University Vision Clinic

Dr. Hovander was recommended to me by a friend who once had a detached cornea, and she was very particular about her eye care. I've been seeing him happily for 15 years now, and even after I moved to Canada, I returned again recently, because I've never had a doctor so patient and focused. When I'm there, I never expect a cell phone to ring or for him to be distracted, which is not very common. more

Dr. Hovander is the most thorough optometrist I have ever seen and I've been wearing glasses/contacts since I was a kid. He is patient, friendly, and detail-oriented. I should add I'm a particularly crappy patient because I often can't tell or change my mind about whether lens 1 or 2 is better. I also saw Richard for contact lens fitting even though I told him I planned to buy my contacts online cheaper. He was fine with that and took just as much care in my fitting. I'm on UW GAIP insurance and they took care of the paper work which was great. I've referred most of the other grad students in my cohort to Dr. Hovander. more

I drive from Snohomish to University vision clinic . I am 56 years old my last doctor fit my contacts wrong and could not figure out my Problem. Well the team at University did. they really know what they are talking about and are very professional . I also purchased glasses, once again very knowable staff I am very happy I highly recommend this clinic to anyone that wants to deal with people that don't lie and really 100% know what they are talking about. If not go to Costco and get the wrong prescription and garbage frames. I only have one set of eyes that's why I drive from Snohomish I trust these people more

ok, two specific problems that my husband and i had when we came in for the basic eye exams: 1) after paying a boatload of money just for the exams (as previous reviews also state), we got the prescription but didn't even get the values for pupillary distance to order our glasses! that's complete crap. now we have to go to a DIFFERENT clinic just to get that number! 2) during the visit my husband was found to have an infection in the eye. the visit was rescheduled by the doctor for the following week. we were charged full price for visit 1. on the second visit, the doctor glanced at the eye for about 5 minutes, determined that the infection was still there, asked to reschedule the meeting the following week (ostensibly because by then the infection would clear) and charged us full amount for an exam. the same thing happened the following week. you would imagine that if the doctor had any clue about persistence of infections, he would be able to give a more accurate estimate of how long that would clear instead of ripping off clients and charging them full amount for exams on sham visits. a medical professional? i don't think so. what a joke. more

I've been to a lot of optometrists and have never had a more thorough exam. Dr. Hovander is extremely kind and soft spoken and explains everything he's doing and what he's looking for. I had tests done that all of my other optometrists neglected to perform. Also, I'm a horrible patient because I have a hard time telling if lens 1 or lens 2 is better and I feel extremely guilty about it. Dr. Hovander was extremely patient and tried different ways to make sure my prescription was right. He is just so incredibly thorough and knowledgable and nice. Richard the contact lens guy is also very friendly and really knows his stuff. Oh and the folks there know how to deal with UW GAIP insurance and file the paper work for you. I just can't say enough about University Vision. Pros: friendly, thorough, knowledgable, patient more