Children’s Eye Care

I am so thankful for Dr. Breckenridge. After over a year of optometrist visits for my 5 year old son, glasses, exams and more exams… his vision never improved, even with glasses. I finally decided to see someone who specializes in pediatric ophthalmology. Dr. Breckenridge is so very knowledgeable! She was able to diagnose a very rare retina disease (or at least have a strong hunch, because the only way to really diagnose it is with a special test– done outside of the office). Because of her knowledge and experience, we are now on our way to helping our son. Even though there is no cure for what he has, we can now make accommodations for him that will help him greatly. I am so impressed with her personal attention and very quick response call backs. I have needed her advice multiple times and she has always called me right back right away even though I know how busy her office is. She has also had multiple conversations with my low vision specialist to ensure my son gets what he needs. She is very professional, and very well respected from all the other specialists I have met now along the way. I feel such deep gratitude for her. Who knows how long we would have gone without even knowing about my son’s disability. I can not speak highly enough about her. Thank you!

M daughter needs a pediatric opthomologist and Dr Breckinridge is the only nearby option. Staff is friendly. Waiting area is small. Doctor takes forever — literally can be waiting for her for over two hours. One occasion she was talking to a non parent, non staff chatting it up for heaven knows what (did not sound like business or children eye issues!). Not impressed and hope more qualified doctors in this specialty come to the South Bay!

My son was born with a third nerve palsy which is rare. Since his birth, my husband and I have moved around the country quite a bit. Luckily for us, we landed here where our son could be overseen by Dr. Breckenridge. I feel 100% confident that he is in good, capable hands. Recently, he became quite ill with a disease that could affect his eyes. Dr. Breckenridge rushed to the hospital to see him before he transferred to another facility. She gave me her number so that I could run any questions by her while he was hospitalized. She takes excellent care of him. The office and staff are also quite impressive. They respect your time and appointments are always on time. I would highly recommend Children’s Eye Care.

The doctors and staff here are fantastic. As one of the few adult clients, I’ve been a patient for sometime. The doctors provide excellent care. Their staff is friendly and helpful. To the extent doctors can be on schedule, they are. I would highly recommend this practice for your children or for yourself.

Dr. Breckenridge and her staff are simply the best! Their office came highly recommended by a family friend. It was the most thorough eye exam I have ever had. Dr. Breckenridge was so pleasant to talk to, explained everything so well, and took time to answer all of my questions. I have finally found an ophthalmologist that I am happy to return to!

I had been to two different Ophthalmologists before seeing Dr. Breckenridge. Each time, I was given strong steroid eye drops by the other doctors. As soon as I stopped the drops my eyes would become irritated again. Dr. B, examined my eyes and placed me on a new therapy and within a few days my eyes became so much better. They occasionally flare up now but I’m well equipped to manage my symptoms. Highly recommend her and her staff!

We have been referred to this place (doctor Anita Breckenridge) by our pediatrician, and I went there without checking reviews on Unilocal,that I regret so much I have not done. Receptionists, nurses and all other staff, except doctor herself, were just wonderful. But for me the most important thing is the doctor. She was the doctor with the worst and coldest bedside manners I have ever met. I would say that she was haughty and absolutely indifferent. Of course maybe it is her normal way of communicating with people, and she does not mean to be haughty, but such cold bedside manner is not something I would like to see when I come with my child on such important procedure as eye exam (taking into account that she has some problems with eyesight). During the whole visit I had an impression that she does not like smth about us. When I asked my questions I had an impression that I inflict myself, and she is in a hurry, and does me a great favor answering my questions.
Plus I told her in the beginning that I am worrying a lot about my daughters eyesight and that this is my weak spot (taking into account that I myself had problems with eyesight for all my life). However, I have not seen even a little attempt to support or calm us, she had deliberately indifferent manner.
So I really do not recommend anyone to go to this place.

We were referred by my daughter’s pediatrician. The receptionists was warm & explained the fees I would have to pay despite having medical insurance & vision insurance. They apparently do not work with the vision part– which is odd considering it is a children’s eye doctor. I finally agreed to pay for a «refraction» test they said was necessary ($ 145!). We were then seen by Dr. ZHAO. My 5 year old daughter normally loves going to doctors. She is very cooperative with any medical exams she’s ever had. This doctor is one of the worst I’ve ever seen with children. She was obviously watching the clock eager to go hone as it was almost 5. She ran through the vision exams frustrated bc I guess my daughter was taking long to answer questions, bc she did not understand this doctor unclear speedy directions. I almost walked out. Then came time to put drops in my daughter’s eyes. She was trying to rip my daughter’s eye lids open while saying «you are making all the other people waiting outside wait longer. The whole office is running late because you won’t open your eyes!» I truly couldn’t believe what this woman had just said! She should NOT be working with children at all. She was terrible just terrible. After we met with her, we were finally able to meet the real opthamologist, Dr. Breckenridge. Now she was kind & patient. She explained my daughter’s astigmatism & how she does not yet need glasses. I was tempted to tell her how horrific our experience was with Dr. ZHAO, but honestly I just wanted to get out of that place. Dr. Breckenridge you are great. However, please watch the other people you work with to see how they interact with your patients who are young children! I won’t be going back here unless the staff is changed next year.

We were referred to Children’s Eye Care to see Dr. Breckenridge from the pediatrician’s office. We were greeted with a friendly front office staff. Dr. Moore did the pretest and ran a series of comprehensive eye exam and dilation on my 6 year old. We later met with Dr. Breckenridge for the final screening and diagnosis. The entire visit took a little over 1.5hrs. Both doctors were patient, knowledgeable, and very thorough in explaining my child’s condition to me.

Children’s eye care is clean, professional, thorough and very good with younger kids. My little ones had a bad experience with a previous eye Dr so to see them warm up to everyone in the office, hop up in the exam chair and interact was wonderful! We recommend this office highly :0D

My 3 year old daughter’s pre-​school teacher noticed that one of her eyes was turning in and recommended we see a professional. We found Children’s Eye Care of Los Gatos through a recommendation from the pediatrician’s office. I’m very happy with them because they take the time to do a proper eye exam with small children.
The doctors who are currently accepting patients are optometrists, but they consult with the ophthalmologist who founded the clinic. If a patient needs surgery, they refer out. They do not sell glasses directly but they will give you referrals to other stores.
We are seeing Dr. Slavit, and she has been amazing with my children, taking the time to get them comfortable and most importantly, coax the proper acuity numbers from them. When she had to break the news to me that my daughter needed glasses, she was gentle with me and answered my numerous follow-​up questions both in the office at the time and on the phone later after I’d had a chance to do some research.
They do accept some insurance, but not ours (Anthem Blue Cross) so we switched to another doctor for a time. The other ophthalmologist we saw was not nearly as thorough and gave some unhelpful advice due to having rushed the appointment, so we returned to Children’s Eye Care of Los Gatos — you get what you pay for!
Our average bill is about $ 280 for a full appointment compared to a $ 40 co-​pay elsewhere, but the service is completely worth it to help preserve my daughter’s eyesight.
–Beth

Don’t go there without asking what they will charge you. I took my kid there for a regular vision exam. My insurance do cover eye exam and the copay is only $ 20, but not anymore when you go to this place. They told me (after the fact) that my insurance doesn’t cover what it used to cover (one of the procedure that’s done in a regular eye exam) and it’s «my responsibility» to find it out. Hey, how do I know what they do in a standard test? what do I find out? It’s a normal regular eye exam that has always been covered by the insurance. If it’s not, why can’t they tell me before the visit? No, they don’t say anything. They charge you after the visit. The funny thing is that they even told me that they had a lot of complaints from patients with the same issue. I wonder why? So instead of paying $ 20, I paid $ 105. I felt cheated. They are not honest, because they don’t feel the need to tell patients up front what will be charged out of pocket.
There are so many children optometrists in the area. Why go there? You might want to check out Dr. P at Good Sam. He is really good. I will not return to Children’s Eye Care. BTW, they also have really bad referral for your frames and lenses that don’t even take VSP.