Miniskin (30.08.2017 15:03)
Terrible experience. I had eye surgery with this so called eye doctor. His qualification said he was registered to some American eye/ ophthalmologist group, well he wasn't. He had that removed after getting caught (read about it online). I'm still dealing with his awful work. I just want to warn everyone out there-- keep away from this guy. He has a very corky character. To start, I've had meaningless appointments with him to talk about absolutely nothing (prior to surgery). I saw him right after the surgery. Without even getting close he sat at his table posing. His questions were something like- are you feeling better? When asked if it would look good he stated that it did already- not! I was in stitches and he never called after that to see if it looked good or anything. I was so upset. He knew the outcome of his work was just bad work so he didn't even bother to call for a proper check up. I never had the chance to express my concerns & feelings. I cried on my own. Seen other doctors who offered other types of surgeries to correct the one he did. Caring for the eye function is important but what about the way it looks????? You're a cosmetic surgeon- You should also care for your patients looks as it was discussed over & over again (prior to surgery). Oh and there was no change- no improvements in the eye function too. If you don't believe my experience GOODLUCK to you as I'm pretty sure he will try to pull this one down.
Chris Dutton (17.07.2017 04:39)
Had laser eye surgery years and years ago which caused a trauma to my left eye lid muscle. I did lots of research on how to get this fixed, and indeed who is the best person to do it.
Dr Tsirbas came highly recommended (I researched a lot) and I couldn't be happier. Genuine care, attention, and professionalism plus the post-treatment phone calls to make sure I was ok were received very well - even had a mobile phone number I could contact 24/7.
Top notch, fantastic result - faultless.
Jorge Vismara (04.06.2017 16:32)
On Aug/25/2006, I had a procedure in both of my eyes by Dr Angelo Tsirbas (under Dr. Goldberg supervision).
Since then constant, permanent discomfort, pain. I lost peripheral vision, my eyelashes were turned in and scratching my cornea... it was a mess...
During the procedure, I remember him chatting with an assistant about vacation trips... I never said this, but its in my mind and bothers me...
Anon Anon (07.02.2017 08:27)
Avoid at all costs -- Had a procedure booked in months in advance with this doctor. I organised travel plans around the surgery date and told Milena (the receptionist) and Dr Tsirbas that many times, so it was important to keep this date. At the pre-op appointment and days before the surgery Dr Tsirbas demanded I have an assessment done for body dysmorphic disorder. He did this immediately after I mentioned that I was "unfit and fat" because I had walked to his office and was winded (I am overweight according to my BMI). I was so upset that he would ask me to do this last minute. They told me the surgery date would be held so that I could get the assessment done, so I spent two days ringing around trying to organize the assessment last minute and finally did, which costed $200. I was approved for the procedure and the assessment was called and emailed in with plenty of notice. Well she never got back to me. I tried to call and noone picked up the phone. It is now afterhours on Thursday. Are you kidding me? What if someone has taken time off work?! I can't believe the way I have been treated by this office. I am so shocked and disgusted at the lack of professionalism and disregard for people's time. -- Update: Never received an apology from the doctor or staff for the huge inconvenience they caused me. I emailed them and told them exactly what I thought of their behaviour and they took offense and threatened me over the negative review. No explanation or apology at all.
A Google User (03.02.2017 07:20)
I had an absolutely horrible experience with Angelo Tsirbas and I would never recommend him to ANYBODY. I consulted with him regarding an issue with my eyelids. He spoke to me a very condescending manner and made continuous inappropriate and passive aggressive remarks towards me. During the consultation I asked him what he thought about my problem and he turned the question around asking me why I thought my eyes looked the way they did. I said I wasn't sure but repeated some of the previous recommendations I was given at other consultations. He said he was recommending something else and so I asked why I might have been given a different diagnosis in the past, this question seemed to anger him and he gave me a "how dare you question me. accept my advice and shut up" kind of response. I began feeling very uncomfortable , because this is fair question to ask before someone has surgery. I told him my medical history of having 3 surgeries for strabismus (crossed eyes) and after listening he then told me that he had *decided* that I'm trying to fix minor things, and that I would have been better off without strabismus surgery. He was literally sitting there telling me that having crossed eyes, a problem I had dealt with all my life, and left me with intense headaches due to eye strain was a minor issue. He had no idea what I looked like before meeting him or my medical condition, he was completely uninformed, but he began to chastise me. This is no way to speak to someone about a sensitive issue. By the time he was done berating me I almost started to cry, and said to him "Do you know why I had the surgery?" "Why?!" He responded in degrading tone of voice, I responded that I needed to surgery so I could read without headaches every half an hour. He grunted as a response. He then put drops in my eyes to raise my eyelids and asked me if I liked how they looked and I said I wasn't sure, and asked if I could look at the before photos to assess the difference. He became enraged again and raised his voice at me saying "Why would you need to look at the photos?! JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION". I said I think it looks ok. A bit of time passed and he asked me again if I liked the way they looked, and I wasn't sure if I was seeing things but they looked different "Are they different than before?" "IT DOESN'T MATTER" he yelled at me. I was confused and again said I think it looks ok. He later told me that the drops were wearing off and changing my eyelid position which is why I was unsure of what I was seeing. I couldn't understand why he didn't just tell me that instead of yelling at me. I made it clear multiple times that I was feeling uncomfortable with the way he was speaking to me, with the condescending remarks and horrible tone of voice, but he was relentless. For the remainder of the consultation he kept saying things like "what kind of person needs to look at photos of themselves?", he said it over and over again in different ways, saying there was something wrong with me for wanting to compare the photos in order to be able to assess the difference. He spent no time telling about the procedure or risks - since he spent the whole time verbally assaulting me. I even forgot to ask a couple of important questions. I left feeling extremely shaken by the way I was treated and spoken to. I would never recommend him to anybody. He is unprofessional, disrespectful, passive aggressive and obviously a person who uses his position of power to treat people like rubbish.