Dr. Howard J. Sakowitz, MD

• James Beals
  
  
  (April 18, 2018, 5:39 am)

  I previously posted a negative review. I am now withdrawing it, since Dr Sakowitz himself took action to remedy the bad situation. I had posted that one or more of the staff was NOT understanding or compassionate, and that part hasn't changed. My wife is 62, she is from India, and never had any real health issues till this year. She acts like a small child at times, and when the staff told her they would have to dilate her eyes, my wife got into her child like mood and refused. She just wanted to see the doctor first. I told the staff she is Indian, and the eye Dr she was assigned to was also Indian, she would listen to him. But, the staff refused, saying the Dr would only see her once her eyes were dilated. My wife got too nervous and asked that we Reschedule. The Staff AGREED that we should could call back and reschedule. After we got home I convinced my wife to let them dilate her eyes, and she finally agreed. I called the eye center 40 min after we left the office to reschedule. The Staff REFUSED to schedule her again. They told me they would no longer accept her as a patient. I ended the call, but then called back and spoke to the Supervisor - and explained my wife's actions, and also reminded them that just 40 min earlier the staff had agreed that she could call in and reschedule. But, the supervisor informed me that they would not accept her as their patient. She will have to find another eye center.
  I found this to be VERY UN-Compassionate. My wife gets too nervous and acts like a small child at times. What she needed was for the doctor to come and speak with her as an authority - but the staff would not let the doctor see her unless she agreed to let them dilate her eye first.
  I cannot say if the doctor was compassionate or understanding, or if he is medically a good dr or not, but, i can say that the STAFF is unforgiving, and in my view, and was not at all understanding or compassionate. When you go to see any Dr, it's the staff that you have to deal with the most.
  Unfortunately, in our area this was the ONLY eye Dr my wife's insurance would accept. We can't afford cataract surgery on our own. Because the staff refused to accept her as a patient means my wife would remain blind and without any treatment- this was cruel and unacceptable.
  As an update, I will say that I eventually communicated with Dr Sakowitz and he instructed his staff to make an exception in my wife's case and they did see her. The Cataract surgery has not been performed because my wife's blood pressure remains too high, we are working on that separately, but, as soon as it comes under control she will have the surgery.

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Howard Sakowitz is a practicing Ophthalmology doctor in Orange City, FL