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CHA Eye Center, Somerville Campus - Cambridge Health Alliance

Ophthalmology and OptometrySomerville, MA

★★★★☆4.4/5401 reviews across 2 platforms

Ratings by platform

  • Birdeye: 4.4/5 stars (352 reviews (aggregated))
  • Doctor.com: 4.8/5 stars (49 reviews)

What patients say

Patients praise

  • Some patients express satisfaction with specific doctors (e.g., Dr. Steven Patalano, Dr. Madeline Barrott, Lynn Crawford)
  • Some positive feedback regarding professionalism or care from individual providers

Common complaints

  • Long wait times for appointments and in-office visits
  • Unprofessional, rude, or unhelpful administrative and phone staff
  • Poor communication regarding appointments, prescriptions, and billing (e.g., lost records, billing issues)
  • Concerns about medical care quality and bedside manner from some providers

In patients' words

"Dr Steven Patalano answered all my questions, eased my anxiety regarding upcoming surgery."

Doctor.com review

"The worst place to be in. Long, long, long waiting. To be seeing for 5 minutes only."

Yelp review

"If I could rate CHA eye center Somerville a "0" I would. Their phone center needs major improvement!!! The lady that took my call was very rude to me to begin with..."

LocalityBiz review

How these reviews were compiled

Synthesized from public patient-review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7].

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