Dr. Ivan Michael Vrcek, MD

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Texas Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstructive And Orbital Surgery Associates

9301 N Central Expy Ste 595, Dallas, TX, 75231

3 other locations

OVERVIEW

Dr. Vrcek graduated from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Medical School in 2011. He works in Dallas, TX and 3 other locations and specializes in Plastic Surgery, Ophthalmology and Internal Medicine. Dr. Vrcek is affiliated with Baylor Medical Center At Uptown.

RATINGS AND REVIEWS

Dr. Vrcek's Rating

11 Ratings with 3 Reviews

Patient Perspective

4.5 Explains conditions and treatments

5.0 Takes time to answer my questions

4.5 Provides follow-up as needed

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4.0 Office cleanliness

3.0 Courteous staff

4.0 Scheduling flexibility

Texas Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstructive And Orbital Surgery Associates

9301 N Central Expy Ste 595

Dallas, TX, 75231

3 REVIEWS

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"Awesome!!"

August 25, 2022

"First of all, I want to ensure that I give all the necesseary acknowledgements for what I enjoyed about Dr. Vrcek. 1. Very accessible as he gave out his personal email and let me contact him anytime. 2. Very responsive as I would get responses instantaneously. 3. Very accommodating and took the time out to try and correct any issues I was having. 4. Good bedside manners. For all of these reasons, I can see why he was given amazing ratings (which is why I picked him in the first place). They were all based on his personality and responsiveness as opposed to his work. In turn, I chose to fly all the way to Dallas from Maryland. However I am extremely frustrated for numerous reasons... Prior to the procedure: 1. Prior to the procedure, neither him, nor anyone on his staff gave me a thorough pre-op consultation. At all of my previous Surgical Offices, I always had a nurse conducting a full, in-depth pre-surgical routine where they told me what to expect and what to bring (i.e. ice pack, ...

tear drops, etc.). Instead, I was not told to bring anything and I felt the office literally just rushed me to sign consent forms. They did order me some anti-biotics in their store. 2. Next, Dr. Vrcek kept telling me about all the experience that he had and said that he even won an award for the procedure that he was about to conduct. 3. Lastly, Dr. Vrcek told me in an email that I would be able to fly home THE VERY NEXT DAY which was absolutely NOT THE CASE and I ended up having to reschedule my flight and book another Air BNB which I will get to shortly. During the procedure: 1. I have had ptosis surgery done before for my other eye and I literally felt no pain. My previous surgeon placed a liquid numbing agent on my eye before he inserted the needle and I felt nothing during the procedure. Dr. Vrcek, however, simply just poked me with the numbing needle which was very painful. Then, while he was operating, I felt everything from the clamp to him maneuvering the stiches one by one. 2. Lastly, he did not even have a surgical tech in the room with him to assist. That completely threw me off as every single surgeon I know had someone in the room with them to almost serve as a system of checks and balances. Also, all his assistants at the desk in my opinion seemed to be uncomfortable around him. After the procedure: 1. Then, after the procedure, he did not even provide me with artificial eye tears or a protective contact when every video I have seen on youtube and all the research that I have conducted universally agree that a protective contact is normally placed in the eye. As a result of this, I experienced extreme pain and nonstop tearing. 2. Then, yes, Dr. Vrcek made himself available by meeting me in the evening which I give him credit for. He met me for the pain I was experiencing. However, he also noticed that the stitches fell out the SAME DAY (this made me wonder if he tightened them securely) and initially, he seemed to me completely BAFFLED in the moment as he said, “where are the sutures. Oh no, that’s not good” as if he never saw this happen. Shortly after when he noticed that I NOTICED his reaction, he changed his facial expression and tried to put on a façade of confidence and kept giving me false hope that my eye lid would get better. When I saw what I perceived as him as looking shocked, I felt that this seemed to contradict all the prior experience that he claimed he had. Also, that night when he met me in his office, all he did was PUT A GAUZE PAD ON MY EYE AND TAPE IT LIKE AN AMATURE. I could have done this myself. It completely wasted an uber ride and 15 bucks. He made it sound as if he was going to do something hi-tech. 3. Then, the pain was still so unbearable that I had to reschedule my flight and get another Air BNB. Instead of giving me a refund, he only provided me with a protective contact which helped the pain go away. And yes, I am happy that he extended himself but I wondered why he didn’t he just "

October 19, 2021

"I was operated on 7 months ago and received very disappointing results. My under eyes are worse than before. They are puffier and there's now an indent running under in the middle of each bag that gives me a double eye bag effect. The puffiness blocks my vision when I look down and my field of vision has been reduced. One of the reasons I went to him was because I was told he would perform in a way so that there would be no scarring. Sadly I now have indented scar from where the stitches were placed. He said he has never had this problem before, but there was another review that has now disappeared that talked about being left with bad results and scars. Dr. Vrcek offered to redo the surgery but I don't feel comfortable redoing it with him given how devastating my results have been. I wish I had gone to a plastic surgeon instead of a cosmetic surgeon."