I have been to Dr Uretsky twice for an issue with my eye, ongoing tearing and soreness. He insists on treating me for dry eye and wants to follow up, same drops as last time. He did not spend much time with me and is very short with his comments and explanations, very poor quality of care. Turns out I have a blocked tear duct that is infected ( I mentioned a blocked tear duct to him both times and he dismissed it). The office staff was very friendly, he was not. The reviews on the office website (Coastal Jersey Eye) for him are very good, I find this hard to believe, very misleading. read more

he is located on Long Beach Rd. in Oceanside. He might be good at what he does but he is extremely arrogant. If you expect to have any ounce of sympathy from hand, forget about it not only was he not nice, but he dictated the whole time into a machine and didn't even talk to me and then walked out and sent me for an MRI and when I called for the results he had the same arrogant attitude. Very disappointing. read more

Dr Uretsky told me he couldn't improve my vision in either eye until I had cataract surgery. I had problems reading so I agreed to have my right eye done first. It was horrible. I had severe burning and pain out 24 months. I could hardly see. I told him I was allergic to steroids which is all they have to take down inflammation and swelling. I insisted he change the fancy meds to prednisone hoping that would help. It started to clear up after that. I left and went to a cataract specialist in Marlton who followed me from May-Nov 2016. She said there was scar tissue forming on the lens they put in. My vision never returned to what it was prior to the surgery. The specialist told me I did not need surgery on my left eye. There was no way to tell if I really needed it for the right. This opthmologist corrected my left lense so I could see fine. My eye is bleary a lot and I can't read a long time without that increasing. Dr. Uretsky has an interest in his eye surgery center. He makes mega bucks on these operations. Get a second opinion! He lied and performed surgery that made my vision worse. read more

I had two (2) separate Intra-Ocular Lens Implant surgeries to eliminate the cataract accomplished by this Doctor. 1996: This operation was botched up by the OR staff at the Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point, NJ. About 10-15 mins. into the operation, the piece of equipment in the operating room that dissolves the existing lens tissue had failed upon it's use. The back-up equipment also failed. After a search, another Hospital had the proper equipment, but it was about 20 miles away in Cape May Court House, NJ. This Doctor decided to obtain that equipment to complete this operation. The Doctor and the O.R. staff left and broke scrub. I was left on the operating gurney with the Anesthesiologist under a light anesthetic. It took almost 3 hours to send personnel down to retrieve the equipment. After which, the eye operation was completed in about 30 mins. The Post-Op evaluation found an infection in the operated eye which was treated with antibiotics and eventually eliminated. A few weeks later, YAG laser surgery was accomplished twice to eliminate numerous "floaters" in the operated eye. Eventually, the acuity of this eye was better than 20/20 in a couple of years. 2015: This operation was preformed at an out-patient.non-hospital surgery facility in Somers Point, NJ. No issues were encountered. The Post-Op evaluation showed that the acuity of this operated eye was about 20/30-20/40. A follow-up office visit a few months later showed the same acuity issue. Bottom Line: You decide. So far, I am very disappointed with this acuity. I am assuming it will improve to 20/20 or better over time. We shall see...... 2016 - Follow-Up on acuity: It's been over 14 months now and there has been a remarkable improvement. read more