Padma Nanduri, MD FACS

Skilled caring specialist who stays on the cutting edge of her field with great supporting state of the art equipment. To get her superb service, one needs to be patient since waits seem to be inevitable. But, she is worth waiting for. Better scheduling would greatly help patients who are busy with their own careers. Still, she is a superb clinician. Terry G

Horrible! I would never go here. My husband and I waited FOUR hours to get our eyes looked at and 4 hours later we received a bill for over $ 500 to be told we had ²⁰⁄₂₀ vision!!! And we have a PPO plan. They tried to sell us a $ 1,500 treatment to look at allergies. The staff told me it would be covered by insurance, I called Aetna PPO and they told me I would be responsible for the entire $ 1,500 charge. I have tried to call the staff the past 5 months regarding my bill and no one got back to me. I just paid the entire bill in full. Go elsewhere… such a rip off!!!

I was very disappointed on last visit, Dr Nanduri was very rude and impolite by the way she approached me and my wife, by asking me with a high tone of voice «what did you come in my office» as if she asked me that you didn’t have to come and she also said that «I don’t have enough time to spend with you, I got other patients waiting outside» Instead she should have welcomed us with a smile and said how are doing today.
As if indirectly she didn’t want to consult me, myself I am having problem of blurred and double vision and catarract.
She did a laser surgery that didn’t last more than 6 years I am back wearing eye glasses.
I stopped going to see here.
George Lucas

Dr. Nanduri and her staff are AMAZING!!! She literally saved my eyesight. I will never be able to thank her and her staff enough.
It was the Friday before July 4^th weekend at the end of the day. I had called mid-​day and told Audrey, her assistant, that I was having strange bright flashes and unusual issues with my right eye. As it was almost the long holiday weekend I tried to shrug it off and tell myself (and Audrey) that it would heal on its own. Audrey (bless her heart) gently but strongly encouraged me to come in and have it looked at. I got a quick appointment and headed in. When Dr. Nanduri did extensive checking of my eye, she followed her wonderful, highly trained instincts and knowledge and told me she thought I may have a torn retina (which is very serious) and needed to be seen by a specialist immediately. (Wow, right?) She got on the phone and had a wonderful eye surgeon come all the way to the Genesee building to double check her observation and fix it if need be. He (thank you Dr. London!!) drove for 45 – 60 minutes in rush hour traffic just to get to me, and as he told me later, he thinks that Dr. Nanduri is one of the absolute best eye doctors in all of San Diego and he has so much respect for her, so was happy to help her (and me) out. Immediately upon looking at my eye, he confirmed a torn retina and did laser surgery immediately to correct it. He stayed well after hours on a holiday Friday just to save my eye.
I am happy to report that now my vision is normal and perfectly fine. There is not a day that I wake up that I am not hugely appreciative and grateful to Dr. Nanduri and Audrey and all of her kind and helpful staff and Dr. London for being able to see perfectly.
Obviously, I recommend her with all of my heart. I see that other reviewers talk about waiting for their appointments. All I can tell them is that she may be dealing with an unexpected severe case such as mine, that she is extremely thorough, that the office advises everyone to leave two full hours open for every appointment, and that it is WELL WORTH IT!!!
Thank you to Dr. Nanduri, Audrey. and the whole staff!!! You are the best.

Dr. Nanduri is unparalleled in the diagnosis, treatment and management of eye disease. Dr. Nanduri takes a very holistic approach: she connects all the dots between your overall health and the health of your eyes. I have a unique vision problem that can be quite debilitating. She effectively diagnosed it, including a thorough assessment of my complete medical history, and nailed the issues. She built a treatment plan that works. I feel very blessed having her as my ophthalmologist. Plus, her bedside manner is terrific: she is engaging, sincere and thoroughly explains her findings and the treatment.
The staff is outstanding: very competent, caring and service oriented. They always are very compassionate and courteous. And, they operate as a tremendous team. They mirror the high standards of Dr. Nanduri.
I always feel that the each and every appointment is well worth every minute. The quality of care and the outstanding results are proof of the pudding.
Best in class as far as I am concerned. If your most precious sense, your eye sight, truly matters, Dr. Nanduri is the MD you need to see.
Bravo for this practice!

I was a patient of Dr. Nanduri’s for 5 years. I have never been a fan of going to her office because it takes 2 hours usually, sometimes more for a check up. It’s ridiculous how there is NO consideration of patients time. My last visit I was there for 3 hours and I was charged for something she told me I wouldn’t have to pay for, it is covered by my insurance is what she said. I ended up getting a bill for it. I think the office runs tests that are NOT necessary and extremely expensive. For poor communication, no consideration of my time or expenses to me, I will not be returning as a patient, neither will my husband, mom or sister. She is a good doctor, but the way she runs her business is not right.

I feel that Dr. Nanduri’s office management is extremely poor. I have always waited at least 45 minutes to see her, even when I am the first appointment of the day at 7:30 am (the appointment times are triple booked). To me, this lack of respect for her patients outweighs her skills. I’ve had her perform the Lipiflow Procedure twice, and I still have dry eyes.
⁷⁄₂₈ — It has now been 3 weeks since I talked to the office manager about my issues and neither he nor Dr. Nanduri has gotten back to me. I just received a copy of my records, which lists inaccuracies. For example, it fails to list a procedure she performed on me (she performed 2 Lipiflow procedures, but only listed one). I gave her a one star because she never got back to me to discuss my issues. I consider that a «deal breaker» — a physician should always be willing to discuss a patient’s issues with the patient.

EXCELLENT! I can’t speak highly enough about Dr. Nanduri. I was going to another doctor while I had extreme dry eye, and I asked for LASIK, and he said that he could do that even with my dry eye, no problem… when I went to Dr. Nanduri she said laser correction should never be done on people with dry eye. She did the cutting edge Lipiflow procedure that healed my dry eye! Then she did PRK laser surgery instead of LASIK because she said it would be better for me long-​term. She is very experienced, knowledgeable, and I trust her with my eyes! Go see her. Now!

Excellent doctor, very smart, on cutting edge of technology, great bedside manner, but the office has no respect for your time… set aside a good two hours for your appointment, even if you are only being seen for 15 – 20 minutes.
5 stars for doc.
1 star for office experience.