Doren Gregory S,MD

My GP told me I needed to see my ophthalmologist due to an urgent eye infection and needed to check to make sure my eye was OK. They wouldn’t squeeze me in for over a month. Seriously? A month? Wow. Will seek eye care elsewhere from now on.

I had detached retina and they told me the soonest they could see me would be 5 weeks away.

My Mom had a terrible experience with another Ophthalmologist (from beginning to end, everything that could go wrong, did). I had heard great things about Dr. Gregory Doren, so I suggested she see him. I’m sure that it must be difficult for a physician to start in the middle of a case with a new patient that had been seeing one of his colleagues, but Dr. Doren handled it very professionally. He obtained my Mom’s records, reviewed them with the first doctor, and made recommendations. He put her at ease with his wonderful bedside manner, compassion, attentiveness, and expert knowledge. My Mom is so happy, feeling 100% again and I am so relieved.

Dr. Doren is the epitome of a great doctor. His demeanor is wonderful. He is compassionate and very attentive. He’s a top notch ophthalmologist. I began seeing Dr. Doren 7 years ago for regular eye exams, as well for my young 7 year old daughter. I have entrusted his service and have introduced many patients to him, including my elderly 94 year old aunt and my 88 year old mom. He had performed cataract surgery on my mom, whom has Alzheimers. This could’ve been difficult since my mom is very skeptical with doctors, but since he is a very calming person, it went perfectly. He just has this relaxing feel about him that is nice in a doctor. My 7 year old is very frightened by doctors, but is comfortable with him. I’d recommend him to anyone that needs an awesome ophthalmologist.

Dr. Doren is great! I had also been misdiagnosed, but by an optometrist. Dr. Doren immediately knew what was wrong after looking at my eye for 30 seconds. I have also had to return a ton of times, but I actually like this. He wants to make sure that the treatment is working and the only way to do this is to look at my eye. I feel more comfortable knowing that things are progressing. He and everyone in the office are always extremely friendly and professional. I have no complaints.

Barely a-​ok. BARELY. I saw Dr. Doren because I thought I had some sort of infection in my eye. I had gone to Physicians immediate care a day earlier and they had misdiagnosed my issue as allergies.
The doctor was very nice, and seemed very capable. He diagnosed two different issues and wrote me a scrip, then booked for me to come back a few days later to see how well my eye responded to the medication. I had to do a full round of antibiotics and put cream on my eyeball. I am now healed from that issue, so that part is A-​ok.
My issue with this office has more to do with their «office policies». First of all, I was annoyed that the Dr. kept trying to get me to come back over and over for expensive office visits to confirm that the treatment was working. If I hadn’t said no for the 3^rd visit I would still be paying for office visits to this day as my insurance doesn’t cover office visits completely. I had already paid a couple hundred bucks to get my eye fixed with insurance if that tells you anything.
What prompted me to write this review was the way they handled the next issue. I received a bill from the place where I was misdiagnosed (never saw a doctor, just an arrogant nurse guy who barely looked at me). The bill was inflated and that pissed me off so I called them to see if they could make an adjustment for the misdiagnosis and bad service I got since they were billing me a few hundred bucks too. They said they would need a fax from Dr. Doren’s office stating what the actual diagnosis and treatment was so they could proceed.
I called Dr. Doren’s and asked them to send this info and she agreed. A few days later I get a call from Physican’s Immediate care about the info they received. Seems Dr. Doren’s office just sent a scribble from a prescription pad with the prescription on it. Frankly, I think this should be enough, but that is for another review, but they said they needed my records which should include the findings, including the diagnosis and the treatment prescribed. I called Dr. Doren’s office back to ask that she do this and she sighed heavily for being put out apparently and said she would «have to speak to Dr. Doren» about this and that there would be a $ 15 charge to release my records because this takes «extra time». Jesus H. I said, well then can I just have my own records then since I’ve paid for this already? and she said, No, it’s still $ 15 to get my own records released.
I have a file of all of my medical records, blood work results, etc etc and have never had to pay one red cent for them. I do not understand what is the big deal of helping one of your patients resolve this issue. Instead they see it as an opportunity to nickel and dime me to death.
I’ll seriously have to reconsider whether or not I will return to this Doctor again because of how unhelpful they have been with this situation. It’s a small office, no nurse, just the person at the front and the doctor and they are conducting business like it’s a giant bureaucratic establishment. I am very disappointed. This is why I deducted 2 stars, for adding more expense and bureaucracy to an already annoying situation. Thanks Guys.

He is wonderful. I am post lasik and was having problems seeing. He took the time, energy and patience to fit me.

So, the story goes like this. I’m pretty sure someone I know snotted into my eye accidentally, since the next day, my left eye turned red like a cherry and was driving me nuts. Compounded with my natural hypochondria, I was pretty sure I was on the verge of permanent blindness, so I had no time to track down my cousin the Ophthalmologist. I went to my insurance company’s website to see who was close to me, and found Dr. Doren at the Masonic Hospital medical offices, just blocks away from my house. Board certified, looked like a good doctor — no reviews on Unilocal,but then again, he isn’t exactly running a nice Tapas joint. I decided to give him a call — and left a message on this voicemail, lamenting that I for sure had a complicated viral infection that almost certainly was going to travel up my optic nerve and cause my brain to swell.
He called me right back, and was able to squeeze me in 2 and a half hours later. I went in, and I must have been the first appointment right after lunch, since the office was just opening up. He called me in, was very direct in his questioning — took some complicated looks at my eyes with funny lights and funny eyedrops, soundly reassured me several times that I was not in fact at risk for encephalitis. He was receptive to my questions — I felt like he took a thorough examination of my eye — I didn’t feel slighted one bit, even though he was expeditious in his work, and to boot, he was walking distance from my apartment. I looked him up online, and I think he is particularly expert in disorders or infections relating to contact lenses, but absolutely, I would feel very comfortable going back to him with any medical eye issue. He wanted to take a look at my eyes in 12 months, and I think as a plan, I’ll be seeing him once a year here on out.
In all, I think what gratified me the most is that he came through for me in a bind, and was fast and thorough and made me feel comfortable. Recommended!