William Gilmer's Online Review Report Card

Dr. Gilmer and staff provides excellent eye care. They actually spend time with their patients. I couldn't ask for better treatment fom Dr. Gilmer and his assistant Pat. I feel welcomed by Pat on each visit. I would highly recommend Riverside Eye and Dr. Gilmer. You won't be disappointed.

He is great and so are his staff.

Cataract surgery is one of the most often performed surgeries in the USA, and the surgery has around a 98% success rate. I am sorry to say that things did not work out well for me. Dr. Gilmer placed the artificial lens in an area which the lens manufacturer does not recommend and that caused exfoliation material from my iris clogging up the eyes drainage network. The clogging of the drainage network caused very high eye pressure that could not be relieved with medicinal eye drops. A second surgery was performed to reset the lens, however, resetting the lens did not relieve the very high eye pressure. Dr. Gilmer told me that if the high eye pressure was not quickly corrected I would lose my vision in that eye. He offered to do a laser surgery, but by that time, for several reasons which I will explain later, I had lost all confidence in Dr. Gilmer. I contacted a glaucoma specialist who performed four additional surgeries before the high eye pressure was sufficiently relieved. I estimate that I have lost around 75 to 80% of my vision in that eye. While being treated by Dr. Gilmer I was subjected to verbal abuse on two occasions and he blamed me for the surgery going wrong and that could not be further from the truth. I am in excellent health and have a very good immune system. It is my opinion that Dr. Gilmer tries to come across as a very friendly and caring physician and at first he fooled me. However, when the going got tough he was far from charming or caring. It is my opinion that he blames others for his short comings and that underneath his charming exterior lurks one of the "entitled".

Dr Gilmer has an excellent bed side manner. He is knowledgeable and explains things well. His staff is friendly and professional as well. I would highly recommend.

Dr Gilmore and his staff do a great job in treating their patients with care, professional, and a friendly manner, I would highly recommend their services.

My mother needed to see an ophthalmologist asap because one of her eyes developed a problem after an unrelated surgery. The folks at this practice were able to get her in the same day if we were willing to wait. We ended up only waiting about an hour. Everyone at the practice was nice, caring and very professional. Dr Gilmer gave her a thorough exam, was respectful and listened well. He ended up referring her to a specialist - but in the process he was able to rule out a more serious problem. She really liked him and will be going back from her regular eye care and following up on her cataracts.