Brad Elkins, MD

Dr. Elkins is the best! I worked in the OR with him as his nurse and had lasik done with him because he is an excellent surgeon with great bed side mannerism. I highly recommend him!

Most incredible LASIK experience. A miracle worker!

I had LASIK with Dr. Elkins a couple of weeks ago and I could not be more pleased with my whole experience at his office. Ana, the surgery coordinator, made the process so effortless and made me feel very well taken care of. Dr. Elkins himself is incredibly kind and amazing at what he does! My results are absolutely perfect. I would highly recommend Dr. Elkins to anyone considering LASIK!

Highly recommend. I had PRK surgery due to thin corneas. Dr. Elkins talked to me throughout the procedure and let me know exactly what he was doing.
Post-​op, when I called his office with questions, he returned all my calls in a timely manner. The office (Encino) is clean and the staff is amazing. I highly recommend.

This is a top notch office, modern, clean and every single person I had to deal with was very nice and professional.

This man is a rockstar! If you need lasik, he’s the doctor you want to trust! Pays great attention to detail and explains everything in debt. He performed lasik on me and I can’t be more thankful for his service.

Dr Brad Elkins did my restor lens surgery. I could see in a matter of days. It has been 3 years now and I still feel like it was a miracle. He is such an amazing doctor. I would recommend him to all my family and friends. I thank you every day Dr Elkins.

This office should be a Case Study for ALL Dr,‘s offices. Seriously, the staff acknowledges you, they are happy at there job and it shows. I am having a surgery and had to take lots of tests and met lots of staff. Everyone was light hearted, friendly and explained in detail what was happening. I really appreciate the treatment and attention. Dr. Elkins was awesome as well. But with a great staff, it makes a Dr visit somewhat pleasurable. I wish other Dr offices were the same.

I had two cataract lens replacements with cylindrical correction (astigmatism), about 9 months apart. Fantastic service and results, highly professional for office consultations and pre and post surgical visits. Convenient full optometrist service in waiting room. Charming surgical coordinator to assist patients. Fully experienced physician who carefully explained the procedures while understanding patients anxiety and who has performed thousands of similar surgeries. Updated process to incorporate technological advances in second procedure.

Dr Elkins came highly recommended by my OBGYN who is also his patient. I was so nervous. My new patient apointment was amazing! Everyone in the office was accommodating, knowledgable, and sweet. Dr. Elkins has a great bedside manner, very reassuring! This is how medical care should be!!!

Excellent place. A few weeks ago, I injured my eye while napping (sad, huh?) and it was red and hurt for days. Eventually, I broke down and called this place. I hadn’t been there before, but they were able to get me in right away. The office is huge and the staff is super nice. They did all the eye exams, and even squeezed in a vision test. Dr. Elkins is very personable and detailed. I was in and hour in under an hour.

Please take the time out of your day to call this office if you are interested in LASIK. I promise you will not be disappointed!!!
I wanted to first off say thank you to all the staff over there at Dr. Elkin’s office. They are all so knowledgeable and friendly.
I researched LASIK for a while now and was just at the point of picking the right doctor. I called Ana (the LASIK director at Elkin’s office in Encino) and she was such a pleasure to speak with. She could answer any questions I had, and didn’t even get mad when I called her 1001 times! And best of all, she had it done herself so can relate and tell you personal experiences rather than just hearing about it with a mono tone voice. Thanks Ana! (Also, she was there after my surgery, if my eyes served me right, to great and congratulate me.)
The staff who first check your vision and walk you through some debreifing were very nice and smart as well. There wasn’t one person I didn’t enjoy talking to there! They answered all my questions, even if I asked it 4 times. And they were very sanitary as they cleaned all the instruments 2 – 3 times before using them on you. It’s nice to know these people actually care about you before you get anything done.
Then on to Dr. Elkins… Prior to meeting him, I had heard he was an amazing doctor and would be the perfect guy to get LASIK done with. After meeting him for 5 minutes I was quickly reassured with what I have heard about him. He was cautious with the precedure and wanted to double and triple and quadruple check before they told me I am a good candidate for LASIK. It’s better to know your a good candidate before you get the precedure done. Anyways, he answered all the questions I had and I felt very confortable going ahead and choosing him as my doctor. I had my first appointment with him on a Friday and they were open and ready to perform the surgery the following Monday! I was ready for it, was just waiting for the right doctor.
I can finally see without glasses or contacts and the whole procedure was painless! Thanks again everyone over there at Dr. Elkin’s practice! If I could get LASIK again, I would :)

Updated Review.
Its been 4 months and my vision is amazing. I believe I tested ²⁰⁄₁₀ on my last visit. Very rarely my eyes get a little dry, but it doesnt last long or I just put one drop of visine in and I am fine.
I dont even think about my vision at all. When I do, I cant believe how amazing it is.

In April, I had PRK surgery (like LASIK but recovery a little longer) because my corneas were too thin for LASIK. I’m not gonna lie– you’re eyes are gonna hurt for a few days and will be blurry for a week or two. However, I cannot tell you how much the surgery was worth it and how amazing Dr. Elkins was. The procedure itself actually only lasts a few minutes. I was terrified to have the procedure, and Dr. Elkins was calm, reassuring, and very accomodating. My vision is now ²⁰⁄₁₅ two months later and I couldn’t be happier. When I was having pain the day after surgery, Dr. Elkins fit me into his schedule the day of to see me. It’s also great because the medications, post-​op visits, etc. are all included in the price, so I didn’t have to worry about tons of different bills coming in as I just paid all at once. I highly recommend PRK or LASIK with Dr. Elkins and his team. They will take good care of you and the procedure could really be a life changer as it is for me!

Went in today for the first time. The secretary (Tomara?) was the BEST!!!
Dr. Elkins is adorable, COMPETENT, and very professional!!! Really NICE guy! I don’t like the idea of someone poking around in my eyes, but he made the experience very comfortable and easy! AND, they took me in on a FRIDAY at 4pm with NO appointment! This shows their concern.
I HIGHLY recommend this office!

Dr. Elkins is great, BUT lazik REALLY caused me to have sinus headaches, dry eyes, etc. when I went back to my optometrist to get the OK for a second round of lazik (my eyes went partially back) on the second eye, he said i should have never gotten lazik to begin with. just a thought before you do the procedure.
i would not necessarily have never gotten it to begin with, but I’m not sure i would have!

I went to Dr. Elkins after my eye doctor of 6 years off told me it would be 4 months before I could get an appointments and refused to give me refills on my contact until I came to the appointment!!!
I found Dr. Elkins on Unilocal and decided to give it a shot. I know finding a doctor on Unilocal may seem a bit scary but he is wonderful and I would recommend him to anyone.
I got an appointment within a week of calling and had a great experience. They have great parking in the building and they validate!!! Love doctors who validate. I only had to wait about 10 minutes before I was taken in for the appointment. I just have a very basic yearly eye exam and contacts so it was all very routine. Dr. Elkins was great and took time with all my questions.
They ordered my contacts and had them delivered to my house within a week.

This was my first time I was visiting Dr. Elkins office in West Hills and I was very impressed. I went to have my eyes checked because contacts were starting to bug out. Wait time was great (about 7 minutes) and what makes this office pretty special is the amount of free parking. My first time actually seeing Dr. Elkins and immediately he was very warm in nature. His entire examination was very thorough, and educational too. After he told me it was just normal and that I should try another contact brand I was very relieved. Eyes were safe! I’d definitely recommended Dr. Elkins — his office is run very well and he is just a great doctor overall!

This office is top-​notch. I needed an emergency eye appointment and had never even BEEN to an eye doctor. They took me in in only a few hours, treated me with the best of care, and assured me that my infection would be okay. I was seen by Dr. Kramar, who immediately put me at ease. I would recommend this office to anyone. Also, aside from looking at my infection, he looked at the rest of my eyes, and told me they were in very good shape (what a relief!) I’m so glad I called them. I can’t recommend them highly enough.

Last week I required an emergency eye appointment after a foreign object flew into my eye. This foreign object was lodged in the center of my vision, right smack-​dab in the center of my pupil, piercing my cornea. I was TERRIFIED. I was seen by a local optometrist [ in Valencia] who referred me to Dr. Elkins. (Only an opthamologist is qualified to remove something in that critical part of the eye.) So I drove to Encino to be seen by Dr. Elkins. He was very professional and caring; I truly appreciated him dropping everything to take care of my eye. He made me feel comfortable and relaxed through this stressful experience, and at the follow up appointment assured me my eye had healed as if it never happened! Thank you Dr. Elkins! :)
The office staff was also very friendly and courteous!