Samantha Roland, MD

"The ENTIRE TEAM as well as Dr. Roland and Dr. Hecht were absolutely phenomenal in taking care of my precious baby girl Logan! This was a very hard and tough time for me and they made me feel so comforted by all of them. Their communication with me was impeccable and there are no amount of words in the human language to express my gratitude! Thank you a million times for treating my baby as if she was your own!"

"Dr. Roland has been seeing my son for several years. She is by far the best ophthalmologist in the area. She goes above and beyond for her patients!!! She is not only an amazing Dr but also a wonderful person. She is so kind and compassionate when it comes to children and being a mother herself she is so patient. My son has a lot of health issues so I am very particular of who I choose to be in his circle of Dr's, and we will go above and beyond to keep her as my child's ophthalmologist!!!!"

"Dr Roland has such a wonderful way of making our visits engaging and comfortable. We have been seeing her for over two years now and she has always been through and pleasant. She takes the time to explain and answer questions.We feel so fortunate to have found such a wonderful pediatric ophthalmologist!"

"My son has been a patient of Dr. Roland’s for six years now. At a 15 month old wellness checkup, I was told my son had a “dot” in his eye. After calling specialists all over the Tampa Bay Area not a soul would take his case. I called Hess Ophthalmology and asked to see Dr. Roland specifically. She saw us the next day and he was diagnosed with a congenital cataract. Her kindness, caring professionalism and way with children put an anxious mother (and son) at ease right away! We saw her quite often as she guided us successfully through glasses with a toddler, patching (for 6 years) and performed my son’s very successful cataract surgery when he was only four. Her attention to encouraging me with helping him patch, knowledge in the field and expertise as a successful surgeon put me right at ease. I would 110% recommend Dr. Roland to any parent looking for an eye surgeon or specialist for their child."

"We absolutely LOVE Dr. Roland. Dr. Roland has been seeing my daughter for several years but when my son had a weird symptom and the ER said he needed to see a eye specialist there was no hesitation but to say Dr. Roland. She seen my son within days of his symptoms and has been seeing him very frequently for 2 years solid. I call us her frequent flyer patient. Dr. Roland has been absolutely amazing with treating my son and is always on the phone with his rheumatologist before I can even call to make sure my son is getting the best treatment. I honestly couldn’t say enough about how amazing Dr. Roland is to my son and her profession. We couldn’t imagine seeing anyone else and love that she is in control of my sons vision and auto immune disease. She is always right on point, courteous and just simply amazing. Thank you Dr. Roland for just being you and awesome!!"