Yee Dean MD Eye Phy & Sur

Dr. Dean Yee was one of three opthalmologists I interviewed for my cataract surgery. I selected Dr. Yee because 1) he was interested in my total well being as well as my eye care and 2) he provided a degree of personalized attention and follow up lacking in the others’ «factory» approach.
As a diabetic, I was concerned about the impact of my condition on my surgery. The other two opthamologists noted that «lens are inert and will not be affected by your condition.» Only Dr. Yee noted that the matter surrounding the lens was not inert… and that I should get my diabetes under better control to maximize post surgery results. I postponed surgery, improved my control and, as a result, have had very satisfactory results!
Dr. Yee’s interest in the total patient, his very clear discussions of approaches and options and his excellent, personal follow-​up are the mark of an extraordinary surgeon.

I’ve taken both my mom and dad to see Dr. Yee and found him to be extremely competent. thorough, kind, and straightforward. He’s not flashy and his office is not filled with high tech gizmos, but he spends a good amount of time examining and talking with his patients. He performed my dad’s cataract surgery a few years ago without a hitch; and have scheduled surgery for my mom in a few months. Another plus is that his staff is bilingual (English and Cantonese).

Dr. Yee is an excellent eye physician and surgent, his technical knowledge and skills are flawless, and he is thorough in his followups.
His staffs are also very efficient and accurate. Yes, these people may not be very accommodating, but they are eye specialists, not running a family clinic, they are not there to hold people’s hands.

Do NOT use this doctor. He is just a HORRIBLE eye surgeon. He made my mom blind by botching up a cataract surgery and destroying her cornea. Everybody knows he’s incompetent. The nurses at the hospital tried to warn us by dropping hints. Unfortunately, we didn’t understand until it was too late. Find anyone else. Dr. Dean Yee is the absolute worst! I hope what happened to us will not happen to another family.

Dr. Yee is the old school type of doc. I wouldn’t be surprised if he still has the rotary phones at his office. Nonetheless, he is a very thorough opthamologist. It’s hard to get an appointment (he’s usually doing retinal surgeries rather than doing routine eye exams) and he mainly caters to the «mature» crowd but I can’t really complain. Oh yes I can, just a minor complaint, no Saturday appointments. Strictly 9am-​5pm. And the appointments are an hour if not more long.