A few recent cases have has me researching that very question. It truly depends on what type of eye problems you have and how serious it is. Some forms of eye cancer and eye infections are exceedingly rare and it may be difficult to find an Eye Doctor who has seen more that 3 cases.
The contact lens fungal infections a few years ago associated with improper use of reformulated contact lens solutions are a case in point. Fusarium, a fungal infection resulted in close to 100 infections. Spread those cases across the entire United States and 40,000+ eye doctors and there aren’t really any great Eye Doctors with hundreds od successfully treated cases.
In these rare cases, America’s Best Eye Doctors are the ones practicing at the handful of elite eye hospitals across the country where theses cases usually end up after a month or more.
But if you have a complicated contact lens case, an immediate surgical emergency, a red eye infection on Friday night- the anwer changes.
The best Eye Doctor is the one who solves your problems in the most effective and efficient manner which most of the time means someone in the local community.