eye doctor name is not in AAO website, oh oh, help?

[OpinionPlease]

Hello, i went to this retina place for eye checkup, there many doctors in there and i look up their names in the AAO website and some show up and some didn't, and i happen to be checkout by the doctor that the name does not appear in AAO website, does that mean that doctor is not an eye doctor? but the place say all their doctors are certifize doctors though, oh oh, opinion plz

[OpinionPlease]

oh and this retina institute have alot of locations, and i see they have alot of patients, maybe i'm just paranoid, but what the md think about this? that some of their doctors name didn't appear up on the AAO website when I try to search for an eye Doctor.

[des900]

You can't change the past, but you can always change your future.

So thinking about past mistakes will always make you more anxious, if you are not satisfied with that doctor / hospital don't go there, make an appointment with a reputed ophthalmologist instead.

Try to avoid institution based hospitals as they might do procedures with less experienced / studying doctor's & nurses.

Good luck!

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

If he is a recent graduate he may not yet passed his boards.   Most specialist pass their boards one to two years after finishing their residency.  Some have to retake.

Dr. O>

[OpinionPlease]

oh oh, so you think he might damage my eyes by giving me the indirect opthalmoscopy test? he said he saw something in my right retina and ask me for 2 weeks follow up? show i go? i found his state liscence though, but it weird that I don't find his name on the AAO website.

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

The indirect exam will not cause eye damage.

Dr. O.