# Keith Lee, MD, Irvine: an internist in Irvine (2026 guide)

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/irvine/keith-lee-md-irvine-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 1 source. Updated 2026-10-13. Owner review: not yet.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/irvine/keith-lee-md-irvine-ca

## Photos

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## In short

Located at 4050 Barranca Parkway in Irvine, Keith Lee, MD, is an internist known for his attentive and compassionate approach to patient care. With a commendable rating of 4.8 from 114 reviews, Dr. Lee has built a reputation for being both knowledgeable and approachable. Patients appreciate his ability to listen carefully and address their concerns with clarity and respect. The friendly atmosphere, complemented by a dedicated staff, ensures that visitors feel comfortable discussing their health issues. Many express gratitude for the thorough explanations and personalized attention they receive during their visits.

Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page.


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Internist |
| Address | 4050 Barranca Pkwy Ste 200, Irvine, CA 92604, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (877) 696-3622 |
| Owner | Nothing found |
| Rating | 4.8 across 114 reviews on Google |
| Known for | Nothing found |
| Prices | Nothing found |
| Quietest time | Nothing found |
| Parking | Nothing found |
| Last verified | October 12, 2026, 6:54 PM |


## 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 | 4050 Barranca Pkwy Ste 200, Irvine, CA 92604, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 12, 2026 |
| Location info | Description | MemorialCare Medical Group is an award-winning team of health care professionals dedicated to providing quality, compassionate care to communities in southern Los Angeles and Orange counties. Addressing the needs of patients of all ages, MemorialCare Medical Group offers a broad scope of multi-specialty services, including primary care, specialty and ancillary care, outpatient surgical services, imaging services and urgent care. When you choose one of our trusted doctors, you're choosing experience. MemorialCare Medical Group has the tools, teams and compassion it takes to support you through all stages of life. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 12, 2026 |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 12, 2026 |
| Location info | Name | Keith Lee, MD | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 12, 2026 |
| Location info | Phone | (877) 696-3622 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 12, 2026 |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 12, 2026 |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 12, 2026 |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 12, 2026 |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 12, 2026 |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 12, 2026 |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 12, 2026 |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 12, 2026 |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/memorialcarehealthsystem | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/memorialcare | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@memorialcare | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://www.memorialcare.org/providers/keith-j-lee | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 12, 2026 |


## Services and prices

Services not read yet, back on Scan Day.


### Known for

Nothing found


## The team

Nothing found


## Visiting Keith Lee

Address: 4050 Barranca Pkwy Ste 200, Irvine, CA 92604, USA. Phone: (877) 696-3622. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked October 12, 2026 at 6:54 PM.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

Business description, written by Keith Lee on its Google Business Profile: "MemorialCare Medical Group is an award-winning team of health care professionals dedicated to providing quality, compassionate care to communities in southern Los Angeles and Orange counties. Addressing the needs of patients of all ages, MemorialCare Medical Group offers a broad scope of multi-specialty services, including primary care, specialty and ancillary care, outpatient surgical services, imaging services and urgent care. When you choose one of our trusted doctors, you're choosing experience. MemorialCare Medical Group has the tools, teams and compassion it takes to support you through all stages of life."


### When to go

Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day.


### Parking and getting in

Nothing found


### Nearby

Nearby places not read yet, back on Scan Day.


## Reputation

4.8 average across 114 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read October 12, 2026.)

The practice is known for thorough communication but has faced criticism for billing practices and the quality of physical exams. (AI guess, from 114 reviews.)


### What people like

- Thorough explanations of findings
- Professional and respectful care
- Comfortable environment for discussing concerns


### What people do not like

- Billing confusion and errors
- Inadequate physical examinations
- Long waits for resolution of billing issues


### Press

No press story about Keith Lee found yet.


### Awards

None named yet.


### Directories

Directory listings not read yet.


## Recent updates from Keith Lee

Keith Lee hasn't posted an update here yet.


## Questions people ask


### Worth the hype at Keith Lee?

No answer yet


### Calling Keith Lee, or is there a better way?

No answer yet


### planning a Saturday visit, is that a wasted trip

No answer yet


### opening hours at Keith Lee in Irvine, what are they these days?

No answer yet


### Whereabouts is this place?

No answer yet


### do I need to fill anything in beforehand

No answer yet


### anyone been to both here and Dr. Amanda?

No answer yet


### anywhere on Barranca to sit while I wait

No answer yet


### membership, worth it or not

No answer yet


### Keith Lee, any chance to get in this week?

No answer yet


### prices round here, anyone got a number

No answer yet


### is Irvine expensive for this, or is it just here

No answer yet


### best internist in Irvine, CA

No answer yet


### what has this place posted recently, I am not on Instagram

No answer yet


### Busiest day at Keith Lee, anyone know?

No answer yet


### Why do people rate Keith Lee?

No answer yet


### who should I ask for here?

No answer yet


### new to this place, anything I should know before I walk in?

No answer yet


### where do I park at Keith Lee?

No answer yet


### bad experiences at Keith Lee, anyone?

No answer yet


## What AI gets wrong about Keith Lee

We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about Keith Lee. These are the answers that disagree with the record.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 12, 2026.

No capture has disagreed with the record yet.


## The AI Score: 26 of 100

The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Irvine internists run 23 to 54. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Keith Lee scores 26, below the Irvine average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Keith Lee |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | 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. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | 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. | Named in 0 of 1 answer that recommended anyone. 1 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored. |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 87 | 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 | 65 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 84 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 30 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 82 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

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


## How AI decides what to tell you about an internist

When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on.

That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today.

The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place."


## How to choose an internist in California, with or without AI

A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating.

- Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door.
- Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake.
- Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today.
- Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes.
- Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with California.


## How to read the marks on this page

- Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry.
- Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit.
- AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it.


## About the author

Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine.

- Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping.
- Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing.
- Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including Keith Lee if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source.


## 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 Keith Lee |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Keith Lee, MD | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.memorialcare.org/providers/keith-j-lee | Subject of this page |
| Irvine, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City Keith Lee is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the internists in Irvine, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best internists in Irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine/internist
- Best businesses in Irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine


### Nearby

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- /palo-alto: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/palo-alto


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


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## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJRXZRR6bd3IARDgoLAjmt-AM (accessed Oct 12, 2026)