Dr. Dawn Bearden, OD

On my most recent visit to Dr Bearden’s office I feel she acted very unprofessionally and outside of OSHA regulations and established principles of medical ethics. According to the OSHA regulation, a doctor may not require disclosure of my Social Security number to identify a patient when the patient’s insurance does not require that providing the insurance information that has been provided in advance. Dr Bearden demanded that I provide my full social security number when my insurance information had already been provided in advance of my office visit. When I reminded her the regulation, she declined to treat me and ask me to leave her office. My experience with her is that Dr Bearden clouds her judgment by her internal turbulent emotions based on what she “feels” that day or whether she likes the patient or not. She wanted to exhibit her power over me by denying me medical treatment, when I had already pre-paid for the visit and was waiting for her 40-minute late arrival.

Dr. Bearden knows more about eyes than whoever invented eyes, and clearly explains the way the exam works and how the miniscule drill will only remove the fragment of metal from your cornea (because someone is too cool to wear safety goggles) and not the entire eyeball. The equipment is top notch, with colorful visuals of your eyes that would make your eyes blush, if your eyes had any shame. A massage chair in the waiting room ensures that I will continue not wearing safety goggles.