Pacific Eye - Santa Maria Office

About a year ago I had a retina tear, and surgery to repair it from a Pacific Eye surgeon. It turned out badly. Dr. Jennifer A. Spiegel said “it happens” and walked out. I now see objects much smaller and quite distorted in my left eye. There are no straight lines. I see double flashes of light, sometimes several times a minute. They look like fireflies or meteorites. Pictures of my retina show my macula is now flat on one side instead of cup shaped. I have not been able to find any reviews of this surgeon anywhere in the 3 states and the 5 cities she has practiced in the last 12 years. The only procedure mentioned is LASIK. I cannot find any reference of her ever being a retina specialist before coming to the Central Coast.
I now go to a true retina specialist, Dr. Nathan Steinle, who has impeccable reviews and top grades in his training. This highly qualified doctor told me I now have a stretched retina that it is pulling on my macula, causing the distortion. I cannot read or write without keeping one eye closed, otherwise, I see double characters. My left eye is limited in function now, and cannot be repaired. My primary eye caregiver may have used poor judgement in sending me to Dr. Spiegel with the admonishment: “I was going to lose the vision in my eye” if I didn’t rush over to her office. He used to send all of his retina patients to Dr. Steinle.

Peter Prince

I arrived at 9:20 A.M. for 9:30 appointment, completed paper work by 9:30 A.M.
Waited to be called, but it appeared arrivals long after I arrived were being called in ahead of me. Waited until 10:15 A.M. and ask if there was a problem. Office staff
said yes, were running behind schedule. Hmmm
I told them to cancel me, and left.