I'm really confused about how to go about finding a doctor who has the appropriate training to be able to properly treat a patients dry eye. I've been to five opthamologists between central and south florida for my dry eye, and have been disappointed at the lack of dry eye expertise in the eye care industry. The doctors I've seen all seem to take the typical approach of treating the symptoms rather than looking for the cause first. And the treatments suggested are always the same standard treatments. I even saw a doctor at a nationally known group in Miami who literally said "good luck to you" when her suggestions didn't work.
I've read Dr. ******'s book in which he suggests "looking for an opthamologist who has post residency fellowship training in the cornea, ocular surface or dry eye", but I'm not even sure how I go about finding that level of detail about a doctors past training. Call an office up and the receptionist is not likely to know that either.
(I would consider Dr. ****** out of Tampa, but he doesn't take insurance and quite honestly his fees are astronomical, much more than I could ever afford).
Anyhow, if anyone could give me some good advice on this I'd appreciate it. I'm looking for someone in the central florida area specifically, but I'd travel to other parts of Florida if necessary. Thanks.
I've read Dr. ******'s book in which he suggests "looking for an opthamologist who has post residency fellowship training in the cornea, ocular surface or dry eye", but I'm not even sure how I go about finding that level of detail about a doctors past training. Call an office up and the receptionist is not likely to know that either.
(I would consider Dr. ****** out of Tampa, but he doesn't take insurance and quite honestly his fees are astronomical, much more than I could ever afford).
Anyhow, if anyone could give me some good advice on this I'd appreciate it. I'm looking for someone in the central florida area specifically, but I'd travel to other parts of Florida if necessary. Thanks.
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