Zisman Frank, OD PhD

A few months ago, I randomly cut my eye. Now before you cringe, you should know that I’ve been wearing contact lens for over a decade now. I think every long-​term contact lens wearer can related — this is just something that happens, and for me, personally, this is about a once a year occurrence. Once a year, I’ll cut my eye or get pink eye or something like that and have to wear my glasses for a week or two. The first few times, I went to the doc’s. As it started happening over the years though, I just learned to self-​treat. Well, not this time.
This time the cut seemed a bit worse than what I had previously experienced, so wanting to play it safe, I of course scheduled an appointment to see an eye doctor ASAP, and I went through Kaiser.
I don’t regularly go to Kaiser to see an eye doctor since I have my own optometrist in private practice, so I was randomly assigned a doc, which happened to be Frank Zisman. And let me tell you, this was probably one of these best and most positive Kaiser experiences that I’ve ever had. Dr. Zisman is kind, warm, friendly, knowledgeable and patient and most important of all, he has genuine care and concern for his patients and looks out for their best interest. He’s also hilarious, so many jokes were cracked and many laughs were shared.
This is in stark contrast to the 95% of other Kaiser appointments that I’ve had over the course of the past 20-​something years of my life where I felt like I was on a conveyor belt going through a wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am experience with some jaded, overworked doctor who gave me a quick fix on the surface and couldn’t wait to get rid of me ASAP.
Dr. Zisman said that the cut on my eye wasn’t actually that bad, told me to wear glasses for two more weeks, to start taking flaxseed supplements for my dry eyes, use rewetting drops and to use more oxygenated contact lens when I get into them again. Before I had this appointment, I had no idea that I had a dry eye issue. Besides the cut, I also had a lot of questions about the health of my eyes in general, and about LASIK and he took the time to answer all of them in great detail.
I Googled Dr. Zisman because my experience with him was so positive that I wondered if he was in private practice so that I wouldn’t have to go through the hassle of Kaiser the next time I wanted an appointment with him, only to find a bunch of glowing and nostalgic reviews from his former patients from the days when he had his own private practice before deciding to take it easy and join Kaiser. I think he’s nearing retirement.
My cut has healed thanks to Dr. Zisman’s advice and I’ve since decided to get LASIK, which I further emailed Dr. Zisman about for advice on, to which he responded promptly to.
Even though Dr. Zisman is no longer in private practice, former patients should know that he’s still around, but just at Kaiser, and he is still awesome :)

I’ve lived in this neighborhood for 3 years now and I figure I should patronize more local businesses. I was able to get a last minute appointment here and they took my insurance so I figure, «why not? it’s just an eye exam.»
My call to the place was professionally handled. When I arrived I was greeted warmly and helped out by the young Asian lady… sorry, I didn’t catch her name, but she was great. Friendly, warm and efficient. She also is the one that ran some of my tests before seeing the optometrist.
The optometrist I saw was Dr Thao? I think? She asked the reason for my visit and I told her I decided to try out some contacts. She did her exam and hooked me up with a pair of 30 day Night and Day disposables. She has me wait 10 minutes and checked for the fit and they were fine.
I checked out with Patricia. She kindly figured out my insurance coverage and gave me an estimate on my out of pocket costs for contacts. She also was helping me find a pair of glasses in case I decided not to go with contacts.
Not five star because of their small selection of small frames. Their prices are affordable but I’ll have a hard time finding frames for my hard to fit face.

The Zismans are the only eye docs I’ve ever been too. Both Frank and Katrina are great. They have a friendly demeanor, and are insanely intelligent. And big Cal fans! Sadly, they are transitioning out of the practice, but they claim the other docs share their philosophies. Now that I don’t live close by, I can’t always wait to see a Zisman… le sigh.
ETA — I just talked to my mom, and apparently the Zismans are NOT seeing patients anymore.

The Zismans are awesome, I’ve been going there since I was a kid too. Both of the Zismans are really nice, but they are slowly moving towards retirement or something, so the new doc is taking over. You can call and find out what days they are going to be there, but they’re only there one or two days out of the week. I’m sure the new doc is good, or they wouldn’t have hired her, but its weird not seeing them whenever I go in.

Dr. Zisman has been my optometrist since I was a widdle kiddo. He’s great! Too bad there’s this new lady who I get since Dr. Z is prob out vacationing in Tahiti or something.