Cataract Surgery in Shoals

My mother had hers done here. She was 68 at the time and a diabetic and did excellent. I'm new to this so not sure about mentioning names. Dr. Kim did hers and plan on using him again for the other eye. We've heard Dr's in B'ham referring patients back to him for problems so I figure he must be one of the best! My mother's aunt who is older than her had her surgery from another Dr. in that same group and also did excellent.

My mother is scheduled to have the surgery this month by Dr. Kim. I have only heard good reports about him and on the evaluation, he seemed to have good knowledge of his job.
He is in the Florence Medical Associates building on Cox Creek Pkwy.

My Dad used Rebekah Moss-Fletcher MD out of Decatur for his first eye. She was wonderful and all went well. He is having her do his second eye soon.

I just had surgery about 3 weeks ago, Dr. Thompson, same practice as Dr. Kim, did it. It turned out good, and Dr. Thompson was so kind and made sure I contacted him if I experienced any problems. I was really pleased with the surgery and the wonderful care I was given.

All our good but most would say Dr. Taft is by far the best and mosr knowledgable of any in this area.

We had the same experience with Dr. Kim. My mom's surgery was on Thursday and he was going to be out on the weekend and Monday was a holiday. Before we left the surgery center he made sure we had his cell # to call if we had any problems over the weekend. He also checked my mother's eye before we left the center so we didn't have to come back the next day and made sure to answer all my questions about what to look for when he said "problems" because this was the first time we had experienced eye surgery. We were very pleased with and his entire staff. Also, one of my mother's appointments happened to be on an afternoon that we had a tornado warning and they made sure all patients were put in the back and taken care of durint the entire time.

Dr. Kim has excellent credentials, a great bedside manner, and is a great surgeon to boot. Dr. Taft is an excellent surgeon, lacks the bedside manner, and if you don't mind him sharing his overbearing knowledge on subjects you probably don't care about, is quite satisfactory. There are a couple of ophthalmologists in the area I wouldn't trust your mangy mutt to.

Thanks, everyone, for your replies. As I thought might happen, the doctor who put the wrong size lens in my friend's eye has come very highly recommended on this thread!

I guess there's a certain margin of error in all surgeries. I was just concerned because we know two people with very bad cataract surgery outcomes, and both used the same local doctor. One had to have the surgery redone, the other's vision is permanently impaired.

I try not to be a knee-jerk "Go to Huntsville or Birmingham" person when it comes to medical procedures. There are good doctors in this area, and I still think ECM is a good hospital. My Mother had her life saved at the heart center a ECM, and my father has had successful back surgery there too. In the past he has gone to Birmingham for back surgery but he had confidence in a local doctor, and it worked out fine.

I'd just like my dad to get more than one opinion since it is EYE SURGERY. I don't even like to type that phrase, much less think about it!