Dr. Thomas Turner Md's Online Review Report Card

I posted this on turners review. Sorry My wife went to Dr Turner for removal of a patrigium on her left eye. This is simmaler to catterax. Dr Turner botched this surgery by cutting too deep. Then after her surgery her eye kept hurting and Turner said it was normal and just prescribed her more pain pills. After a month we sought a second opinion. Turns out he cut so deep that she was loosing pressure in her eye. If she had not gotten a skin graph by this eye specialist she would have lost her eye. We checked with an attorney but due to Texas laws regarding medical malpractice all we would have gotten would have gone to the attorney. Now my wife’s eye is doing worse possibly losing her eye. What ever you do DON’T use this doctor if you want to keep your eye.

I had cataract surgery with Dr Turner he is an awesome surgeon. Dr Turner and his staff are magnificent. I will go back to see Dr Turner for any new issues should they arise. Thank you Dr Turner for giving me a great experience. Sylvia Mendez

This office lost my business before I even went there. I scheduled a lasik eval through their website and had to wait 2 months for it. No biggie, I figured they were busy. The week before the eval, I got 3 reminders of my appointment, one through email, one call and one text. All had instructions such as how to prepare and what to bring and prompted me to confirm, which I did. Morning of the appointment, I get a call from the actual office and was told she didn't know what happened, but they don't do evaluations in Odessa and I'd have to reschedule with the office in Midland!. I just cancelled. I won't trust my vision with such an incompetent office.

Very poor!!! Kept telling him something was not right after cataract surgery on my right eye. He said I saw perfectly and he "hit it out of the park". My optometrist said the lens he inserted was too strong. Dr. Turner said that happens sometimes but mine could not be fixed. I went to a doctor in Lubbock and had the lens replaced and now I see almost 20/20. Stay away from Dr. Turner, he is arrogant and uncaring.

No follow-up and my vision did not improve. I was not explained what was wrong with my eye nor the procedures. I had to ask and do the follow-up myself. Staff unfriendly and not knowledge at answering simple questions.

Churns patients. Paid $120 for a follow-up appt for which he was unprepared.

Great place! Highly recommend coming here !

Dr. Thomas Turner is an excellent eye surgeon and Ophthalmologist. He has performed Lasik Eye Surgery on several friends as well as co-workers with great satisfaction and results. My daughter has battled severe conjunctivitis multiple times and been treated by Dr. Turner. In one such case, Dr. Turner dropped by the house to check on her prior to seeing her the following week. Several years ago, he recommended monovision contacts for me which has been a wonderful break from the tedious experience of reading glasses. Since I had never worn contacts before, his office staff was a huge help instructing me in the proper use and insertion of contacts. I would highly recommend Dr. Turner for his proven proficiency and expertise in his field.

I don't normally go out of my way to review a doctor, but felt I had to in this case. Dr. Turner is just plain awful. His bedside manner is horrible. He delivered bad news about potential permanent vision damage with absolute disinterest and complete lack of concern. He pried my eye open with a metal tool used for surgery- except that I was awake! It was torture. And I later found out from another doctor that it is never used except for removing things from the eye (which was not the case for me).