William Rudy OD
2013 State Route 59
KentOH44240
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Description
Dr. William Rudy, OD specializes in optometry, and currently practices optometry at Kent, Ohio, Sandusky, Ohio, and Stow, Ohio.
Dr. Rudy is licensed to practice optometry at Ohio.
In addition to having active medical licenses, Dr. Rudy has been found to hold one or more active medical licenses, and successfully passed a malpractice history screening.
Dr. Rudy is licensed to practice optometry at Ohio.
In addition to having active medical licenses, Dr. Rudy has been found to hold one or more active medical licenses, and successfully passed a malpractice history screening.
Member Reviews
Rude & Incompetent:
Dr. Rudy lives up to his name: he is rude (and unprofessional). More importantly, he is an incompetent physician. Do not go to him. The other doctors and staff in the practice we've interacted with have been great. Unfortunately, Dr. Rudy reflects poorly on the entire practice. He should either get training to improve his examination skills and patient interaction or go into another line of work.
Dr. Rudy left inflammation following cataract surgery -- which his partner Dr. Pipitone had previously noted/treated and my mom (he patient) complained about to Dr. Rudy -- untreated. The lapse in treatment unnecessarily caused my mom blurry and cloudy vision, eye pain, and other symptoms that lasted for about a week (would have gone on longer had I not called to report the symptoms and seek guidance).
We've seen Dr. Rudy a few times and even on his best days, he comes across as curt the moment he enters the room. Dr. Rudy's exams seem rushed and cursory. He seems annoyed in general and even more so if you ask questions.
During our last visit, instead of owning his mistake of instructing my mom to stop medicated eye drops too soon, and realizing that it caused her (and me) a great deal of worry because her vision -- as even Dr. Rudy noted -- substantially worsened, and being humble and kind toward us considering what we'd been through, just the opposite, Dr. Rudy was even nastier than usual. Talk about adding insult to injury! Mom had been concerned that her vision was permanently worsening and she's already been through a lot health-wise, including 20+ years of her worsening vision being misdiagnosed. The fact is, Dr. Rudy is dealing with vulnerable populations (and their families) who need all the care and consideration they can get, especially if they've been struggling long term with vision problems like my mom has.
Toward the end of the visit, Dr. Rudy offered unsolicited advice about the pitfalls of ordering glasses online. By advice I mean a lecture/rant/browbeating. While I appreciate his perspective, and I thanked him no fewer than two times for sharing it, he got annoyed when I tried to respond to his attack by indicating that cost was a motivating factor for us and -- even though he was the one who initiated the discussion in the first place and was the one primarily keeping it going -- after about 30 seconds of dialogue, he made a chopping motion with his hand in my direction and in a curt tone declared, "I'm done." Um, OKAYYY. I'm not sure I've ever been disrespected quite like that before. His temerity in being so rude, particularly considering his malpractice, was shocking. You'd think he'd want to smooth things over, but no! He left the room without even saying goodbye or anything else to either my mom or me as the both of us were saying thank you during his exit.
While his points about the possible dangers of online glasses are valid, there is a right way to go about sharing them. He made sweeping generalizations and assumptions about ordering glasses online and shared his impressionistic views based on anecdotal experiences he says he's had with patients. If he is that concerned, a better approach would be to have printed educational literature with research-based facts to hand to patients. A lot of people are struggling financially, so it's natural for them to at least consider cheaper options for eyeglasses, including online, especially considering typically high in-store prices. Being nasty to your patients and their family is not the answer. Maybe think about ways to make in-store prices more competitive and/or partner with online retailers to improve their products. There is no use tilting at windmills. His behavior was very childish, he lashed out and got angry very quickly and easily. I feel sorry for people who have to interact with him. He should strive first to be a good doctor, but also kind and compassionate. Unfortunately, he's sorely lacking on all fronts.
Dr. Rudy left inflammation following cataract surgery -- which his partner Dr. Pipitone had previously noted/treated and my mom (he patient) complained about to Dr. Rudy -- untreated. The lapse in treatment unnecessarily caused my mom blurry and cloudy vision, eye pain, and other symptoms that lasted for about a week (would have gone on longer had I not called to report the symptoms and seek guidance).
We've seen Dr. Rudy a few times and even on his best days, he comes across as curt the moment he enters the room. Dr. Rudy's exams seem rushed and cursory. He seems annoyed in general and even more so if you ask questions.
During our last visit, instead of owning his mistake of instructing my mom to stop medicated eye drops too soon, and realizing that it caused her (and me) a great deal of worry because her vision -- as even Dr. Rudy noted -- substantially worsened, and being humble and kind toward us considering what we'd been through, just the opposite, Dr. Rudy was even nastier than usual. Talk about adding insult to injury! Mom had been concerned that her vision was permanently worsening and she's already been through a lot health-wise, including 20+ years of her worsening vision being misdiagnosed. The fact is, Dr. Rudy is dealing with vulnerable populations (and their families) who need all the care and consideration they can get, especially if they've been struggling long term with vision problems like my mom has.
Toward the end of the visit, Dr. Rudy offered unsolicited advice about the pitfalls of ordering glasses online. By advice I mean a lecture/rant/browbeating. While I appreciate his perspective, and I thanked him no fewer than two times for sharing it, he got annoyed when I tried to respond to his attack by indicating that cost was a motivating factor for us and -- even though he was the one who initiated the discussion in the first place and was the one primarily keeping it going -- after about 30 seconds of dialogue, he made a chopping motion with his hand in my direction and in a curt tone declared, "I'm done." Um, OKAYYY. I'm not sure I've ever been disrespected quite like that before. His temerity in being so rude, particularly considering his malpractice, was shocking. You'd think he'd want to smooth things over, but no! He left the room without even saying goodbye or anything else to either my mom or me as the both of us were saying thank you during his exit.
While his points about the possible dangers of online glasses are valid, there is a right way to go about sharing them. He made sweeping generalizations and assumptions about ordering glasses online and shared his impressionistic views based on anecdotal experiences he says he's had with patients. If he is that concerned, a better approach would be to have printed educational literature with research-based facts to hand to patients. A lot of people are struggling financially, so it's natural for them to at least consider cheaper options for eyeglasses, including online, especially considering typically high in-store prices. Being nasty to your patients and their family is not the answer. Maybe think about ways to make in-store prices more competitive and/or partner with online retailers to improve their products. There is no use tilting at windmills. His behavior was very childish, he lashed out and got angry very quickly and easily. I feel sorry for people who have to interact with him. He should strive first to be a good doctor, but also kind and compassionate. Unfortunately, he's sorely lacking on all fronts.
