43rd & Dodge, 135th & California, 72nd & Giles, 181st & Q, Council Bluffs
4.8
335 Ratings
127 Comments
Dr. Madeline D. Ripa, MD is a specialist in cataract surgery, corneal transplantation, external eye and corneal disease, LASIK and PRK surgery, and the medical and surgical treatment of eye disease.
Dr. Madeline D. Ripa, MD is a specialist in cataract surgery, corneal transplantation, external eye and corneal disease, LASIK and PRK surgery, and the medical and surgical treatment of eye disease.
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Very professional and knows her stuff!
Oct-2024
Visit time is excessive being there two half hours
Need to get the wait time down
Oct-2024
Had to wait for Dr in room for over an hour
Sep-2024
Knowledgeable, professional, and friendly. Have recommended her and will continue to recommend her.
Sep-2024
Takes the time and effort to know her patient. Excellent doctor.
Sep-2024
Very professional and inviting. Personal, friendly and informative.
Sep-2024
Always friendly and takes time with you. Doctor and her helpers top notch.
Sep-2024
Very personable and answered all my questions ensuring that I understood.
Sep-2024
First visit was good. She seemed knowledgeable about the impact of diabetes on my eyes. I left feeling confident that she will know what to do in the future.
Sep-2024
Great eye center.
Sep-2024
She was very helpful and answered all my questions…
Sep-2024
Loved the doctor, she explained everything
Sep-2024
Dr. Ripa was very attentive and concerned about the issues I'm having with my vision. She took her time evaluating, explaining and following up with me.
Sep-2024
Explains everything well. Easy to discuss concerns with and listens well. Timely, efficient, yet caring .
Aug-2024
Professional but friendly and provided all information needed.
Aug-2024
Thorough and very professional
Aug-2024
Very caring doctor. A good listener.
Aug-2024
Dr. Ripa is kind, respectful, knowledgeable and friendly. She took the time to listen and snswer my questions. ❤️
Aug-2024
Very friendly and answers all your questions.
Jul-2024
Dr Ripa is always very personable and consistently thorough with my visits.
Jul-2024
Listens well and explained well
Jul-2024
Nice quick professional service today!
Jul-2024
Dr. RIPA answered all my questions and concerns.
Jun-2024
She asks a lot of good questions Show us concern and very competent surgeon. I like her a lot.
May-2024
She was very thorough and helpful.
May-2024
I thought she was a good communicator. I also felt heard.
May-2024
Kept me waiting for over an hour and a half
May-2024
Great in every way!
May-2024
DDR RIPA was very caring and explained everything clearly.
May-2024
I felt real comfrontable she is awesome
Apr-2024
Great experience as always!
Apr-2024
Helped me when I was very concerned about an eye problem. Put me at ease with the problem and told me what to watch for.
Apr-2024
Very thorough and nice
Apr-2024
Very nice physician who is very knowledgeable and professional
Apr-2024
Very nice and took time to explain things And didn’t have to wait long before being called into see Dr Ripa
Apr-2024
So very caring! Very knowledgeable! Willing to answer any questions! So Very pleasant!
Apr-2024
Patient with all my questions.
Apr-2024
Caring
Apr-2024
Grateful for an excellent yearly checkup with very little change.
Mar-2024
She is awesome!
Mar-2024
Very friendly and informative.
Mar-2024
Dr Ripa explained to me the status of my eyes, as far as overall health of my vision. I am satisfied with my overall visit
Mar-2024
Dr. Ripa was professional, efficient, and pleasant. 👍🏻👍🏻
Feb-2024
Very informative, answered all my questions, very polite, did not seem rushed to finish
Feb-2024
Very professional and great to have her service
Feb-2024
Great very informative
Feb-2024
Dr. Ripa is awesome. She’s very thorough and takes the time to explain what’s going on with my eyes. It’s apparent she cares about her patients.
Feb-2024
Dr Ripa is a caring, compassionate and knowledgeable doctor who has helped me understand what the issues with my cornea are and she has provided immediate relief for the issues.
Feb-2024
My visit was great. Everyone was very patient and friendly
Jan-2024
Very personable
Jan-2024
Excellent staff
Oct-2023
Answered my questions and was familiar with my history and previous concerns.
Oct-2023
Dr. Ripa was pleasant and explained everything in detail. I am really happy with my care from her.
Oct-2023
she is very willing to explain
Oct-2023
Always very friendly & personable! Quick & easy exam with reliable results!
Oct-2023
Very professional
Sep-2023
Very friendly, professional and informative about the cataract surgery
Sep-2023
Dr. Ripa is such a wonderful doctor. She is very kind and compassionate.
Sep-2023
Always enjoy our sessions. She is great.
Sep-2023
IIt took far to long
Aug-2023
Very professional, answered all questions, and very pleasant.
Aug-2023
She is fabulous!! Kind and a great surgeon
Aug-2023
She spent quality time with me explaining to me my eye situation.
Aug-2023
Excellent physician, Listens well. Does not rush. Explains everything well in appropriate terms.
Aug-2023
Open communication, factual, and timely.
Aug-2023
Dr was very thorough and listened to my concerns with interest. I am confident that she is very knowledgeable & gave me things to watch for. Highly recommend her!
Jul-2023
She took the time to explain my issue and the course of action. She also allowed me time to process the information and make the decision beat for me.
Jul-2023
Very clinical interaction with brief comments. Willing to answer questions, but strictly down to business. Appears that the clinic is heavily scheduled.
Jul-2023
Listens and answered all my questions.
Jul-2023
She was kind and efficient
Jul-2023
The assistant doing the initial exam was very rushed and thus a bit clumsy. Had issues trying to adjust the machine and hit me on the side of the head with it and said nothing. No patient interaction unless I ask her a question.
It was the end of the day and I think she just wanted out of there soonest.
Jun-2023
I love Dr. Ripa! She is amazingly smart, kind and helpful. She has helped my eyes so much since I started going to her. I would highly recommend her!
Jun-2023
My first visit with her was fine
Jun-2023
She was excellent and very helpful and professional. Thank You Very Much
May-2023
Excellent patient consultation skills - thorough and careful assessment of patient history and current contributing vision issues. Followed by very good communication/education for patient.
May-2023
Doctor was running behind, I understand how that happens, but she needs to relax when entering room so patient feels at ease.
May-2023
This was my first visit to Dr. Ripa and she was very clear in her directions of what I need to do going forward.
May-2023
Very informative and personable!!
May-2023
She’s a Great Doctor!
May-2023
I appreciated her willingness to answer all of my questions.
Apr-2023
Will be coming back. Thank You.
Mar-2023
Great dr to see.
Mar-2023
Very Good.
Mar-2023
She is the best! Very competent, caring and kind.
Mar-2023
Pleasure merry Dr. Ripa.
Mar-2023
Pleasant
Mar-2023
Dr. Ripa is a very professional, skilled and confidant ophthalmologist.
Feb-2023
Dr. Ripa was timely and proved her skills (not that I had any doubts) in executing a procedure that is not usually very pleasant with less discomfort than anyone who I’ve had it done by in the past!
Feb-2023
Everyone was very informative.
Feb-2023
Takes her time with you. Does not rush the process.
Feb-2023
What a wonderful Dr. Took her time with me to help me understand what is going on with my eyes. I highly recommend her.
Feb-2023
Professional, friendly, thorough. Good explanation of condition of my eyes.
Jan-2023
Wonderful, knowledgeable and VERY customer service oriented.
Jan-2023
Very thorough.
Jan-2023
Dr was in a hurry. Had to stop her on the way out to answer the questions i came with
Jan-2023
Told me of a couple of concerns but didn’t receive much communication on how serious the situation was. So I left pretty shook up.
Jan-2023
Thorough. Communicates well.
Jan-2023
She is Excellent
Nov-2022
Very pleased with the service
Nov-2022
Dr Ripa has been amazing. My son has had a very scary eye injury that got infected and eventually led to the need for a corneal transplant. Throughout it all, Dr Ripa has been very thorough in her explanations of what was going on, what to expect and how we needed to proceed. She has always been open and honest about how serious this is, yet confident about her abilities and positive about the outcome. She is a skilled surgeon and despite a very scary and stressful situation, we have always felt like we were in the best hands with Dr Ripa.
Oct-2022
She's the best
Oct-2022
Felt not listened to. Threw me for a curve. Didn’t ask if I had questions. She felt almost robotic I’m waiting for prescription never got a copy.
Oct-2022
Good experience, very informative about procedures
Oct-2022
She is a prodigy and a genius. Don't lose her to another provider.
Sep-2022
I only had a few minutes with her, but she seems to know what she's doing and was pleasant and efficient.
Sep-2022
Very professional, friendly and knowledgeable. Comfortable to work with Dr. Ripa.
Aug-2022
Delightful
Aug-2022
First time seeing the doctor and she was very thorough, answered my questions and was very customer service oriented.
Nice job!
Jul-2022
Professionally well qualified. Spent less than 10 minutes with patient.
Jul-2022
very nice and helpful. very honest. she is the best eye doctor we have been to
Jul-2022
Very kind very professional and very informative
Jul-2022
Very kind
Jul-2022
I really enjoyed meeting Dr. Ripa. I felt very comfortable with the care she gave me.
Jul-2022
Very good service. Wait was a bit much!
Jun-2022
pleasant and explained everything thoroughly.
Jun-2022
Finally a doctor that tries different types of remedies to stop eye disease.
May-2022
She was friendly and explained everything
May-2022
Didn’t have too much time with her…but the time I had she seemed
Prepared and knowledgeable
May-2022
Good doctor. Busy location.
May-2022
Very pleasant first visit with this doctor!
Very helpful and answered all my questions about my cataracts.
May-2022
She is very thorough. I like her.
May-2022
Dr. Ripa was extremely professional and very nice. She answered all my questions without my even having to ask and it was an excellent experience. This was my first appointment and she will definitely continue to be my ophthalmologist!
May-2022
On time and efficient. Explains everything well.
May-2022
She’s very nice and explains everything very well.
Dr. Madeline D. Ripa, MD is a specialist in cataract surgery, corneal transplantation, external eye and corneal disease, LASIK and PRK surgery, and the medical and surgical treatment of eye disease.
A native of Nebraska, Dr. Ripa earned her undergraduate and medical degree from St. Louis University in Missouri. Dr. Ripa completed a one-year internship in internal medicine at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis and a three-year residency at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago. She completed her formal medical training with a fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery at Moran Eye Center in Salt Lake City.
Dr. Ripa is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. She is licensed to practice medicine in Nebraska and Iowa.
Very professional and knows her stuff!
Visit time is excessive being there two half hours Need to get the wait time down
Had to wait for Dr in room for over an hour
Knowledgeable, professional, and friendly. Have recommended her and will continue to recommend her.
Takes the time and effort to know her patient. Excellent doctor.
Very professional and inviting. Personal, friendly and informative.
Always friendly and takes time with you. Doctor and her helpers top notch.
Very personable and answered all my questions ensuring that I understood.
First visit was good. She seemed knowledgeable about the impact of diabetes on my eyes. I left feeling confident that she will know what to do in the future.
Great eye center.