Ophthalmology Associates

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Eye care center in Birmingham, AL

4.9 · 309 reviewsOpens today at 8 AM

Ophthalmology Associates, located at 833 St. Vincents Drive in Birmingham, Alabama, is a highly regarded clinic known for its friendly and professional staff. With a remarkable rating of 4.9 from over 300 reviews, patients consistently praise the welcoming atmosphere and the attentive care they receive. Many have shared their positive experiences, particularly highlighting the thoroughness of Dr. Randall Smith and his team in addressing concerns and providing support during procedures like cataract surgery. The clinic fosters a warm environment where patients feel valued and well cared for, making it a trusted choice for eye care in the community.

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AI ScoreChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini didn't mention Ophthalmology.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Services

What Ophthalmology offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

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Team

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Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Ophthalmology.

4.9from 309 reviews on Google

Dr. Smith's personalized care and thoroughness set this clinic apart, despite some communication challenges. Patients describe a welcoming and caring atmosphere at Ophthalmology Associates, particularly appreciating Dr. Randall Smith's attentive approach during consultations and surgeries. Many feel reassured and valued, especially during procedures like cataract surgery, where their concerns are addressed with professionalism.

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Would go back100%100% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 100%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 0%, 3 stars · Negative 0%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Dr. Randall Smith's attentive care
  • Cataract surgery experience
  • Friendly and knowledgeable staff
The bad
  • Communication problems with staff
  • Concerns about staff attitudes
  • Issues with appointment scheduling

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How AI sees Ophthalmology

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

47out of 100

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsOphthalmology

  • Retrieval grounding 26%Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.75
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.42
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.0
  • Reviews & response 12%The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.84
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.55
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.79
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.67
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.57

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Local AI Registry · Eye care centers in Birmingham, AL · Editorial

Ophthalmology Associates, Birmingham AL: Reviews

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated July 16, 2026.

Published July 16, 2026 · Updated July 16, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

Ophthalmology Associates is an eye care center in Birmingham, AL. Its AI Score is 47 of 100, which is fair.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks

Key facts

FactValue
TypeEye care center
Address833 St. Vincents Drive Professional, Building 3 Suite 208, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
HoursMon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun
Phone(205) 933-1380
Rating4.9 across 309 reviews on Google
UpdatedJuly 16, 2026

All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress833 St. Vincents Drive Professional, Building 3 Suite 208, Birmingham, AL 35205, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescriptionOphthalmology AssociatesConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Thu 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Fri 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM · Sat to Sun ClosedConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameOphthalmology AssociatesConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(205) 933-1380ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday8:00 AM to 5:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday8:00 AM to 5:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday8:00 AM to 5:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday8:00 AM to 5:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday8:00 AM to 12:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturdayClosedConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSundayClosedConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
ServicesServiceCataract surgeryAI guess
ServicesServiceContact lens fittingAI guess
ServicesServiceDiabetic eye careAI guess
ServicesServiceEye examsAI guess
ServicesServiceGlaucoma treatmentAI guess
ServicesServiceRetina careAI guess
LinksWebsitehttp://docsmitheye.com/ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

Visiting Ophthalmology

Address: 833 St. Vincents Drive Professional, Building 3 Suite 208, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA. Phone: (205) 933-1380. Hours: Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

Parking and getting in

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
Redmont Pediatric PARKINGParking lot2 min walk
North Parking Deck - North TowerParking lot2 min walk
Four Sisters CaféCafe2 min walk
McDonald'sFast food restaurant3 min walk
Burger KingFast food restaurant3 min walk
St Vincents Birmingham BistroRestaurant4 min walk

Reputation

4.9 average across 309 reviews: Google 309. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

(AI guess, from 309 reviews.)

What people like

  • Cataract surgery experience
  • Friendly and knowledgeable staff

What people do not like

  • Communication problems with staff
  • Concerns about staff attitudes
  • Issues with appointment scheduling

Press

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

walk in here, or is it appointment only?

going rate for eye doctors locally, any idea

best ophthalmology clinic in Birmingham

bad experiences at Ophthalmology, anyone?

membership, worth it or not

somewhere cheaper in Birmingham that is not a risk?

Ophthalmology, any chance to book in this week?

torn between this place and Alabama Ophthalmology?

pain wise, what is it like here

last update from here was when?

Open Saturdays here?

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Why do people rate Ophthalmology?

Anything this place is known for doing well?

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The AI Score: 47 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Birmingham eye care centers run 27 to 55. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Ophthalmology scores 47. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresOphthalmology
Retrieval grounding2675Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.Good
Off-property attestation2042Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility140Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Poor
Reviews & response1284The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.Good
Backlink & citation authority855Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Fair
Google Business Profile879Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile767Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Good
Content freshness & schema557Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Fair

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery

Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology AssociatesMedicalBusiness#businesshttp://docsmitheye.com/Subject of this page
Birmingham, AlabamaCity#cityCity Ophthalmology is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Birmingham, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best eye care centers in Birmingham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al/birmingham/eye-care-center
  • Best businesses in Birmingham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al/birmingham

Nearby

  • /mobile: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al/mobile
  • /vestavia-hills: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al/vestavia-hills

Every list

  • Every leaderboard in Alabama: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al

References

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Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJwViuIbYbiYgRkUpRLm_w4z8 (accessed Jul 16, 2026)
  • [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 22, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)

The code behind this page

This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.

1. HTTP response headers

Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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# Ophthalmology Associates, Birmingham AL: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-07-16.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al

## Photos

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## In short

Ophthalmology Associates is an eye care center in Birmingham, AL. Its AI Score is 47 of 100, which is fair.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Eye care center |
| Address | 833 St. Vincents Drive Professional, Building 3 Suite 208, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (205) 933-1380 |
| Rating | 4.9 across 309 reviews on Google |
| Updated | July 16, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 833 St. Vincents Drive Professional, Building 3 Suite 208, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Ophthalmology Associates | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Fri 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Ophthalmology Associates | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (205) 933-1380 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Cataract surgery | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Contact lens fitting | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Diabetic eye care | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Eye exams | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Glaucoma treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Retina care | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | http://docsmitheye.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Ophthalmology

Address: 833 St. Vincents Drive Professional, Building 3 Suite 208, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA. Phone: (205) 933-1380. Hours: Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Redmont Pediatric PARKING | Parking lot | 2 min walk |
| North Parking Deck - North Tower | Parking lot | 2 min walk |
| Four Sisters Café | Cafe | 2 min walk |
| McDonald's | Fast food restaurant | 3 min walk |
| Burger King | Fast food restaurant | 3 min walk |
| St Vincents Birmingham Bistro | Restaurant | 4 min walk |


## Reputation

4.9 average across 309 reviews: Google 309. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

 (AI guess, from 309 reviews.)


### What people like

- Cataract surgery experience
- Friendly and knowledgeable staff


### What people do not like

- Communication problems with staff
- Concerns about staff attitudes
- Issues with appointment scheduling


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### walk in here, or is it appointment only?


### going rate for eye doctors locally, any idea


### best ophthalmology clinic in Birmingham


### bad experiences at Ophthalmology, anyone?


### membership, worth it or not


### somewhere cheaper in Birmingham that is not a risk?


### Ophthalmology, any chance to book in this week?


### torn between this place and Alabama Ophthalmology?


### pain wise, what is it like here


### last update from here was when?


### Open Saturdays here?


### who is actually holding the needle at Ophthalmology?


### Why do people rate Ophthalmology?


### Anything this place is known for doing well?


### what time does Ophthalmology in Birmingham actually open?


### people keep recommending Ophthalmology, what for?


### is there parking at Ophthalmology or is it street only?


## The AI Score: 47 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Birmingham eye care centers run 27 to 55. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Ophthalmology scores 47. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Ophthalmology |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 75 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Good |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 42 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 84 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 55 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 79 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 67 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 57 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Ophthalmology |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ophthalmology Associates | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://docsmitheye.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Birmingham, Alabama | City | #city |  | City Ophthalmology is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Birmingham, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best eye care centers in Birmingham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al/birmingham/eye-care-center
- Best businesses in Birmingham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al/birmingham


### Nearby

- /mobile: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al/mobile
- /vestavia-hills: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al/vestavia-hills


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Alabama: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJwViuIbYbiYgRkUpRLm_w4z8 (accessed Jul 16, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 22, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)

The files every page on the registry shares, and how to copy this code for your own site, are here: https://localairegistry.com/developers

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  1. walk in here, or is it appointment only? Question by window_shopping_in_birmingham, Sep 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/does-ophthalmology-associates-accept-reservations
  2. going rate for eye doctors locally, any idea Question by birmingham_roan, Sep 12, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/what-does-an-eye-care-center-actually-cost-in-birmingham
  3. best ophthalmology clinic in Birmingham Question by first_timer_in_birmingham, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/best-ophthalmology-clinic-in-birmingham
  4. bad experiences at Ophthalmology, anyone? Question by birmingham_ivy, Sep 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/the-reviews-look-glowing-what-are-the-real-complaints
  5. membership, worth it or not Question by reading_reviews_in_birmingham, Sep 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/does-ophthalmology-associates-take-rewards-points-or-membership-pricing
  6. somewhere cheaper in Birmingham that is not a risk? Question by march_sitter_downtown, Sep 5, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/is-there-anywhere-cheaper-than-ophthalmology-associates-in-birmingham
  7. Ophthalmology, any chance to book in this week? Question by birmingham_van_35205, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/does-ophthalmology-associates-ever-have-last-minute-openings
  8. torn between this place and Alabama Ophthalmology? Question by birmingham_kit, Sep 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/ophthalmology-associates-or-alabama-ophthalmology-associates-for
  9. pain wise, what is it like here Question by birmingham_lou, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/can-i-ask-for-numbing-at-ophthalmology-associates-without-it-being-weird
  10. last update from here was when? Question by may_neighbor_south, Aug 17, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/what-has-ophthalmology-associates-been-posting-lately
  11. Open Saturdays here? Question by winter_bride_west, Aug 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/is-ophthalmology-associates-open-on-saturdays
  12. who is actually holding the needle at Ophthalmology? Question by spontaneous_in_birmingham, Aug 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/is-ophthalmology-associates-run-by-medical-staff-or-by-technicians
  13. Why do people rate Ophthalmology? Question by may_walker_south, Aug 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/what-do-people-actually-like-about-ophthalmology-associates
  14. Anything this place is known for doing well? Question by birthday_commuter_west, Jul 29, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/what-special-features-does-ophthalmology-associates-offer
  15. what time does Ophthalmology in Birmingham actually open? Question by birmingham_mabel, Jul 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/what-are-the-operating-hours-of-ophthalmology-associates
  16. people keep recommending Ophthalmology, what for? Question by birmingham_iris, Jul 20, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/what-is-ophthalmology-associates-known-for
  17. is there parking at Ophthalmology or is it street only? Question by birthday_neighbor_downtown, Jul 16, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al/q/is-there-parking-available-at-ophthalmology-associates

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