Shurminsky Jr Walter OD

I went to Dr. Shurminsky's office about a year ago because of headaches and strain on my eyes. The Dr felt that the best option for me was bifocals, that it would help with the "transitioning" issue as he described, that I was having. While preparing my glasses order, it felt as if the Dr and the assistant were just adding on the costs without asking me if I wanted them or explaining whether or not I needed the added costs. Had I not stopped them and questioned every add on and the necessity of each, I would have left there with an easy $600+ bill instead of a $400 bill .However, that's not the worst part.

Despite the fact that the Dr explained to me that I would struggle at first with bifocals because there is an adjustment period, I was never able to get used to them. He even encouraged me to use them as much as possible. Well, I did and some days it seemed as if it was making the headaches even worse! I even began to feel nauseous and vomit at times because of how bad the headaches were. I knew they were from the glasses because I found myself squinting both with and without the glasses. So I decided to get a second and third opinion. Both of the Drs I visited said the same thing, I did not need bifocals and that the prescription I was given was too strong. Both of them also told me that not only would the bifocals not help me but that they could do more damage! Additionally, both Drs only prescribed me a light prescription for a pair of reading glasses.

When I left the office the day he prescribed me the bifocals, I couldn't help but think my bill was too high. But my headaches were so bad, that I trusted in the Drs experience, analysis and prescription, in hopes that my headaches would get better. But now hearing from not one, but two Drs that the prescription was wrong and that I do not need bifocals, I believe that this Drs priority is in the business of just making money rather than helping his patients! The money doesn't even compare to the fact that the bifocals that he said that I "needed" could have done serious damage to my vision!! Luckily I trusted my instincts and stopped using the bifocals and consulted with two other Drs!

Even giving him one star is too much in my opinion! If you cherish your eyesight DO NOT VISIT THIS DR!

While Dr. Shurminsky was very good my experience with this office was awful. After a professional thorough exam Dr. Shurminsky handed me off to the front office staff to be fitted for glasses and to order contacts. The short story is that it took more than three months to receive my contacts. (I finally had to call after a month to determine the delay.) After going to retrieve my contacts, they only had one lens. Wait another month. Go int to pick up contacts and I find out my glasses had arrived. Unfortunately, there was a one inch gouge in the glasses. Wait a month. As a consolation prize I was given a pair of prescription sunglasses. Funny, they were the same model and color I had ordered as transitions. A month later my real transitions arrived. They were so dark I couldn't wear them inside. While I was told there would be approximately a 10-15% loss of light these were so dark that you couldn't tell the difference between the "real" glasses and the sunglasses.

There was no offer to compensate me on the glasses, at no time was there a customer service call indicating they were trying to resolve the problem and my lenses were enroute, and the final product was only useable as sunglasses. In light of this, I will not be returning to Dr. Shurminsky.