Sharieff Kauser OD

BEWARE!!! STAY AWAY FROM THIS DOCTOR. IF YOU’RE CHILD IS ALREADY IN VISION THERAPY I RECOMMEND YOU GET A 2ND OPINION.
MY RATING IS ZERO IF I COULD.
I took my Daughter who has Autism for an eye exam to Dr. Sharieff because she advertised herself as an Autism vision specialist. She examined my daughter on 2 occasions and said my daughter had moderate visual problems and would need vision therapy at $ 135/​visit. She charged me out of pocket expense for 1^st visit on 01÷13÷16 at $ 369 and said she needed additional sensory, neuro and development exam which I agreed to on 1÷15÷16 and charged me another $ 350 out of pocket. She didn’t want to charge my insurance which I have good PPO coverage and would have covered it at a discount. She and her staff said her exam where not covered. She said I needed to bring my back again to finish the exam. She didn’t want me leaving the office until I scheduled another visit which would cost another $ 350/​visit.
I became suspicious when she was being pushing about making future appts. and stated my daughter had moderate visual problems and would need extensive vision therapy. I’m also a Rehabilitation Nurse specialist and have worked in Insurance industry for 22 years. I am aware of the red-​flags associated with un-​ethical doctors.
I discussed her findings with my daughter’s school therapist and they did not agree and also did comprehensive evaluations and found nothing to indicate a moderate deficit. I also took my daughter for a second opinion with another vision developmental specialist exam and there was no need for vision therapy. My Daughter only needed reading glasses with a very mild adjustment to prevent eye strain per the new optometrist.
Dr, Sharieff is taking advantage of parent with children with autism by recommending vision therapy that are not needed and parents paying out of pocket for services that are unnecessary.
She recommends vision therapy and extensive sensory neuro exam when they are not needed and has parents pay out of pocket. She does not go thru insurance carriers in order to not get caught with insurance fraud.
As a parent of a child with a learning disability I know that any parent is willing to pay any price to get their child the services they need and Dr, Sharieff takes advantage of these parents.
I have filed a formal complaint with the Board of optometry to further investigate her practices. She is not working based on their standards of care.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS DOCTOR.

Horrible! Horrible! Unprofessional! Took 6 months for them to get a pair of glasses to fit correctly. They asked us to come back so many times. And each time they could not get it correct. They would not allow a refund and kept attempting to fix the situation. Yet failed each time. Finally after 6 months they got it correct. To make it worst, each time they took the glasses back to try and fix the problem they never called to let us know the glasses came back and to come pick them up. I had to call each time and conveniently each time they happen to get the shipment back that morning and didn’t get a chance to call yet. Just seems fishy. Do not recommend this place at all.

Beware! stay away from this Doc. nothing but a rip off artist and rude person. I had the pleasure of listening to her talk down and be extremely rude to her staff. How can the employees allow this woman to speak to them in that manner. As i said stay away the staff is amazing! but the doc is rude.

Vision Therapy is great! For my elder son, the eye power was increasing very rapidly and that is when I consulted Dr. Sheriff and started Vision Therapy for him. She constantly monitored the progress. The results were amazing. The eye power growth rate significantly dropped now. With the eye exercises and fun activities that train his eyes, my son is having fun. All the therapists are well trained, patient and friendly. I’m really moved by the passion that Mike carries with him towards therapy and all his energy. My kids enjoy working with him and it is more like playing fun games, than a formal therapy with him. He also tried Ortho-​K night time lenses recently and is getting comfortable with it now. Looking at all the fun my elder son (9) is having, my younger son (4) joined the party as well. Now both are having a great time and they look forward to the therapy session every week.

Great service and staff! Dr Sharieff and Dr Kuo are excellent optometrists who truly cares about their patients and I definitely trust them with the care of my vision. They are very knowledgeable and I had a great experience.

If I could give this doctor a zero I would. Stay FARRRRRR away!
I stopped in because I wanted to see if I could schedule an annual exam. I was not greeted until about 6min after being in the office. The employees looked like they did NOT want to be there.
The doctor was EXTREMELY RUDE. She kept asking what insurance I had… Simply trying to see if she would make $$$
It seems like she is awful to her employees because one of the girls simply told me to find another office! So crazy!!!
Stay AWAAAYYY!!!

Dr. Kauser runs a great clinic. The environment is professional, the employees are genuinely friendly. They have a good selection of frames from the lower end to the higher end. Their new vision therapist is really great with kids. She’s patient, encouraging and really responds well with their needs.
They recently just hosted a vision therapy workshop for the community which was extremely informing. Educators, parents, professionals in the medical field participated and went away with a better understanding of what to look for in children who need vision therapy. Surprisingly students with ADHD-​like symptoms may not necessarily have ADHD, but may have an developmental issue with their eyes and brain. Also sports concussions may factor in with a loss of focus because of the inability to read with ease.
As a vision therapy patient for couple years, I actually gained a better understanding here at this clinic of my issues. They explained why I had certain focusing symptoms and how they manifest itself at work or home.
I see that Dr. Kauser is bringing more awareness of vision therapy to the community and I love it. If you know any child, student, person, person with vision challenges, I’d recommend this place.

Dr. Sharieff is such a caring person, she squeezed me in although her schedule was tight. She is extremely knowledgeable in this field.

Dr. Sharieff is such a kind and devoted lady. I really love her workshop of educating parents, educators and individuals about the importance of a kid’s vision. I really learn a lot from the workshop. Also, I appreciate a lot what she is doing in our community! Good job, Doc! I surely will recommend your service to my family and friends!

Still worst service provider in southern California. Don’t go there! Go find other honest and professional optometrist.