What is the Specialists List
Recommend a SpecialistGood specialists are difficult to find and none are perfect. That is why we encourage you to join Fuchs’ Friends where you can:
- Communicate with others who have the same or similar eye problems.
- Have access to a specialized doctor’s list that is compiled using recommendations of individual patients who currently have, are or were being treated.
What is the Specialists List:
- The specialists list contains the names and addresses of doctors who were referred by members of Fuchs’ Friends or by other prominent corneal specialists throughout the years.
- The list is only available to members of Fuchs’ Friends, our private and confidential online group.
- The list is based on the feelings of the patients who made the recommendation at the time of the recommendation.
- The recommended specialists list is only a starting point in your journey to make one of the most important decisions of your life.
- Because the list has been compiled over numerous years some of the doctors on the list may not have kept up with the many innovative improvements that have taken place in this field during the past 25 years.
- We do not personally vet the doctors to see how many surgeries or what types of surgeries they perform. Because each person’s unique medical needs and histories are unknown to others, that is the individual patient’s responsibility.
- In our literature “Visiting Your Doctor” we suggest questions to ask prospective doctors while you are making your choice of surgeon.
- We also encourage you to become involved in discussions within the Fuchs’ Friends community. Answers to your questions are received from those who have already experienced the same questions and found results can be very helpful.
- Experience with Fuchs’ dystrophy is paramount in one’s quest for a corneal specialist.
- Fuchs’ Friends members are here to help you find a doctor who meets your needs and provide guidance from their experiences; however, the responsibility of picking a Corneal Specialist is yours because only you know your medical needs; your emotional needs, and your financial needs.
- It is the responsibility of each individual to perform their own due diligence, thoroughly vetting the corneal specialist for experience and suitability.
We appreciate hearing about your experiences with the doctors on the Specialists List. This happens within our private, on-line discussion group, Fuchs’ Friends. Because of your experiences, retirements or deaths, doctors are sometimes added or deleted from the list. That does not mean the doctors on the list are always 100% successful nor that they frequently perform just one particular procedure. The specialists listed are not endorsed by the Corneal Dystrophy Foundation, nor by Fuchs’ Friends, nor by any of its affiliated board members and volunteers.
If you have had a very good surgical experience with your corneal specialist and are a current member of Fuchs’ Friends, please share your experience by filling out the form: Recommend a Specialist.