Ohio State University Optometry Clinics

I always forget how thorough (complete) the students are, but also how thorough (extensive) the students are. Expect appointments to take about 2 hours (if your eyes are not too complicated). The students are generally personable, informative, and helpful, and the attendings seem interested in teaching and providing good care.
Please note– if you’re getting a first name from the learner doing the majority of your exam, it’s very likely they are a student, not a resident. Students wear short white coats. They’re still quite knowledgeable, and allowed to do a fair amount independently, especially as they get closer to graduation. But you should know who’s providing your care. And rarely a student will miss an important detail of your exam. If you’re being told something is abnormal that hasn’t seemed abnormal to you, ask the attending to repeat the test. It only happened to me once, but a student forgot to correct my vision for part of my exam, and I wound up having to go to a subspecialty clinic for further testing only to find the test was totally normal when done correctly. If I’d thought to ask someone more experienced to repeat it, I wouldn’t have had to make another trip.
Overall, good thorough care.

This place restored my hope in Optometry. The Optometrist here are beyond knowledgeable, empathetic, kind, and truly work to do what’s best for you. I was seen by a Resident Albert, Dr. Flom & Dr. Zimmerman. After seeing some of «The Best Optometrist» in out of the state of Ohio, from Cincinnati Eye Institute to John Hopkins, I had given up hope, and trust in anyone I saw for my eye conditions. These three professionals were honest, realistic, and explained things to me that other doctors couldn’t /wouldn’t. They took their time and did a thorough exam and testing on me. I left with a smile and for the first time in 9 years I felt like my condition wasn’t the end all be all of my life. Words will never be able to express my gratitude to them. I look forward to my next visit with them, and to finally being able to move forward.

The exam was thorough and a mostly painless experience. They ended up adjusting my prescription slightly in one eye which was a nice improvement. They explained everything they were looking at and what exactly they were correcting the whole time. My only complaint was that my resident took a long time examining the back of my eye. It was a long time staring at that light. The attending was much faster when they checked. With student health insurance the exam was very affordable.
Buying lenses and frames was a mixed bag. The markups on frames are what I come to expect from such offices. They have cheaper frames for those on student health insurance, but they had nothing close to the style I wanted in their limited selection. The person helping me find frames was super helpful. He quickly narrowed in on what I was looking for. He also laid out the lens options but didn’t push me on the expensive material or coatings. However the optician who finalized the order looked annoyed that I went with a cheaper option. He was also less than helpful when I came to pick them up.
Finally, I had to ask for the glasses case as I was about to leave (very strange). Overall, the exam was great, but the glasses buying experience was fair. If you’re on student health insurance it’s not bad. If I had other insurance I’d get my lenses elsewhere.

I’ve been to this location at least 2, maybe 3 times over the past couple of years with my Mom. We always park in the Safe Auto garage and then walk over to the optometry clinic. Luckily for us when we were there the other day, it was gorgeous out and there were alot of students around on campus. The two gals at the receptionist desk were very friendly when we checked in. We waited 10 minutes at the most before we were called in by two optometry students. The one was very handsome and sweet where the other one was quiet and was mostly the ‘note taker’ between the two of them. They were very friendly and made sure that we knew where we were going while we were in the building. Nice place on campus. Made me a little nervous driving there and getting to our appointment on time given all of the construction on campus.

I am not an OSU student (anymore) and don’t have good insurance, so I went to this teaching facility in hopes of getting low-​cost treatment for a foreign body that got lodged in my eyeball.
First off, they were able to see me within 10 minutes of me calling. They took my info over the phone and I was not burdened with filling out a lot of paperwork or waiting long when I arrived. I was immediately given a student optometrist and taken into a private exam room.
The student optometrist was attentive and professional and used several techniques to try to dislodge it, but the foreign object was tiny and she had to get an attending physician to find it and dislodge it.
The attending physician treated me while discussing his techniques with the student. That was interesting, and since he was able to get the object out without any discomfort to me I rate this a pretty positive experience given that I had walked in with a brick shard in my eyeball.
He also actually called to check up on me, which I have never had a doctor do before.
My cost was only about $ 74 which did not include any student discounts or insurance, which was less than I was expecting.
WARNING: Bring quarters and fill up the meter you park by if you have to drive. Parking is tight and there ARE roving parking enforcement officers.
Edit: the other reviewers mentioning the hotness of the student optometrists are spot on. I didn’t realize it until I read that review, but its the truth.

I made an appointment to get a new prescription with the intent to order glasses online. I told this to the person taking the appointment, the student optometrist and his supervisor. After the exam I was lead to their eye glass store where I could purchase glasses for 20 times what they would cost me online and once again said that I was going to order them online and left with the prescription that I had paid $ 115 to get. When I got online I found the one of the measurements that I needed (distance between iris’) was missing. Today I went back to get it and was told that OSU Optometry Clinics does not give the information to anyone.
The biggest problem I see with this is that you pay more to be a training exercise for their students than a fully licensed Optometrist charges and then you are only allowed to purchase their highly marked up frames and lenses. Don’t waste your hard earned money on being an beta tester for their students and over priced glasses.

As much as I dislike the student health insurance, I was very pleased with the benefits received at the Optometry Clinic.
The most important thing to most in choosing a clinic is probably cost, followed by service received. Well… I’m here to tell you that is ALL WRONG! You should come here solely because EVERYONE who works here is smokin’ hot!
I had two different female students who were both very thorough and then was followed up by an instructor.
I didn’t get glasses, so I cannot agree/​disagree with Kevin’s review, but I did get contacts. The office staff worked with my and my student doctor to find a type of contact that would work for me but also helped me determine the right amount to order so I could use some rebate coupons they had to save me some cash. And then they even had them shipped to my house (no extra charge), saving me a trip back to the office (but depriving me of the optometry school eye-​candy…)
On a subsequent visit, after realizing how much contact re-​wetting drops cost, they let me load up on a ton of sample-​sized Blink drops. Yay freebies!

The exam was thorough (though long) and only cost a $ 15 copay with my student insurance. Nice doctors. No complaints there.
However, I’m not sure I can recommend buying glasses here. My glasses were $ 400 (after a 20% discount with OSU student health insurance) and as it turns out, aren’t in stock anyway. It took them 3 weeks after my $ 400 credit card charge to let me know that, in fact, it would be two months before I could ever get my glasses if I wanted those frames.
In the end, they told me that since they’d already produced the lenses for me, they’d have to charge me a fee to cancel my order. They offered 10% off if I picked different frames — which I did, after discovering that a nearly-​identical color in the same frame was, in fact, available. Nice of them to tell me that. Long story short, it took me well over a month to get my glasses. They are nice, but after that experience, I don’t think I’ll be coming back for glasses.