Lucy H Young, MD, PhD

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4.894351 average rating from 655 reviews

• Oh, I was very, very, very pleased with Dr. Young. She's my favorite. She's my friend. Excellent care. Excellent woman. I have a lot of respect for her and I thank her very much.

  2026-09-06

• Dr. Young is very thorough , answered all my questioned and offered good advice I am grateful to be in her care

  2026-09-06

• Everything was excellent

  2026-09-05

• Dr Young is very meticulous in caring for my retinal health. She is business like and doesn't spend a lot of time chatting with patients yet she is totally focused on making the best decisions about my care. I don't need another friend; I need an excellent doctor.. and she is that!

  2026-09-05

• Dr. Young is a very good doctor.

  2026-09-04

• Everything went well.

  2026-09-04

• Very efficient and timely, no wasted time and excellent experience.

  2026-09-04

• Superb

  2026-09-04

• The very best

  2026-09-02

• Great Care Experience

  2026-09-04

• Dr. Lucy Young is an exceptional provider who provides excellent superior care. Her breadth and depth of knowledge is off the charts and she is just a wonderful person as well.

  2026-09-03

• Dr Young and her staff are always professional and knowledgeable about the patient care. The best group of professionals doctors. I'm so blessed to have them take care of me. Thank you to all ?????

  2026-09-01

• I trust Dr. Young she is kind,knowledgeable and is always straight with me. She is the reason I travel from [redacted] to see her.

  2026-09-01

• [redacted] My provider is great.

  2026-08-31

• I've had Dr. Young for many years and would highly recommend her.

  2026-08-27

• Well organized. Staff are polite and knowledgeable.

  2026-08-24

• Dr Young was wonderful! I came to the appointment with questions and concerns....i left with all my questions answered, and my concerns reduced.

  2026-08-28

• Extremely knowledgeable and professional.

  2026-08-23

• I think she excellent

  2026-08-23

• Dr Young is excellent. Extremely knowledgeable, attentive, and thorough.

  2026-08-24

• This provider is excellent. I know her for a long time. She previously was my mother doctor and I continue and then also I chose her to be my doctor and she does an excellent job.

  2026-08-21

• Dr. Young has been my retina surgeon for over 15 years. I trust her completely. Her staff and fellows are always professional and very knowledgeable.

  2026-08-20

• I am very fortunate to have become a patient of Dr. Young. She has an incredible amount of experience and knowledge. She is a caring physician who treats you with respect and listens to your concerns.

  2026-08-20

• Excellent.

  2026-08-22

• Great care, great experience. Exemplary!

  2026-08-19

• Very caring and a good listener and explained things well.

  2026-08-19

• I am satisfied.

  2026-08-17

• Care provider was fine.

  2026-08-17

• I am very grateful for the care I have received from Dr. Young and this office in Stoneham.

  2026-08-16

• Always provided with efficient and professional care

  2026-08-13

• I've been seeing Dr Young for several years and she has been an excellent provider.

  2026-08-11

• Very kind and experienced

  2026-08-10

• Great and exceptional care.

  2026-08-10

• Dr.Lucy Young . I find her very competent and pleasant . glad she is my doctor. have complete trust in her. in the very beginning, when this started (2002?) I had gone the eye and ear er. they found nothing . made a fu with dr.young . she found the problem right away. same thing a few years later. now I see her once a year.

  2026-08-10

• She was extremely professional knowledgeable and kind she asked many questions about my vision currently and in past I was so very impressed with all personnel I saw had the best eye examination ever

  2026-08-08

• Dr Lucy Young is the best! She's knowledgeable, kind and informative. She is wonderful.

  2026-07-30

• very "whole-istic" approach (not holistic). Appreciated that!

  2026-07-29

• Dr. Lucy Young is provides excellent care and oversight of eye care, seen for years, extremely grateful for her and ME&E, thank you.

  2026-07-29

• She was informative. Told me what to do with meds. [redacted]

  2026-07-29

• Best appointment ever. Everyone was fast , efficient and so good at what they do. Between tests and exams I barely got back into my chair and they were calling my name for the next event.

  2026-07-26

• They were great as always

  2026-07-26

• Thank you for your care. Every person was very professional and great communicators.

  2026-07-21

• Dr. Lucy Young is a fantastic ophthalmologist! As I have aged into my senior years with ever-changing eyes, i know that I am in the very best of hands with her. She carefully explains to me the results of my multifaceted eye exams. In addition, Dr. Young is also a very kind and warm professional & in spite of the long line of pts waiting to meet with her, she focuses 100% of her attention on me and my issues until we have discussed them all. excellent physician; superb ophthalmologist.

  2026-07-20

• Dr. Young has been my retina doctor for years. An amazing doctor and friend. Highly recommend her!!! [redacted]

  2026-07-22

• She's caring very professional and wise Thinks about how a treatment will effect you physically and emotionally

  2026-07-21

• Loved her, such a pleasant and informative visit.

  2026-07-19

• The best

  2026-07-19

• Been seeing Dr. Young for years. She is very caring and personable. I feel more like she is a friend. Would and have recommended her to friends.

  2026-07-19

• She was good

  2026-07-19

• Dr Young is exceptional in her knowledge and care

  2026-07-19

• Dr. Lucy Young is excellent. I trust her completely and would not go anywhere else for treatment.

  2026-07-18

• Dr. Young has always treated me with respect and attentively addressed my vision concerns.

  2026-07-15

• I would have liked more attention to answering my questions.

  2026-07-15

• Dr. Young has referred me to

  2026-07-15

• I am very pleased with Dr. Lucy Young, I have been seeing her for many years and would recommend her very highly to others. She has done me very well and helped me save my eye sight in my eye I just can not thank her enough for what she has done for me and the interest she takes in providing excellent care.

  2026-07-15

• AMAZING!! The Entire visit, how precise and technical everything was, Nurse, Doctor, .... Thank You!!

  2026-07-11

• Yes, my experience with Dr. Lucy Young was excellent. I think she's a superior doctor and healthcare provider. Thank you.

  2026-07-11

• This was just an annual follow up. Dr. Young quickly reviewed and said things were fine. Then she took the time to chat about family. I think she's great.

  2026-07-08

• [redacted] The Doctor was very dismissive about my course of treatment.

  2026-07-04

• Dr. Young is an excellent physician who welcomes questions. She shared my testing results succinctly but quickly. I didn't have enough time to process the information shared nor to formulate my questions. I just wish I had a few minutes more to eek out my questions. For my next visit, I will come with prepared questions to facilate more of a dialogue with the doctor.

  2026-07-05

• Not done with any real feeling. I felt like another number in the door , another number out the door. Next....

  2026-07-02

• Very brief encounter and limited explanation of test/scan results

  2026-07-01

• She was very friendly and very knowledgeable about my AMD. She showed my daughter and me what the inside of my eyes locked like and explained everything to us. we walked out of the office very satisfied with her explanation of what was going on in my eyes. Thank you, Lucy young.

  2026-07-01

• Dr Young is outstanding. I am fortunate to have her as my doctor .

  2026-06-30

• Excellent, as always

  2026-07-02

• Dr Young was more talkative and provided more information than usual.

  2026-07-01

• Dr Young is great. Have a high s degree of confidence in her.

  2026-06-26

• I had both my retinas detached unexpectedly at different times and it was one of the most scary experiences of my life. But my surgeon, Lucy Young, like literally saved me from blindness, not once, but twice. And me and my family could not be more grateful for her. She's an amazing person. She's always been so kind. And even when I was playing in my band and we were going on tour and I was nervous about having recent retina surgery and having an eye patch on tour, she was very reassuring as to me being able to continue doing what I love to do and just taking precautions, which she gave expert advice and feedback for about how to keep my retina safe through this tour. And I'm just very grateful and appreciative of her along with my entire

  2026-06-25

• The best of the best, always!

  2026-06-24

• The whole experience was efficient and pleasant.

  2026-06-22

• She listens to you. She's the best

  2026-06-22

• Always a please an informative visit with Dr. Young.

  2026-06-22

• Excellent

  2026-06-21

• From this visit i discovered my AMD symptoms can improve. I didn't know that, I actually don't know what to expect going forward. This visit was particularly rushed and there was little time to ask questions. The testing is very effective and I appreciate the visits, but who do I talk to at MGH to learn more about AMD?

  2026-06-20

• Dr Young has been excellent and helpful.

  2026-06-20

• Very good interaction, very knowledgeable and vorteous

  2026-06-20

• she's fantastic

  2026-06-14

• I am very happy with my visit, nurse and Doctor going through all concerns and clarifying my questions.

  2026-06-15

• Dr. Young is a highly knowledgeable, thorough and caring doctor. She is the best!

  2026-06-15

• As a physician, I count myself lucky to have Dr. Young as my physician. Separate from her expertise, she is an exceptionally lovely person.

  2026-06-10

• Everything was perfect. People are great. Everything was explained.

  2026-06-10

• Can't imagine any better care.

  2026-06-08

• Very knowledgeable and thorough

  2026-06-08

• This is a great doctor very respectful and kind I really like her and will recommend her

  2026-06-10

• she is kind, patient, and explains options

  2026-06-06

• Dr. Young is always attentive and thorough. She is a great resource.

  2026-06-08

• I liked the provider and her honesty, but disappointed i can't have laser surgery..

  2026-06-07

• Dr. Young is very thorough and friendly. Everything proceeds in an efficient manner within the office and Dr. Young examines my eyes for changes, reviews the tests taken that day and talks about my progress and questions me about my overall health and medication.

  2026-06-06

• Professional & good listener

  2026-06-05

• Doctor and all the reception staff were excellent. Thoughtful, experienced and super efficient.

  2026-06-03

• Very caring

  2026-05-22

• As always, Dr. Young was informative and caring.

  2026-05-21

• The complete care providers cast and crew in this department are doing an excellent job, continue to keep up the great work, thank you.

  2026-05-21

• Dr Lucy Young is in my opinion the best

  2026-05-20

• Excellent care.

  2026-05-20

• Dr Young is then best

  2026-05-20

• Dr Young is always pleasant and professional. I consider her to be an expert in her field.

  2026-05-18

• Dr. Young is professional, knowledgeable, helpful, and so pleasant to be with.

  2026-05-18

• I have been a patient of Dr. Young for over 20 years, and it is with great confidence that I continue to be under her care. Thank you for this excellent experience.

  2026-05-18

• Excellent

  2026-05-18

• She's one of the very best doctors I've ever encountered. She's conscientious, she's careful. She called me immediately after she received the test results and I really appreciated it.

  2026-05-14

• Professional and respectful

  2026-05-13

• This provider " dr Lucy" Was warm, caring and so nice ... I felt seen, that I mattered

  2026-05-11

• Dr. Young provided excellent care.

  2026-05-14

• Dr. Young saw me as Dr. [redacted]'s patient. She was clear and direct about my history and very helpful in suggesting preventative measures to slow down further deterioration of my retinas. I appreciated her candor and directness. You are lucky to have her in your service!

  2026-05-10

• I really like Dr. Young and trust her judgment.

  2026-05-07

• great experience

  2026-05-07

• Dr. Young is very professional, but friendly and I appreciate how she handles the issues

  2026-05-06

• Dr Young has been providing me with outstanding service for many years

  2026-04-30

• The doctor is simply wonderful!

  2026-04-29

• Patient of Dr. Young for many years. She provides the best care.

  2026-04-29

• Dr Young and her staff were attentive and thorough. I feel like I am in good hands and fortunate to have them taking care of me.

  2026-04-29

• Dr Young is an extremely knowledgeable and caring provider. I feel privileged to be one of her patients.

  2026-04-27

• Provider was very good, very knowledgeable, appreciated her time.

  2026-04-29

• My care provider is a "Rock Star". I'm so blessed to have her care for me.

  2026-04-26

• Dr. Lucy Young is very knowledgeable and thorough. Calls back promptly to address urgent concerns and follows up to make sure patient is doing okay. And, if not patient is not doing fine, she offers respect alternative treatment(s).

  2026-04-26

• Dr. Young has been my Retinal (Macular) specialist for several years. She is incredibly attentive, listens to all concerns without rushing, and explains the complex issues of my eye care in a way that is easily understood. The office staff and Fellows are also very friendly, helpful, knowledgeable and kind. I cannot recommend her and her staff more highly.

  2026-04-29

• Dr Lucy Young has saved my vision. Not much else can be said.

  2026-04-22

• Excellent. Answered all my concerns and questions. Explained everything completely

  2026-04-22

• [redacted] I would like to say that Dr. Young and her staff are very good. I am happy with that. I am writing this review for my mother. My mother is the patient. I am her healthcare proxy [redacted]

  2026-04-20

• Dr. Young has been my ophthalmologist for decades. I have the greatest respect for her knowledge and her advice on the management of my retinal problem. She is the BEST

  2026-04-29

• Dr. Young is just an exceptional doctor. She operated on me years ago and I just have received terrific care with Mass Eye and Ear ever since. Thank you.

  2026-04-22

• Dr Young is the most caring, knowledgeable, though and organized doctor I have ever met. It is a pleasure to see her and her staff on each appointment.

  2026-04-20

• Dr. Young is wonderful. I thank her so much.

  2026-04-19

• Dr Young is a caring and warm doctor who is very thorough.

  2026-04-19

• Dr. Young caring, knowable professional

  2026-04-16

• She is excellent and very pleasant.

  2026-04-16

• Dr Lucy Young saved my sight.

  2026-04-15

• All other personnel were informative but main doctor was not.

  2026-04-15

• Everyone I dealt with did their best to provide me with good answers to my questions.

  2026-04-13

• She knocked me out of the park . her demeanor, knowledge , and focus is in a league of its own. top professional in the medical field

  2026-04-13

• Dr. Young is always very thorough, takes the time to explain what's going on, listens to what your concerns are about, asks about some of your medical issues going on. She tries to tie everything together to make sure she has a comprehensive picture of what's going on. I am very pleased with Dr. Young and will continue to go to her. Thank you.

  2026-04-15

• I love Dr Young. She has such a nice bedside manner. Very knowledgeable. A pleasure

  2026-04-12

• Dr Young is courteous, kind, thoughtful while explaining my AMD health status.

  2026-04-11

• Lucy young is a fine eye doctor always kind willing to listen well informed

  2026-04-12

• Dr Young was informative, understanding and friendly, I felt very comfortable.

  2026-04-11

• Providers were loving their caring, and they were responsible, and they were well understood.

  2026-04-09

• The doctor helps me about money situation. Everybody very kind of me thanks a a lot

  2026-04-08

• Came very concerned about dx. Dr. Young provided me with information and education about disease. But her empathy provided the extra piece that I needed to leave more informed and less stressed. Very thankful for my interaction with her.

  2026-04-08

• Dr. Young is thorough, efficient, instructive, and most importantly, competent. I have a great deal of confidence in her and her ability to preserve my eyesight.

  2026-04-07

• I am very fortunate to have such an excellent Doctor in Dr Young who is so exceptional, highly intelligent and also so very knowledgeable about my condition. She is always so helpful and kind and provides such excellent care and also answers all of my questions regarding any concerns I have with my eye condition.

  2026-04-04

• He's reliable and consistent.

  2026-04-06

• Great Experience!

  2026-04-02

• Outstanding, as always

  2026-04-01

• Continues to provide good quality service and very knowledgeable

  2026-03-31

• Always good

  2026-03-30

• Dr. Lucy Young is the ultimate professional. She is so skilled, so knowledgeable, so personable, and she takes time to explain things in detail so that I can understand what's actually going on with my retinas. I've been under her care for more than a decade now, probably more like 20, 25 years, and she is absolutely the best. I've even had my children go to her.

  2026-03-25

• I had excellent service. I have no complaints at all. I would recommend them to anybody.

  2026-03-23

• I trust her with my eye care completely

  2026-03-22

• The experience was excellent. I appreciate their comment and I appreciate their patience and I appreciate whatever they did with me at the time.

  2026-03-20

• I want to thank Dr. Luccy; it was a great consultation.

  2026-03-18

• Professional staff and doctor. Very friendly and comforting. Quick and efficient.

  2026-03-21

• Dr Young is a wonderful doctor and is very caring. She takes the time to understand my complex medical history. She communicates very clearly what her assessment and plan is for my eye health and care.

  2026-03-18

• Dr. Young was attentive to my needs, studied my medical records ahead of my visit, was meticulous in her exam of my eyes, was courteous and listened, as well as provided counsel.

  2026-03-18

• She was so caring. It meant so much.

  2026-03-16

• Dr. Young and all assistants are very polite and professional. I'm very happy and comfortable for be treated for this time. Thanks so much.

  2026-03-16

• The Fellow was fine. The experienced staff and assistants were excellent and Dr. Young is always great.

  2026-03-15

• Dr Lucy Young is knowledgable and patient with me answering all my questions.

  2026-03-16

• Very positive experience. I have seen Dr. Young for 20 years and have nothing but good words for her.

  2026-03-09

• I trust my eyes to my provider and respect her knowledge. She is always willing to explain the procedures. I'm comfortable with her and trust her scheduling os my appointments.

  2026-03-08

• Dr Young is very competent and explained what needed to be done. She said that monitoring the situation and then see what is going on. She stated my A12 was very good.

  2026-03-08

• I have great confidence that Dr. Young and her group have the expertise and professionalism to provide the best possible care for someone like me who has significant issues with her vision.

  2026-03-08

• The office was incredibly well organized, and timely. All of the staff were super friendly, but at the same time very clear and sure what they were doing. I felt very confident in their care.

  2026-03-08

• Dr Young has been seeing me for years. I couldn't ask for better care. She's a gem

  2026-03-04

• Dr. Young is the best

  2026-03-04

• Dr. Young is patient and a wonderful doctor. She has tons of knowledge.

  2026-02-25

• He listened to all My concerns and I felt heard. I did not feel rushed. Open ended communication. The doctor is knowledgeable and thorough.

  2026-02-23

• She is an expert in this field. She is professional and personable. Gives me a sense that I couldn't be in better hands.

  2026-02-25

• I'd just like to say Dr. Young was completely courteous, very knowledgeable, very respectful. I couldn't ask for better. That's all. Thank you.

  2026-02-25

• Everything was fine

  2026-02-25

• Dr Young is very caring and knowledgeable.

  2026-02-23

• Excellent support and care for me as a patient. Truly the best possible medical care available

  2026-02-22

• Dr.Young is Top Notch ! An expert in her field .

  2026-02-22

• Dr. Young is incredibly professional, compassionate, a true leader who I've been seeing for the past 15 years, and she's a true blessing.

  2026-02-20

• The whole staff was very helpful, courteous, & did their jobs well.

  2026-02-18

• Dr. Young is awesome and so have her fellows and residents been, except for one resident this last visit. He really should have had more supervision. He didn't know how to operate the chair well. He was, so I was kind of going in all kinds of weird directions. He was not as careful with the light during his exam as he should have been. Very kind though. He was trying, but I think he probably should have had a little bit more experience before he was going so low.

  2026-02-19

• She is an outstanding provider and hoping that she does not retired in the near future.

  2026-02-17

• Everything was great, and thank you for your hospitality. May God bless you.

  2026-02-16

• [redacted] I'm comfortable with Dr Young. [redacted]

  2026-02-16

• Excellent, caring and explains things well.

  2026-02-15

• Very positive.

  2026-02-14

• PROVIDER IS VERY CONCERNED AND CAREING

  2026-02-14

• She was very professional. She was accurate. She was complete in her examination and she explained things carefully.

  2026-02-11

• [redacted] All the staff there are wonderful, but especially Dr. Young.

  2026-02-09

• Dr. young is exceptional. She is very knowledgeable and has great patient care attributes. Mass General should be proud of the value she brings to the healthcare community.

  2026-02-09

• Dr. Young is a caring and kind physician and an expert in her field.

  2026-02-09

• Both doctors were very friendly and professional. Dr Young explained things very well and provided ample time for questions.

  2026-02-06

• Dr. Young and all the staff were incredibly kind, informative and helpful. I highly recommend them!

  2026-02-04

• Technicians, receptionists as well as doctors were all amazing and clearly very busy with a heavy stream of patients. The woman at the reception desk at the POD Dr Young was working out of was exceptional. I watched her interactions with all who came through the doorway and she was an extremely warm, kind and genuine woman

  2026-02-05

• I was very happy with how quickly Dr. Young was able to take me in and how quickly she was able to set up a surgery for me. I was happy with everybody I saw in the office and I was very happy with [redacted] at the front desk as well.

  2026-01-30

• I have utmost confidence in Dr Young's judgment and care. I would like it if she appeared more open to explaining and teaching about my scans. At times I have felt a bit rushed. But if I press with questions they are always answered.

  2026-01-28

• Dr. Young and team fantastic!!!

  2026-01-28

• [redacted] I can not say enough good things about Dr. Young. She gives me such relief and makes me feel so lucky she is my Doctor. She is smart and knows how to make me feel very confident in. her abilities to take care of me. [redacted]

  2026-01-29

• Superb Thanks

  2026-01-29

• Provides excellent medical service.

  2026-01-28

• Outstanding patient experience.

  2026-01-26

• The doctor was brilliant - explaining everything we needed to know and answering our questions. Very down to earth Dr., with great knowledge.

  2026-01-25

• Top shelf

  2026-01-24

• Dr Young has a good operation of checking on your eyes. She has residence that are very confident and she knows exactly what to look for when you have a problem.

  2026-01-21

• My experience was impressive. I was seen by an optometrist, a photographer, an ophthalmologist, and finally a retina specialist. Each experience was capable. The administrative staff was helpful. I feel very fortunate to have been treated by this provider and her team

  2026-01-19