Lawrence S. Turtel's Online Review Report Card

He is not a good doctor. His bed side manner is horrible. He is not empathic to others and not patient at all. I believe he is very unprofessional and rude. He should consider an other job. This is not a career he should continue.

Dr Turlet was very thorough after my 10 year old went in for an emergency. He is very pleasant. Most of the staff was very nice, one was aloof but just to my son.

Dr. Turtel seems like a fine doctor, but the office is incredibly difficult to work with. We have tried to schedule a follow-up appointment for WEEKS: emails, voicemails, attempted to call the office and they don't answer -- all without response. How hard to I need to work to get an appointment for my daughter? It's ridiculous. We'll look for another doctor who actually supports us in making an appointment.

I have been going to Dr Turtel for 21 years now, he has done surgery on me twice, once when I was 9 months old and another when I was around 6 (my eyes were really curved, I have infantile esotropia) I feel so comfortable with him. For cosmetic reasons I have been going back and forth between getting surgery again or not to fix my eye. Not once has he made me feel like I NEED the surgery. He never pushed me towards it and offered me extra visits to discuss y surgery when I was considering it. I am getting the surgery this week and wouldn't trust anyone else to do it.

We have seen Dr Turtel over the years. Everytime we go to their office I leave there feeling calm. Dr Turtel and Dr Berg are caring, kind, warm, professional and I feel lucky to have access to such thorough, physicans. Thank you

Been to the Little Silver office several times with my toddler. The staff is not friendly, the staff is not good with children. They always look miserable, they talk about other patients where we can hear from waiting room, if you have questions…forget it. The staff has terrible attitudes, like you should already know what their response will be. If you hate being there, find a new job. I’ve never seen anybody give them a hard time, but waiting 2-3 hours, I’ve watched them be rude to patient after patient. The staff and Turtle are condescending. Appointment was rushed. Putting eye drops in a toddlers eyes, they cry, the Turtle gets aggravated. As a parent, Turtle gets impatient and taps the kids on the head… what is that? The tapping….because the toddler gets distracted? One visit you’re getting yelled at for not being able to get your kid used to wearing a patch or from being overtired from the wait and not answering his commands. Almighty Dollar. See someone else.

Dr Turtel is the best of the best! My son ended up at wills eye hospital in Philly after dr Turtel spotted COATS disease at a very early stage. He was not having any issues and was just seeing DR. Turtel for a routine eye exam. The world renowned specialist at wills eye hospital said Turtel saved his vision and she has never seen an Opthamologist catch it so early.

I needed to have eye surgery for my daughter for Infant Strabismus and was initially very nervous. However, Dr. Turtel explained everything really thoroughly and relieved a lot of my worries. It has now been a month and half after the surgery and it went great! She recovered very easily and her eyes look perfect. He is a very good surgeon.

My daughter was born cross fixated in both eyes. My pediatrician recommended Dr. Turtel and we could not have been happier. He was extremely caring with our family. He explained everything in simple terms and let us know if we were looking for a "quicker" fix he could recommend someone else but based on his experience best to wait till she was a year old to undergo surgery as sometimes things could change on their own over time. We saw him frequently in the year leading up to her surgery. He made us feel calm and assured us we were in the right hands. Her surgery was beyond perfect. I highly recommend Dr. Turtel.

Dr. Turtel performed double eye surgery on my twelve-year-old daughter and I couldn't be happier with the results. He was so good with her and made her so comfortable. He also gave me his cellphone number after the surgery and checked in with me for days afterwards to make sure she was doing OK and answering all questions I had which was extremely helpful. My mind was at such ease knowing he was just a call away over the weekend after surgery. He is very caring and I would highly recommend him.