Maria Castillejos, MD
342 F St,
Chula Vista, CA

I saw Dr. Maria Castellejos a month ago for my first appointment with her. I had always seen Dr Barry Scher before he retired. I found the doctor to be very knowledgeable, amiable, courteous and extremely thorough. She explained everything she was going to and what she was doing. She showed me on the computer screen were the problem was and explained it in detail. Dr. Castellejos is conscientious and has impeccable credentials. She is very professional but very nice and caring at the same time. She is also bilingual. I would recommended Dr. Castellejos to anyone who needs a retinologist.

Try to stay away. If you have other choices please seek them out first. This would have to be my last resort. I took my mom and, after the 3rd visit, I just had to walk out. Wait times are way beyond what Medicare CMS says is reasonable (ie. if you are wanting for more than 15 minutes this is not acceptable). They are taking on way too many patients than they can handle in a timely fashion and with the level of care that is acceptable. Plan on being there the full day …. It’s like the patient is begging for care and they just tell you to wait your turn…. Awful.

My Grandmas appointment was at 10:30am we weren't seen until 11:23am and once we were called back they just asked how her eye was made her read a chart and sent her to another room to wait again. Their response to justify the wait times was "It's always like this". I think the Dr. Shouldn't take that many appointments if she can't handel it.