ServicesKenneth Schwartz, MD practices in Washington, DC. Ophthalmologists examine and treat common vision disorders, eye injuries and eye diseases. Ophthalmologists such as Kenneth Schwartz, MD are licensed medical doctors and can prescribe medication as well as perform eye surgery.
To determine if Kenneth Schwartz, MD can help you, please call the Washington, DC office at (301) 654-5114 for more information.
When I arrived at Washington Eye for my 1:00 PM appointment, they (various young men who were students in nearby colleges, e.g. U of Maryland Nutritional Sciences major) spent one and one-half hours giving me a whole slew of tests before the doctor even saw me. They even measured my eye pressure and gave me a peripheral vision test.
Then finally Dr. Schwartz saw me. At about 2:30. He walked into the office in which I was sitting and said "I'm Dr. Schwartz, What can I do for you?" in a very cold and hostile manner. I explained that I had had one eye done (cataract surgery) and needed to have the other eye done and my doctor had spoken with him. He had no comment. Just looked at my eyes with his machines. Then he asked if I was taking glaucoma drops and I explained my troubles with allergies to those drops. Then he said "Well, if I think I can do something for you we can work together, but I don't think I can." I was stunned. Then he said, “I think I should give you dilating drops so I can look at your optical nerves.” And I responded, "Well, if you are not going to take me as a patient, then why go through this huge procedure?" And he shrugged his shoulders and started to leave the room. I then asked him, "Will you at least recommend someone who could do my eye?" And he wrote down two names, both at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. I told him I had no way of getting to Baltimore and asked him, "Isn't there someone in ALL of Washington who could do my second eye? My first eye went fine." And he shrugged his shoulders again. And he did leave the room then, without even saying good-bye or nice to meet you, nothing. Just as though I was a piece of mud under his feet and he didn't want to dirty his expensive shoes. That was it. This man acted so selfishly. Just thinking about himself in his expensive silk suit and fancy shoes, totally uninterested in a patient's individual situation. He gave the impression that since I was not an easy way to make a lot of money he couldn't be bothered with me. Talking with him was like talking to a monster. Ice cold, and cold blooded, totally uncaring.