyelid and oozing all day. I will now contact a different doctor and never go to him again. Just wanted to share my story because Dr. Braun or his office have not contacted me and if I have a serious infection on my eye and something happens to my vision, they will really hear from me. "

"Excellent skills with an excellent staff of professionals. "

"My recommendation based on my experience seemed very inconsistent with standard eye doctor exams under my Aetna Medicare Advantage policy. She required me to pay 150.00 for the office visit, however there was a paper with the pre-visit history that required a signature agreeing to her keeping my credit card information- for automatically payment for "any charges not paid by my Medicare plan. I refused to do so, and they backed down in my instance. I said that she could bill me. This was a direct conversation with her. THEN I saw that she billed Aetna for the exam and office visit, (300.00). So, she received my $150.00 and the over $200.00 amount paid by Aetna. Now I'm going to file a claim for frames and the exam. I hope Aetna will reimbursement. THis was after a 2 hour wait for the exam. She ( the doctor) said well we didn't see you because you were back in the corner. "You should have said something." Spare the misery. "

"I had a great visit with Dr. Combest. He provided good care and figured out the best prescription for my new glasses. "