Leonard B. Nelson's Online Review Report Card

He may be good with kids, but he was extremely rude to me. He wouldn't give me a chance to talk, and jumped to an inaccurate conclusion because he wasn't listening. I felt like I was a bother to him. I would NEVER see him again.

The Best! My daughter has had two strabismus surgeries with Dr. Nelson once when she was a baby and her eyes were perfect afterwards as she got older the drifted again probably due to Downs Syndrome’s low muscle tone but another in and out surgery and she’s been fine ever since she needed glasses to correct as a baby but after the first surgery she never needed the glasses again he makes it easy she’s now 20 and we still see him for check ups he comes highly recommended from my family.

Dr. Nelson has a dismissive and arrogant bedside manner. He was utterly unconcerned with an obvious eye condition suffered by a 18 month old boy who was referred by a concerned pediatrician. He had no concern for the fact that this baby was born very pre mature and refused “on principle “ to look at photographic documentation of the condition. After having now found other reviews of similarly dismissed conditions in children , I leave this review as a warning to parents with small children. I will be making an appointment at CHOP. As a last comment , it was profoundly hurtful to have Dr. Nelson repeatedly “fat shame” an 18 month old healthy boy who is within normal range on his growth charts.

He is a great doctor.. I have been seeing him for years.. he gives great advice!! T.

Just had an appointment with Dr. Nelson for my high functioning autistic 12 year old. Our third visit. Things went downhill fast. 2 years ago we came in for an office visit. Dr. Nelson isn't the most empathetic doctor and I question whether he should be working with kids. So I let him do surgery on my daughter's eye. He was great during the whole surgery thing and getting her calmed down. He was very patient which was surprising. Surgery went well. 2 years years later I brought her back. With all of the covid rules my daughter was very nervous but she tried her best. Her best wasn't good enough for Dr. Nelson. Instead of disinfecting his tools he puts scotch tape on the kids noses which was hard for her to tolerate. He kept raising his voice at her like a drill sergeant. She even did really well with the eye drops but it wasn't good enough for him. He kept yelling at her and rushing her even after I reminded him that she is autistic. He told her that her fear of eyes drops is silly and he didn't have time for all of this. She ran out of the room screaming and crying. I will never return to this place and I will never recommend him to anyone else. This doctor knows his stuff in the operating room but his people skills needs work.

He has been my son's eye doctor since he was < 3 years old. He helped correct my sons lazy eye and provided him with great compassion.

Dr. Nelson fixed my daughter’s eye which had been previously operated on incorrectly. For that I am very grateful. He is an extremely busy physician who caring when you have a problem. If you are seeking a physician to spend a lot of time with you, he is probably not the right person. He gets to the point and moves on to the next patient.. rarely wait more than 20-30 minutes and go there at least twice a year or more.

Wonderful doctor! He was highly recommended to me by one of his patients. He was upfront about possibly needing two surgeries, one for each eye, and that is what eventually was needed. It took me 10 years to get the surgery done, and once he did the first one, I questioned why I waited so long to do it. He made it easy with what to expect and recovery time. No one likes to think about eye surgery, but I'm SO glad I went to one of the best eye surgeons around! Highly recommend Dr. Nelson!

The absolute BEST.

THis man saved my son’s eyesight in the most compassionate honest way. My son in now an adult and still has vision. Our previous opthmologist thought he was blind. I would do anything for him. Thank you, thank you, thank you.