Hudson Valley Eye Surgeons, PC

Dr. David Chen is very unprofessional and arrogant . He brought a person with him to my exam room, without an introduction or explanation why this person is with him. He didn’t acknowledge me when he first entered the exam room, he walked in; sat down and continued to converse with this unknown person; explaining my situation. I had to interject on the conversation to let him know “ Hello, I am here”. After his condescending answers to all of my questions; he explained to me that he doesn’t know the outcome of my surgery. My inner thoughts were confirmed; Dr. Chen is not the surgeon for this procedure. An experience surgeon will know his outcomes. Bottom line due to Dr. David Chen bad attitude and arrogance, I decided to canceled my surgery. I called Hudson Valley eye surgeons to find another surgeon, but he is the only one. I was so disappointed because the staff and ophthalmologist that I saw were so friendly.

Dr. Palmiero provided consultation and surgery for my cataracts. He is incredibly personable and inspires complete confidence. I felt he had all the time in the world for my care and questions. He provided all the information and guidance I needed; based on facts and statistics. He and his team were delightful from arrival, through prep and the surgery, to my departure. My care was managed impeccably.

Dr. Chen is amazing! I needed eye surgery and it went so smooth, Dr. Chen did a great job. He is down to earth and so easy to talk to.. Truly great experience!

I've been seeing Dr. Diamond for many years now. He is very thorough and is able to make early diagnoses to save your sight. My Mom and daughter go to him also and like him very much.

Very thorough and caring. Dr. Nichols performed surgery on both eyes six years ago. It was very successful and his follow up has been excellent. Office is well run.

Dr. Palmiero is amazing! Very thoughtful and patient and explains everything fully in a way that you can understand and gives you all of your options. He is an excellent surgeon.

Dr. Chen is unbelievably rude. I chose to go to Dr Chen because of his Harvard education but sadly his manner doesn’t match up with the education. He is extremely rude the whole session. He might be a knowledgeable experienced medical profession but the way he treats his client is not acceptable for me. I do not recommend anyone to go there.

Dr.Schear is an amazing Cornea and Cataract specialist.I was fortunate enough to find him as I live in Dutchess County now but originally from Manhattan where I always saw the top specialists. Specialists up here are limited. Dr.Schear is a super doc for Cornea and Cataract issues and he literally save my eyes with his expert treatment and advice.i would recommend Dr Schear 100% to anyone needing a competent professional smart and kind ophthalmologist.

Extremely compassionate and thorough. Gives patient confidence that the patient is in excellent hands.

Dr. David Chen is absolutely wonderful!! We just visited him today. My Sister is 88 years old and He was so compassionate and understanding in caring for her. Very thorough and comforting, I can't say enough good words for him.

Dr Schear did my father’s cataract surgery. He is professional and has excellent bedside manor. He answered all of my father’s questions. My father is very happy with the results. We highly recommend Dr Schear.

He is probably the rudest doctor I have ever met. He was belligerent, curt, annoyed with every simple question asked and seemed like he could care less about my condition. That being said, he did fix my problem, which no other doctor could do up to that point. Separately, the office was filthy, with so much dust piled up in the waiting room, that a child was drawing pictures in it with her finger.

Horrible! I wouldn't recommend Dr. Chen if your eyeballs were falling out. I've never met such a rude & nasty doctor & I've been working in the defense medical malpractice for 25+ years & have dealt with doctors both professionally and personally.

I went to Dr Palmeiro after an extremely bad experience with Dr Nichols and was considering not staying with Hudson Valley Eye Surgeons after the terrible experience with Dr Nichols. Well Dr Palmeiro was amazing! !!! Dr Palmeiro is kind, compassionate and warm...he explains everything and thoroughly examines you. He listens to any problems you are having with your eyes and explains what to do to treat your issue! After going to Dr Palmeiro I would never leave! He’s one in a million and a true ge

Dr Nichols is extremely uncaring and uncompassionate doctor. I arrived at 4:15pm for a 4:30pm appointment. I was not called in until almost 5:30pm. Dr Nichols tech did some of the preliminary tests. Dr Nichols had been my doctor for a few years. The tech took out and I pressure pen and was going to check my eye pressure I have extremely sensitive eyes and most recently have been suffering with a corneal erosion healing. The dr refused to see me and never apologized for keeping me waiting

Very professional doctor, patient explaining any questions I have about my glaucoma.

He is very knowledgeable, patient and carrying doctor, willing to spend as much time with patient as needed to answer all questions and concerns

Dr. Verruto helped me with my dry eye issues. He was very patient and took the time to answer all of my questions.

It seems Dr. Chen advised me on a procedure based on insurance. Briefly, one eye would likely be covered by insurance (Ptosis). I was surprised he did not mention doing the other eye (typical for Ptosis), and he said it might not qualify for insurance. I said that was fine, I wanted the procedure done with optimal results. He basically acknowledged it best to do both eyes, but didn't recommend the other eye because it might not qualify for insurance. But, shouldn't I be presented the options?

Dr. Palmiero is EXCELLENT! Cordial and explains each procedure fully. Excellent surgeon. Never rushed during an appointment.