Dr. Iwach Andrew – Legit or Scam?

I came across a critical review of Dr. Iwach Andrew on a Scam Reporting website – DirtyScam.com, titled ‘Dr. Iwach Andrew is incompetent’.

DirtyScam allows anonymous submission of complaints from angry consumers and victims of scams. Since the website is hosted offshore (probably in Russia or India), we take this (negative) review against Dr. Iwach Andrew with a pinch of salt.

Here is what the review says –

Dr. Iwach Andrew may be credentialed and friendly, but he is incompetent. The practice is money-grubbing, surgery-pushing, and completely inefficient and irrational.I was sent for a consultation – which should be a 15 min discussion – and was told it would be covered by insurance.Instead I got 6 different junior people (looked like high school age) to carelessly and mindlessly conduct different tests, which took over 3 1/2 hours.When there was a big black bar of the machine in my field of vision on one of the tests, the technician said not to worry about that!There were no other patients in the waiting room that day but the doctor’s explanation for the long wait was that he was having a bad day and one appt took 10 minutes longer than planned (which doesn’t begin to explain a 3+ hour wait).He then examined my eyes and hurt me in the process, saying, “oh, I must have pushed too hard.”I’d hate to think of what would happen if the surgery was scheduled on one of his bad days.He explained that I have a 5% chance of a problem, and disingenuously said he would sleep better if I did the surgery.Why pushing surgery for a non-problem? Then, to add insult to injury, they charged me over $200 for things they didn’t even perform.When questioned, they revised it but didn’t reduce my bill.When I challenged this again, they then sent the bill to a collection agency!Unbelievable, unprofessional, egregious practice.If you value your eyesight, go somewhere else.

In case you don’t already know (assuming you came to this page by Googling ‘Dr. Iwach Andrew scam‘, or ‘Dr. Iwach Andrew review‘, Dr. Iwach Andrew is listed under the category Person on DirtyScam.com.

Here is the rest of the contact information for the sole purpose of identification –

• Address: Stevenson Street San Francisco CA 94105
• Phone: (415) 981-2020
• Website:
• Severity of Scam: Medium [not sure what it means]
• Reported Loss: 5665 $ [unsubstantiated]
• Reported by: Anonymous [obviously]

The entity Dr. Iwach Andrew was awarded 1.67 / 5 Stars  based on 3 Reviews.

It is difficult to ascertain whether Dr. Iwach Andrew is a Scam, or Legit, based on this single review. In the coming weeks/days, I will try to research deeper into Dr. Iwach Andrew, analyze and list more critical reviews and identify a pattern (or lack of) to substantiate the claim mentioned above.

Regardless, until then, we give the benefit of doubt to the reviewer and list Dr. Iwach Andrew as someone you need to avoid (for now).

If you have any grievances, complaints, or anonymous tips against Dr. Iwach Andrew, please contact us immediately. If you have lost money to  Dr. Iwach Andrew, together we can work to recover your loss.