Utmb University Eye Center Galveston

I’ve never had a clinic of any discipline call and reschedule as many times as this place does or at as inconvenient times. Dr. Contreras is almost never in the office. Good luck getting an appointment to actually stick on the day that you wanna go in. Patients pay for either service or for healthcare and this is how they’re treated without getting appointments.

I am suffering from shingles that involved my eye and was told by my dermatologist to get an immediate appointment with an ophthalmologist. This clinic would not give me an appointment for 6 weeks. I was able to get an appointment with the Eye Center of TX the next day which was very lucky for me as my cornea was involved and required immediate treatment. I could have gone blind in that eye without prompt treatment.

You can get your eye exam here, but they have no optical center, meaning you can't pick out your glasses here. You'd have to drive all the way to Galveston or Texas City twice just for that, or take your perception to another facility, which at that point, you may as well just get your eye exam done elsewhere too. This place is pointless for those who need glasses.

I made an appointment for a comprehensive eye exam to obtain a script for new eyeglasses. I obtained "a script", but the eyeglass provider could not fill the script because it was missing two important measurements. I contacted UTMB and asked about those measurements and was told they don't do that measurement there, I needed to have that done in Galveston for an additional cost. This cost is in addition to the nearly $800 they charged my insurance company. BE AWARE OF THIS RIPOFF, you will pay for a comprehensive eye exam and you STILL CAN NOT OBTAIN EYEGLASSES!

If you live in the Friendswood area, look no further than UTMB health eye center! I brought my son in recently for a very troubling eye problem which two primary care docs thought was just an eye infection. It was diagnosed, after a very thorough eye exam, by the excellent Dr. Khan, as a condition known as Blepharitis. Dr. Khan explained the condition very well (he doesn’t rush through a visit) and put my son on an excellent care plan to resolve the terrible flare up he had and measures to help prevent such a flare up in the future. From the office staff to the excellent doctor, I highly recommend this clinic!